NEL's Global Warming Rug

Posted on August 4, 2008 Under Eco

If we ever wanted to create a nursery with an "Animals Our Children Will Never See" motif, this Global Warming rug by the Mexican design team at NEL (and available at Spanish retailer Nanimarquina) would certainly tie that room together.…

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The Earth Count x Knowledge Cotton

Posted on July 30, 2008 Under Eco

Your favorite cotton tee might make you feel all warm and fuzzy, but it's secretly plotting to destroy the Earth. Growing cotton produces tons of toxic runoff, and in an effort to fight the effects of farming the fabric of…

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Our Planet Retreats

Posted on July 21, 2008 Under Eco

If you've ever wanted to add the fancy term "Hotelier" to your business card but lack the capital to actually open a hotel, here's your chance. Our Planet Retreats, an eco-friendly company aimed at providing truly unique accommodations, is relying…

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Ameico TwoBags

Posted on July 18, 2008 Under Eco

Paper or plastic? Whatever you choose, the bags are inevitably getting tossed in the garbage. The fashionably eco-conscious minds at Ameico think it's time you and everyone else got a brand new bag -- or two. Their line of TwoBag…

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Tappening Bags

Posted on July 17, 2008 Under Eco

Tappening's "Message In A Bottle" campaign against bottled water was a roaring success. The tap drinking crusaders collected one million water bottles to send to Coca Cola CEO Muhtar Kent to protest the pollution caused by bottled water consumption. But…

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Organic Stereo

Posted on June 24, 2008 Under Eco

If the terms "progressive" and "eco-friendly" were in third grade, they'd walk around holding hands and spend their entire recess period together talking about alternative fuel sources. Even though they're not school aged-children they still go hand-in-hand, as they relate…

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Common Threadz

Posted on June 20, 2008 Under Eco

We write about T-shirts a lot on this blog. And, why not? They're in our closet, they fit -- our jeans would be lost without them. However, we're much more keen to write about tees that help African children get…

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Baja BBQ x Mike and Maaike

Posted on May 30, 2008 Under Eco

Now that summer's in full swing, it's pretty much a given that there's going to be a lot of grilling going on. If you don't have a gas grill, odds are you might have to employ the traditional combination of…

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The Car of Tomorrow, Today!

Posted on May 28, 2008 Under Eco

One look at the Aptera, and you'd swear that it could fly. Coming off as a cross between a single engine Cessna and something George Jetson could be seen flying around in, this spectacular new breed of plug-in electronic hybrid…

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Give a Drop

Posted on May 22, 2008 Under Eco

Time for some hard numbers. More than two million people die every year from water-related diseases and there are a billion people in the world who live without clean water. That's "billion""¦ with a "b." Think about that the next…

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