In my first two installments ‘Powered by the Wind‘ and ‘Waste? What Waste?‘ I talked a lot about saving energy and materials. In this third part I want to highlight how businesses can be greener by thinking carefully about where they buy.
PART 3 - BE A SMART CONSUMER
I remember hearing a news report a little [...]

Did you know that 2008 is the 100th anniversary of that wonderful children’s book, ‘Wind in the Willows’?
For those of you who recollect the classic story you will remember characters such as Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, Mr. Badger, Mole and also ‘Ratty’ who was actually a European Water Vole.
In addition to 2008 being the [...]

Today sees the start of Fair Trade fortnight.
There’s more to Fair Trade than just food. It’s not just bananas, cocoa and coffee; Fair Trade can apply to clothes and even toys.
It’s about partnership with the suppliers in developing countries, making sure they get a fair price for their products, whilst ensuring decent working conditions and [...]

I’m a yo-yo organic skincare products user, fluctuating between just not being able to afford it and then feeling after all that its well worth the extra cost. Every time I go back to organic moisturisers and face creams I remember the difference they make to your skin and how it feels - lighter, fresher [...]

Firstly,  some GGG readers may have noticed that I have not been blogging for awhile and this is due to a building company cutting though my broadband internet and phone wires – thus whilst I am waiting for this problem to be sorted I have struggled to be online much.
However I have stayed late at [...]

I found this story online at the New York Times so fascinating that I had to share it.
Two scientists are proposing a concept for removing carbon dioxide from the air and turning it back into gasoline.  They call their idea Green Freedom.  The air would be blown over a liquid solution of potassium carbonate, the [...]

The other day, I was watching my 5-year old niece, Chloe, at work, and one of my coworkers asked me why I started Fridge Box. I turned to my niece and asked, “Chloe, what color is a mermaid’s hair?” To which she answered, “Red!”
Red. The only mermaid Chloe has ever been exposed to is Disney’s [...]

If you’re ready to encourage resourcefulness and creativity in your children, here are Ten Tips to get started:
1. Read to your child. Read, read, read to your kids!! It requires so much more thinking, listening, and comprehension skills than watching a movie or TV show filled with commercials for toys. Reading gives you connection time [...]

Lloyd Alter an architect, developer, inventor, and now author at www.treehugger.com said that “the key to sustainability is to simply use less. And, the key to happily using less is to design things better”.
Well I like this idea, on the one hand because it expresses the essence of design in general and on the other [...]

It isn’t just “in your head” anymore, an international study of two million people from over 70 countries confirms what many of us have always assumed: the happiest times in our life span make a “U” and with the “up times” early and late in life. In the middle of the dip are our middle [...]