Archive for January, 2009

Greenscool, a non-profit organization that installs renewable energy systems in impoverished schools around the world, just launched its first project in Guaymas, Mexico. One of the primary goals of the Guaymas Project is to salvage solar panels in neighboring San Carlos, Mexico, and repurpose them to help power a primary … Read the rest

Greenscool, a non-profit organization that installs renewable energy systems in impoverished schools around the world, just launched its first project in Guaymas, Mexico. One of the primary goals of the Guaymas Project is to salvage solar panels in neighboring San Carlos, Mexico, and repurpose them to help power a primary … Read the rest

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Making a shirt or a backpack from a progressive material, like recycled PET, is just the beginning of sustainable gear. Environmentally conscious companies are quickly coming to realize that monitoring their manufacturing facilities is just as important as monitoring what materials are being used. But supply chains

Greenscool, a non-profit organization that installs renewable energy systems in impoverished schools around the world, just launched its first project in Guaymas, Mexico. One of the primary goals of the Guaymas Project is to salvage solar panels in neighboring San Carlos, Mexico, and repurpose them to help power a primary … Read the rest

Pushing for renewable energy to help fight the battle against climate change in the United States and the rest of the Western world is important, but doing so in the developing world is equally so. In fact, according to the United Nations Development Program:

Developing countries, and the poorest people … Read the rest

Green technical gear is definitely at the front of our minds as the new year kicks off. Many companies have taken to making tees from organic cotton, but going above and beyond that and pushing the design envelope to bring progressive materials into technical active wear is what really gets… Read the rest

All natural, all recyclable and all biodegradable, Feelgoodz flip flops are anything but conventional. Made from 100% natural rubber, the sandals are a breath of fresh air from the traditional petrochemical material used in flip flops, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).
Thailand is one of several countries that makes Asia the… Read the rest