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By Waylon Lewis on Nov 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
Having discovered in early August that the (at least) two year old fridge I’d inherited when I moved into ‘Hotelephant’ was the most inefficient thing in my slowly-greening home, I promptly sold it. Read the rest
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 17, 2008 | 0 Comments
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 16, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 15, 2008 | 6 Comments
I went to the Grand Opening VIP party at Ellie’s the other night (full blog coming as soon as I get photos)—saw much of Boulder’s who’s who of natural products and eco entrepreneur world—including my ol’young buddy Davidson Lewis Read the rest
By Block on Nov 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
I’m hooked on Planet Green’s Alter Eco, but why do they have to drive around in a car. Yes it’s hybrid, but it is a suburban. I hold Alter Eco to a higher standard and I don’t feel so good about this. Actually, it irritates me a lot. Alter eco rides around in a Chevy Suburban, why?
Does it drive you crazy? Let me Read the rest
By elephant on Nov 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
With thanks for the tip to Alex King.
From today’s Huffington Post:
Neil Young, activist (Bridge School, Farm Aid) rock legend, has assembled a team that is in the process of transforming his gargantuan 1959 Lincoln Continental from a gas guzzler into a showcase for green technology and sustainability. The car will be entered into the Automotive X Prize that offers a $10 Read the rest
By elephant on Nov 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
$20 That can save you big $ this winter
I was introduced, recently, to another way to seal up ventilation ducts, and it’s so easy.
I used to laboriously cut and stick strips of the foil tape that never quite sealed perfectly, didn’t stick to some surfaces, cut my hands at times, and was generally frustrating.
Instead, to finish up the 3/4 of ducts in my basement that I had not sealed up, I used Duct Mastic. It’s essentially caulk. But it’s specifically for sealing up ductwork, so you buy it in the ducting/ventilation aisle. On a recent weeknight, I found my caulking gun and a rubber glove, bought 4 tubes of Duct Mastic, and went to work. Read the rest
By Liz Benson on Nov 14, 2008 | 3 Comments
If you bike or walk around West Boulder, you may have noticed this new home built in the past year. Named the Next West House, it is a LEED Platinum, Net Zero Carbon residence. Most of the extreme eco homes of late are very modern aka Dwell Mag style, but this home fits in seamlessly with it’s historic Mapleton Hill neighborhood. Developed by the Zero Carbon Initiative, this home actually creates more power than it uses and was thoughtfully created to include the best eco options available including: Read the rest
By Block on Nov 14, 2008 | 0 Comments
Just because this holiday revolves around big portions of turkey and stuffing doesn’t mean you have to lose all hope in helping out the environment. Thanksgiving is a celebration of coming together and enjoying what Mother Earth has to offer us. Start this year by making your holiday special, make it an eco-friendly Thanksgiving. You can feel fat and jolly at the end of your Thanksgiving and also feel Read the rest
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 13, 2008 | 1 Comment
I’m more of a Jon Stewart man myself, but take a look at this chart. Now this one. Christopher and Amanda, right? When Democrats dave on behalf of Big Oil’s record profits, everyone wins. When you bike, you hurt Mother Earth. Bullshit commercials. Everyone loves Mother Earth—but not everyone loves her enough to penetrate it. Obsessed with its baby animals. You’re as intelligent as you are beautiful. But…Video: Read the rest
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 13, 2008 | 0 Comments
Amazing article. Makes you glad you don’t live in China, or India, or…well, Asia. Or California, sometimes, since the effects are felt far away. Read the rest
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 13, 2008 | 0 Comments
By Anna Gilkerson on Nov 13, 2008 | 0 Comments
photos courtesy of Miranda Pearl
I was at the Sustainable Style Show in Toronto this past weekend. It was a great turn out and I had a lot of fun meeting all the vendors and hearing their stories. I also got to attend the Green Gala an ultra chic event showcasing (sustainable) couture from some of Canada’s freshest designers but more on that next blog…
I got to talk to Kealan, a charming and very hip Torontonian who owns 69 Vintage, a mini vintage store chain and Sonja from Thieves, the designer of the futuristic fashion luxury brand. The girls from Preloved were cool too (I didn’t get to meet the boy). They showed some cute recycled sweaters this time, one of their most popular items. They deal in hundreds of pounds of old used clothing, cut them up with innovative seasonal patterns and create completely new garments. They now get huge orders from some grand scale boutique clothing chains such as Urban Outfitters and Anthropology. Read the rest
By elephant on Nov 11, 2008 | 2 Comments
What’s the revolution all about? I don’t rightly know, either—but I can tell I like it. Joana Smith will be filling in the details in her upcoming arty poetic lovely mommyful blogs. ~ Waylon Lewis, ed.
Today it was raining, so Abilene Plum and I stayed inside. We ate some honey, we danced to Billie Holiday, and we found something truly amazing, right under our own roof!
It was a poem made from scraps, trash and old photos…but don’t get me wrong, it was beautiful! It talked about recycling and America! Turning visions into reality. Read the rest
By Waylon Lewis on Nov 11, 2008 | 0 Comments
By Heather Mueller on Nov 11, 2008 | 2 Comments
Faced with headlines announcing another bankruptcy, more foreclosures, images of stockbrokers weeping in the fetal position while they watch the market plunge, it seems implausible that some businesses are actually doing well in this economy. The LOHAS (we’ll give you a piece of tofu if you can guess what it stands for) industry, for the most part, has remained steady, even as Americans reel in their spending. Boulder-based Eco-Products, famous for their corn-based compostable drinking cups, and now their Ellie’s Eco Home Store, is one example of a company that is actually growing, and at an exponential rate. The company’s sales revenues were just (just?) five million in 2006, while projected numbers for 2009 reach over 100 million. In August, Eco-Products earned a spot on Inc. Magazine’s “Inc. 5000,” celebrating the fastest growing companies in America.
It hasn’t always been this way. Back in the ‘90s, when most dot com start-ups were raking in billions overnight, Steve Savage and his father, Kent, slowly grew their company for almost 17 years before experiencing the skyrocketing growth of the last three. It took them five years before Read the rest
By Todd Mayville on Nov 11, 2008 | 0 Comments
Thich Nhat Hanh’s prose is as elegant as his poetry. The World We Have is his latest book; Read the rest
By Lindsey on Nov 10, 2008 | 4 Comments
In Brooklyn, I lived across the street from a 24-hour natural products bodega (boy was I spoiled). I’d stop by in between regular trips to the Park Slope Food Coop, which banned plastic bags this summer. Everyone who worked at the corner store knew me as their neighbor and that I’d never take a plastic bag, but still as they were ringing me up, almost always their hands, like a reflex, would reach for the bag. And that is so the culture of the city. Read the rest
By Block on Nov 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
My excitement for snow fun increases more and more by every degree the temperature drops. I have been a snowboarder for years, and I can’t wait to hit the slopes, but it wasn’t until recently that I started to realize the impact my day up to the mountains had on the environment. Driving from Boulder to the mountains is an easy getaway, but that 400 miles round trip drive, as well as the snow making and energy used by the mountain resorts have a bigger impact than one would think.
Here are some tips to green your weekend getaways in the mountains:
First, it is important to look into your resort choice as well as your snow gear. You can research a resort that runs all their operations on wind energy. And check out snowboards and skis designed with sustainable materials.
Lodging: A typical mountain resort uses Read the rest
