Plastic is a big problem for the environment and our efforts to stem the PET tide from swallowing up our landfills, streams, rivers, and oceans has been valiant, but we’re still finding ourselves buried in plastic! 50 percent of plastic is only used once by consumers and thrown is away. Couple that with only five percent of the plastic we produce being recovered and it’s no wonder that billions of pounds of plastic can be found on ocean surfaces all over the world. Interestingly enough,…

April 22nd is Earth Day, and as it falls on a Friday this year, many of us will be doing that “work grind” and will be observing Earth Day from our desks in the office. If you can’t get your bosses to allow you to telecommute that day (which would be ideal), then try some of these in-office ideas for greening your workspace! BRING ON THE GREEN This Earth Day, why not bring a plant to work? It will literally bring some new life into…

North America has a bit of an obsession with coffee, it’s an integral part of many a person’s day. It helps us get work done, tolerate our loved ones and co-workers before 11 am, and may very well have prevented millions of non-caffeinated related crimes from occurring. With our busy, go-go lives, we often have to enjoy coffee on the run, in disposable coffee cups. You know the one’s, you often see them in ditches, roadside embankments, in parks, on the floor of your car….

The average public school has around 300-400 students. If you add in teachers, administration, janitorial staff, and any volunteers that help out in the schools, you can have over 500 people or more contributing to the waste generated in that one building every day. That can add up so quickly, and Earth Day is a great time to try and reverse some of that carbon footprint! Here are a few ideas of initiatives YOU can run at YOUR school to try and help the environment!…

Two companies are neck in neck on releasing the first mid-range electric vehicle with an affordable price-point. One company, General Motors, is an old and trusted name in the automobile industry. The other, Tesla, is a sexy and futuristic giant run by an innovative and brilliant billionaire, Elon Musk, who was also the first to put electric cars on the road. Tesla unveiled its Model 3 EV (electric vehicle) to the masses this past week, creating an incredible amount of buzz since it will be…