A new survey from The Shelton Group shows that concert venues & sports arenas that recycle & compost trash likely sell more tickets & concessions.
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The Invisible People Who Take our Trash “Away”
Ever gotten stuck behind a garbage truck? Or heard one banging against a dumpster in the middle of the night? I’d guess that for most of us, these inconveniences/disturbances are among the few times we give any thought to the people who deal with our waste after we throw it “away.”
SnagFilms’s Top 5 Earth Day Movies
To honor this year’s Earth Day, SnagFilms has brought to you a collection of excellent films that speak towards our need to protect our planet.
Rachel Mace: A Renegade of Eco Fashion
Rachel Mace, also known as Keseken in the modeling and online worlds, is a 20-year-old model and self-taught fashion designer who resides in Spokane, Washington. She weaves, melts and stretches [ … ]
Green Living Tips: Greening Your Garbage (Beyond Recycling)
There are many ways to make your garbage just a little bit more environmentally friendly. You know about recycling and how important it is. But even when you do that, [ … ]
Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (7/23/10)
While the oil spill continues to dominate the green blogosphere, one of the most interesting things I’m seeing this week is the relative quiet about tropical storm Bonnie heading right [ … ]
Artwork from Trash: Transforming the way we see waste and the disappearing reefs
While Ecologic Designs (one of my previous posts) is thriving by making practical products out of various waste streams – demonstrating green innovation and up-cycling – some artists around the [ … ]
ZapRoot: The Truth about Recycling
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/cpr8VvpBT_w&hl=en&fs=1] Discover what really happens with your recyclables. It’s time for another round of That’s Just Weird.
ZapRoot: Google Causes Global Warming?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/PbmZcYbFSsA&hl=en&fs=1] This week at ZapRoot: Is Google destroying the planet one search at a time? The recycling market has gone bust. And check out “That’s Just Weird.”
Eat Chips, Save Trash: One L.A. Guy’s Almost Zero-waste Year
Think hardcore environmentalism requires living like a monk? Not if you ask Dave Chameides, a steadicam operator living in L.A. who collected all his trash for a year and blogged [ … ]
Your Trash Just Doesn’t Disappear, Stupid! (Or How to Make Sure Useful Things Stay out of Landfills)
Please forgive my rudeness. If I heard my children speak to someone that way, there’d be some serious lecturing going on. But you’ll understand when I relay the conversation I [ … ]
The Environmentalist’s Old Clothes: Reduce, Reuse, Do Not Replace the Things We Own
In my striving for sustainability, I often have been guilty of going a bit replacement crazy. If something or other should come to be less natural, efficient, or eco-friendly than [ … ]
Turning Trash Into Treasure: How Diverting Waste is the Ultimate Act of Sustainability
Note: My inspiration for posting this is attributable to the many radically creative and excellent ideas in Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your [ … ]