It’s hard to find travel-size, environmentally friendly shampoo and shaving gel, and when you finally do, what becomes of the almost-empty plastic bottles you bring back from your backpacking adventure in Ecuador or business trip in France?
Once you have the perfect environmentally friendly gift, why cover it in traditional throwaway wrapping? Instead, try reusable wrapping from Wrapsacks. These fun cotton gift bags are available in six sizes, including candle and wine shapes. All you have to do is slip your gift in and tie on a card.
TURNING OVER AN OLD LEAF One of the world’s largest agricultural crops until the late 1800s, hemp is not only the plant from which marijuana is derived, it is also thought to be the first cultivated plant. Indeed, hemp fiber, harvested from the Cannibis sativa plant, is famous for its versatility, and is found in […]
Affordable Lodging for the Green Spirited From alpine forests to urban jungles and tropical savannahs, youth hostels offer a friendly atmosphere for global eco-travelers. Since the international youth hostel movement began in 1907, nearly 5,000 hostels have sprung up around the globe—and some are taking on environmental agendas. The first hostel was on the classroom […]
Planned Giving Helps Green Groups–And Keeps the Tax Man at Bay Death and taxes may be inevitable, but there are ways to soften the blow. Bequeathing a gift to an environmental group can ensure that your conservation ethic lives on, while also considerably reducing taxes for you and your beneficiaries. The simplest way to give […]
The 10 Most Important Foods to Buy Organic In 1984, Elizabeth Ryan bought a farm in New York’s mid Hudson Valley. The farm and orchard had been managed conventionally for many years, but Ryan decided to severely restrict the use of chemical pesticides. Her farm is now run under a preventive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) […]
Washing Machines Are Getting Cleaner and Greener Europeans who visit America find much to marvel at, but there’s always room for quiet astonishment at the top-loading washing machines which, while easier on the back than front-loaders, waste copious amounts of water, wear out clothes prematurely, leave them wet and, to a European eye, dingy. This […]
Eco-Entrepreneurs Are Making New Products From Recycled Materials Environmentalists are always talking about the three Rs-reduce, reuse and recycle. But what about the fourth R-remake? Like…rescuing that punctured bicycle tire from the garage’s bowels and, for example…fashioning new neckwear? Making products from recycled materials has evolved from a strictly green market into mainstream consumer practice. […]
With the Green Tortoise Bus Line, Getting There is Half the Fun
How Well-Organized Boycotts Change Corporate Policy After biking home from work, eating an organic salad for dinner, and sending off your annual dues to Greenpeace, you decide to kick back with an ice-cold Kirin Beer—not realizing you’re supporting Mitsubishi, destroyer of rainforests. You can’t have a Coke, either, because the company sponsors an aquarium that […]
