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As if we needed another reason to drink our favorite draught beers from our favorite pubs or bars, the March issue of the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment investigated the statistics on the LCA of an unnamed Italian Lager as an example to see which of the two were more evironmentally friendly. […]
Green roofs are gaining in popularity as we can see more and more of them popping up on old and new buildings alike. We’ve also noticed our posts on Swye about green roofs are some of the most looked at posts so to feed your desire for more green roof goodness, we’ve put together a […]
In a blatantly arrogant display of “richer than though” persona, a wealthy Sheikh shipped his Lamborghini from Qatar to London all just for an oil change. At 3,250 miles each way, that makes the carbon footprint of this already high emitting car even more massive that it otherwise would be. All in all, it cost […]
Summer is in full swing here in my little island town in Maine. The ’summer folk’ are arriving and boy are things getting busy. We have had a swell of berries coming in from local farmers and neighborhood kids alike and are getting so many MORE of our veggies from the island and […]
As a designer, I love infographs and infographic videos. As an environmental nut, I love videos on the topic. This video created by GOOD magazine is definitely no exception. The information is great and the video is entertaining. Check it out.
Apparently my Green Mountain Coffee post ruffled a few more feathers than I had realized. Just after I posted about the response from Heather, Michael Dupee commented on the original post with some words of his own. He is the VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and instead of paraphrasing what he said I’ll let him […]
Yesterday I posted a short rant on Green Mountain Coffee’s seeming lack of respect for the environment with their K-Cup systems. In a response in the comments, a reader assured me that Green Mountain was making an effort to change. In a exercise in speed and good PR, Heather Davis added a company wide memo […]
I just saw an ad for Green Mountain Coffee on a fellow green blog (I won’t name names, this has nothing to do with them). The ad says “Brewing A Better World” (pictured above) and talks about their fair trade certified coffee. Fine, great, good for you. But, what about brewing single cups of coffee […]
Sarcastic look at coal energy.
Hello and greetings from Maine once again! It is a cool 70 degrees this evening as I type away at my laptop, by which some miracle is picking up a wireless connection from my bedroom. Imagine that…I didn’t have to try to sneak to the library during working hours (the only time it’s […]
