Forum for the Future, a charity committed to sustainable development, recently awarded a $75,000 first place prize in its global climate change competition. And the first place winner is…the Kyoto Box, a solar powered cooker that’s helping people in developing countries cook their food and practice living an eco lifestyle.
McGraw-Hill Companies is probably best known as the publisher of BusinessWeek, but it’s also one of the largest publishers in the U.S. for education textbooks. You probably remember seeing the company’s name on everything from your first grade writing book to your college literature anthology.
Did you ever imagine that your favorite publisher would suddenly create an eco friendly book?
When you live in a dorm room on campus for almost 4 years of your life your college becomes more than just an academic setting: it becomes your home. So don’t you want your home to be reflective of the eco lifestyle that you’re living?
Of course you do, so besides greening your lunch and controlling your college trash, how else can you green your dorm room…
Valentine’s Day is almost here, so can you feel the love in the air? By love we do mean feeling the love for your significant other, but if you support living an eco lifestyle you may also want to show your love for the environment by celebrating a Green Valentine’s Day.
Instead of offering traditional gift ideas like chocolates and flowers to our readers, Green Student U has decided to share some green Valentines gift ideas that both men and women can use in their daily lives…
As interest in taking environmental initiatives continues to grow, it seems that green festivals are popping up everywhere. But there’s one green festival that brings green products, career opportunities, news and more directly to a college campus, and it’s called the PLAYgreen Festival.
Hosted by Cal Recreational Sports, which is dedicated to enhancing the overall health and wellness of California residents…
Since she was four years old Emily Cummins has been creating very useful and eco friendly products inside her grandfather’s potting shed.
Her interest in helping Third World Countries led her to create a portable solar fridge that can keep perishables cool for days at a temperature of 6c…
If all goes according to New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan, anyone who wants to use a plastic bag at a supermarket will have to pay 6 cents for each bag.
It’s all in an effort to help New York go green and to follow European countries who have already banned plastic bag use…
Bamboo is highly sustainable, it’s durable and it’s extremely lightweight. Computers are one of society’s most used products.
So why hasn’t anyone mass-produced bamboo computers?
No one has’until now…
Greenpeace has always been an advocate of eliminating toxic elements from consumer electronics.
The organization recently released its ‘Guide to Greener Electronics,’ and you may be surprised at what companies show up on the top and bottom of the list…
If you’re in college or use a computer for work then the chance of you owning a USB flash drive is pretty high.
So if you save a lot of work on your flash drive and you’re into the green movement, then the “Recycle” USB Flash Drive from INF Import is the perfect way to protect your work and the environment at the same time…