Green Houston » Green Products http://greenhouston.org Working Together, We Can Make a Difference! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:51:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Create Your Own Bike Lane http://greenhouston.org/2009/08/25/create-your-own-bike-lane/ http://greenhouston.org/2009/08/25/create-your-own-bike-lane/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:31:21 +0000 Brian http://greenhouston.org/?p=60 This would be helpful up here in Kingwood.

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]]> http://greenhouston.org/2009/02/27/solar-pot/feed/ 0 Accel Partners To Help Bring You Cheap, Eco-Friendly Diapers http://greenhouston.org/2008/10/06/accel-partners-to-help-bring-you-cheap-eco-friendly-diapers/ http://greenhouston.org/2008/10/06/accel-partners-to-help-bring-you-cheap-eco-friendly-diapers/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:54:51 +0000 Brian http://greenhouston.org/2008/10/06/accel-partners-to-help-bring-you-cheap-eco-friendly-diapers/ Accel Partners To Help Bring You Cheap, Eco-Friendly Diapers
]]> http://greenhouston.org/2008/10/06/accel-partners-to-help-bring-you-cheap-eco-friendly-diapers/feed/ 1 Think Green When Choosing Wine http://greenhouston.org/2007/12/05/think-green-when-choosing-wine/ http://greenhouston.org/2007/12/05/think-green-when-choosing-wine/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:16:00 +0000 Brian http://greenhouston.org/2007/12/05/think-green-when-choosing-wine/ Interesting article (and better commentary at the bottom) from TerraPass about thinking about the environment when choosing wines.

Tasting notes: How to select the best green wine

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Read more at The Edible Schoolyard.

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ACTION TIP: CFL RECYCLING
As you no doubt know, if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent bulb (CFL), we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

But we need to recycle CFLs properly, as they contain a small amount of mercury. IKEA, the world’s largest home furnishings retailer, understands the value of CFL lights, as well as the need for recycling them.

The company offers a simple solution: a ‘Free Take Back’ program offering recycle bins for CFLs in all IKEA stores. Just take your used CFLs to IKEA for proper disposal.

If you’d like more info on lamp disposal for your state, please go to lamprecycle.org to obtain more information.

For more information regarding mercury in CFLs, including proper disposal options and what to do if a bulb breaks, click here for the PDF report from Energystar.gov.

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Green Guide Home ShopGreen (Found via TerraPass)

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Planning a wedding is a big job. You want every detail of the big day to be just right.

Here’s one detail TerraPass makes easy: making sure the event is green. Carbon dioxide emissions from guest travel are the single biggest environmental impact from your wedding.

For just a few dollars per guest, make sure your wedding is carbon balanced.

Get started by calculating your emissions.

Wedding TerraPass | carbon neutral wedding, carbon balanced wedding

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GreenDisk [Services]

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Edit: RecyclingCDs.com also looks like an option for CDs and DVDs.

]]> http://greenhouston.org/2007/04/17/greendisk-helps-with-tech-recycling/feed/ 0 Saturn Aura Hybrid for Under $23K http://greenhouston.org/2007/03/20/saturn-aura-hybrid-for-under-23k/ http://greenhouston.org/2007/03/20/saturn-aura-hybrid-for-under-23k/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:58:49 +0000 Brian http://greenhouston.org/2007/03/20/saturn-aura-hybrid-for-under-23k/ Jalopnik reports that Saturn is releasing the Aura Green Line Hybrid car for under $23,000, making it the lowest-priced hybrid. I don’t know why they haven’t reached the $20k mark yet, but they need to. It’s a good start…though.
Kudos to GM for not only finally bringing a sedan to the market to compete with the Camry — the Aura won NorAm Car of the Year — but then for bringing a hybrid model to the market. Oh and probably some more green-love today for pricing it below any other hybrid you can buy today. They’ve just announced pricing on the mean-grean four-door machine, and it’s got an out-the door MSRP of $22,695.

One Hybrid Priced Below Them All: From Jalopnik

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