Bikes on demand in SF

Zip car is awesome, and now a similar dervice for bikes is being offered from the Metropoltan Transportstion Commission


http://www.7x7.com/travel-active/transported-bike-sharing-coming-sf

Disposing of Medicine Properly

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-dispose-of-expired-medicine.htm

Year of Living Simply

Part of living more green, is living simply. Not consuming more than you need to sustain yourself and the environment around you.  here is a great new blog describing one woman's journey into living simply.

http://yearoflivingsimply.blogspot.com/

Greener refrigerant debuts in shipping containers

http://www.container.carrier.com/Carrier+Brand+Sites/Carrier+Transicold+Container/Carrier+Transicold+Announces+Breakthrough+Natural+Refrigerant+Container+Technology

http://ecoseed.org/en/business-article-list/article/1-business/8545-new-natural-refrigerant-system-makes-container-refrigeration-greener?goback=%2Egde_38832_member_36835001

Why Recycle Glass?

http://1800recycling.com/2010/11/facts-glass-recycling/?goback=%2Egde_38832_member_35436993

No-Energy Winter Rerigerator

If you live in a climate where the weather is routinely below 35 - 38 degrees F. Use natural cooling to keep food refrigerated without wasting energy to do it. Build yourself an insulated box that's going to attach to the outside of your house for the winter months.

More info on how to build this found here:

http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/blogs/diy-hacks/hack-energy-efficient-refrigerator-460215

How to get 99 mpg from your geo metro

The fifth annual Green Grand Prix expo and fuel economy rally in New York produced this pontiac firefly (geo metro) capable of 99 mpg, built by Darin Cosgrove. Read more about exactly how he did it...http://jalopnik.com/5558345/how-to-get-997-mpg-from-a-geo-metro

Green My Scene

This site has a lot of potential, with videos on making your own salads from you garden, and other topics... but there are not very many posts yet, I hope they keep up with it.


http://www.greenmyscene.com

Natural Sponges

Today I was at Wal-mart (don't judge - I needed some storage containers and didn't feel like spending a thousand dollars on them). But I picked up some sponges while I was there, and found these - Natural Sponges from Scotch Brite. They jumped out to me because they were not dyed crazy bright colors like all the other sponges on the shelf.

The packaging says they are created from 50% natural agave plant(instead of petroleum based fibers for a portion of the scrubbing fibers), have recycled paper content(website says 23%), and are 100% natural. I'm not sure about the addition of the scrubbing side to the sponge - does that involve some kind of glue?

The website pushed that they are biodegradable, but doesn't give any other detail, and though it does claim that agave replaces a portion of the scrubbing fibers, it does not specify that no petroleum based fibers were used.

SF Bay Area Greenbelt Alliance

Since 1958, Greenbelt Alliance has been the San Francisco Bay Area's advocate for open spaces and vibrant places.

http://greenbelt.org/index.shtml

Cut back emmisions from cars at your next event

To help people find a ride share their car to your event, use this service...
http://www.spaceshare.com/

Awesome Companies...

Terracycle really goes the extra step to make sure they create products that are completely made of waste. You can even go to heir site and send in items to be recycled like drink packets (Capri Sun style), and cookie and chip wrappers...

Here's just one product of many where they have found ways of using non-recyclable items like wax paper (milk cartons, etc..)

http://www.terracycle.net/

Hiking Vacation

Ever thought about a hiking vacation?

This fabulous site helps you plan a hike along the Pacific Coast Trail, which goes from Mexico to canada along the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

http://www.pctplanner.com

Use the heat from your dryer to heat your house

Why waste all that energy you're using to dry your clothes? Divert the hot air from your dryer into your house with an inexpensive and simple to install diverter.




http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004YWK2?tag=tidbandstuf-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=B00004YWK2&adid=02NKFDYR76ERR0BAQ4CE&

Eneloop Batteries

http://www.eneloopusa.com/eneloop.html

Make your large conferences green...

from the site: Use the MeetGreen® Calculator to track your conferences' environmental practices, benchmark the progress and discover areas for improvement. This innovative tool will give you valuable information about where your meeting practices are currently and how to make your meetings even greener in the future.

https://www.meetgreen.com/

if the steep cost of the test, certificate is too much... they also offer a book for $30

3 Floors down

Today as I was leaving work, I had to use the restroom, but the one on our floor was being cleaned so I stopped 3 floors down to use theirs. First, The bathroom itself was SO much nicer than the one on our floor...but the other thing I noticed was that they installed dual flush handles on their toilets...they are made by Sloan.

http://waterefficiency.com/products.html

Precision Watering

One way to reduce your water usage (especially in California where we are experiencing drought conditions) is to use this awesome little sprinkler head that allows you to water oddly-shaped planting areas without waste.

Get one here:
http://www.noodleheadsprinkler.com/product_options_for_the_noodlehead_sprinkler_systems.html

Lawn info

Great anti-turf lawn site... "the art and science of the american lawn" lot's of info on lawn maintenance and impacts to our greatest natural resource, fresh water.

http://www.naturemuseum.org/lawn/

Less toxic Coolant

Today while buying supplies for my car, I paid the extra dollar for the less-toxic coolant. It's supposed to not kill your cat or dog if they happen to drink it, and be slightly more friendly to the enviornment.