Responsible Shopper!

Responsible Shopper helps you make environmentally preferable purchasing decisions.

image from Horizon Magazine.

A program from Co-op America with business profiles and tips, Responsible Shopper gives you some of the information you need to make more informed purchasing decisions. Look what they have to say about Target, Cub Foods' Parent Company, Supervalu, or Toyota.

Best Green Blogs

Best Green Blogs is a fantastic directory of green-themed blogs. Many are stories and tips from ordinary people living greener, and some are location-specific (Hawaii, India, Chicago, Pacific Northwest, etc.). Some cover green travel, some cover green weddings, and some cover alternative energy. This directory is definitely worth a look.

It was on Best Green Blogs that I found The Greenest Dollar, a blog with information about how to save money by saving the environment.

The Greenest Dollar featured a post on Monday about Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe program, for all those shoes that are "too nasty for Goodwill."

The good news is, there are tons of drop off sites so you don't have to mail your shoes to Oregon - my nearest one is at the Boys & Girls Club in Minneapolis.

Happy reading!

Detox Your Home

So you've heard of juice fasts and spring cleaning, but have you ever thought about detoxing your home?

Planet Green has! Room-by-room instructions for sprucing up your house.

Green Girls and Green Guys Global

Begun in September 2006, Green Girls Global covers everything from green weddings to green web design. Its counterpart, Green Guys Global, does cotton to politics.



Check them both out, or sign up for their newsletter digest!

State of Green Business

Joel Makower and GreenBiz.com released the State of Green Business report this past week.



According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the report cites successes in clean-tech investments and reductions in toxic emissions as the biggest environmental achievements - but finds that most of businesses' efforts haven't made much of an impact yet.

IdealBite

A sassier shade of green?
Find stylish tips for greening your life.

...like this tip finding Eco Coupon Books from Fort Collins, CO to New York, NY.

Keetsa - Green Mattresses, Green Blog

So Keetsa is a provider of green mattress and assorted accoutrements. They buy directly from the supplier and send via UPS. The theory goes, UPS is already in your neighborhood. Might as well make them take a mattress, eh?


While I have bought the only mattress I will be buying for the next decade or so, I do heartily enjoy Keetsa's blog. From solar iPod chargers to Leo DiCaprio's green habits, Keetsa's blog tells all.

Green @ Work

Ever wonder how your favorite (or least favorite) corporation measures up on the ladder of corporate sustainability?

Wonder no further.



Green@Work will find out for you.

Learn about Xerox, Office Max, Pepsi and others.

Slate.com Launches "Green Lantern"

On September 25, Slate.com lauched "The Green Lantern," a "weekly Q&A about climate change, pollution, and whatever other environmental bogeymen are robbing you of sleep."



Every Tuesday, Brendan I. Koerner answers questions from "what is the greenest turkey" to "what is the greenest tree to plant in my yard." Ask yours by e-mailing ask.the.lantern@gmail.com.

EcoTreadsetters

The new Facebook?



Tire maker Yokohama launched EcoTreadsetters as a new green advice social network on September 17.

One tidbit I did not know: Laptops use up to 80% less energy than desktops.

Thanks Treadsetters!

OMG Veggie Meal Plans!

Can anybody say, "Godsend?"

image © 2007-2008 Cassie Young, www.veggiemealplans.com

So I basically don't cook anymore (thanks, holidays), but almost want to just to try out some of the gorgeous meals on this site.

Cassie Young, 39, from British Columbia generously shares recipes from her real life dinners.

Swiss Chard Soft Tacos with Black Bean and Corn Salsa? Butternut-Pecan Pancakes? Red Lentil Dal, Roti, Curried Cauliflower and Peas?

Yes please!

Green Epiphany

In the spirit of the 12th day of Christmas, an epiphany - what to do with those unwanted gift cards! Useless extra pieces of plastic though they may be, you can exchange the ones you don't want at Swaptgift, Plastic Jungle, or Card Avenue. You can even donate the card to charity at Gift Card Donor.

Red, blue and ... green?

The Presidential '08 race is well underway, and as you all gear up to bike to your local caucus or primary you should know where each candidate stands on environmental issues (from a nonpartisan political education group based in Cambridge, MA).


You can also check out each candidate's fact sheets from grist.org. What would happen to the environment if McCain and Huckabee ran together?

EcoSherpa

Canadian-run EcoSherpa was launched in July 2006.
"The way we see it," say the EcoSherpas, "green alternatives need to be readily available, easy to implement & understand, and they need to be effective!"

Amen, eh?

In gossip, does anybody think maybe Garden Girl and Compost Guy should date?
Heeeee.

Green MSN

On October 30, MSN launched a new green channel: GreenMSN.

GreenMSN is a "one-stop online resource for the latest environmental news, exploring the issues and taking action."

RSS! News! Video! All with the credibility MSN inspires!
*swoon*