the workplace
special delivery.
It’s Friday afternoon, rush hour is creeping in and your job depends on getting that package from one end of town to the other in a timely manner. Who you gonna call? Your local bike courier! While sometimes fed ex or ups may be necessary for long distance runs, if your goods are local, put ……
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tag, you’re it.
Here at Green Is Sexy, we like to think that little gestures make a big difference. Then what can be done with those little plastic bread tags that pile up in your drawer? We discovered that they can be recycled and have seen rulers made from them. See? Little things can add up! If your local ……
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pop your cherry.
Butts – they’re the most common form of litter the world over and we’re not talking booty. According to the American Littoral Society, in 1998 over 176 million pounds of cigarette butts were discarded in the U.S. This number has likely increased with the prevalence of indoor smoking bans and more outdoor puffing. All the ……
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light recycling.
In the past few years, the compact fluorescent bulb has become a hot commodity and an amazingly efficient alternative to out of date incandescents. The CFL consumes 75% less energy and lasts 10-15 times longer than a regular bulb. Unfortunately, the CFL has found itself in the hot seat for containing trace amounts of mercury. ……
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coffee’s for the birds.
You’ve probably heard of free trade coffee but how about shade grown or bird friendly coffee? Coffee is an enormous agribusiness and therefore requires an enormous amount of land to get that morning joe into everyone’s mug. Often, precious ecosystems and ancient rainforests are bulldozed to make way for our caffeine needs. ……
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wax poetic.
Now that the plastic shopping bag has been eclipsed by the reusable, cloth bag, it seems all plastic is under the microscope. Which brings us to the sandwich bag. Oh so convenient, oh so wasteful. It helps to wash and reuse the baggies you already have but if you want to slip ……
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missing ink.
Does your printer drink ink like your boss downs eggnog at the holiday party? Here’s a solution that saves the environment and your bank account: refillable ink cartridges. Someone wonderful at wikiHow told us how to do it!
Photo: Denis Gomes.
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recycled reading.
Back to school usually means back to the bookstore and for a busy campus, that’s a whole lotta trees being used to develop young minds. In North America, the pulp and paper industry is the third largest polluter and textbooks make up a good chunk of the emissions. This semester, before dropping ……
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want font.
A Dutch Design firm, SPRANQ, has just released their new “ecofont” which is designed to use less ink when printed – up to 20% less, they claim on their website. The font is designed much like Swiss cheese, therefore not filling in the letters completely and keeping you some ink in your cartridge. So, ……
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clear the air.
Sneezing and wheezing in your own home? Breathe easier by bringing plants into your life. Some are particularly talented at absorbing indoor air pollution. The superstars are Bamboo Palm, Chinese Evergreen, English Ivy, Gerbera Daisy, Janet Craig, Marginata, Mass Cane/Corn Plant, Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, Pot Mum, Peace Lily, Rubber Plant, and Warneckii. While sitting pretty, these ……
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