It’s one of my pet peeves.  Seeing stacks of phone books being delivered to apartments in San Francisco and nationwide, and then seeing those same books, unmoved and now rainsoaked a month later.  What a colossal waste!Most of us are connected online 24/7.  Growing numbers of us, especially younger people, don’t even have a land […]

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Somehow videos are more motivating than words.  Check these out and then change things…starting with your own household.    Great Pacific Garbage Patch  (by www.algalita.org)     Garbage Island (a more scientific explanation by vbs.tv)Starting today, use 100% biodegradable, compostable cups, plates and forks. Order here.    Starting today, not one more bottle of water.  Starting today, take Leonardo […]

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Thank goodness for the great people at Project Kaisei! They set off this week on their first expedition to the North Pacific Gyre, an area within the Pacific Ocean four times as large as Japan and filled with an estimated 4,000,000 tons of plastic.
Where did the plastic come from? Us. Humans […]

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On June 9, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a new law that requires every residence and business in the City to have three, separate color-coded bins for waste: blue for recycling; green for compost; and black for trash.

The ordinance takes effect this fall. Under the new law, households or businesses that […]

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On Earth Day, I happened to be staying at the Venetian in Las Vegas (ironic, I know). Maintenance folks were changing out all the lights in the hallways with CFL light bulbs. (It’s a step, but there are so many more to go. For example, you could not find a place to recycle […]

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The faithful among us have know for years about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mess of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean that is twice the size of Texas and as deep as 90 feet.  Now, others know about it because Oprah featured it on her Earth Day show.  To see a portion […]

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A friend and habitue of TED sent this video clip of photographer Chris Jordan speaking: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/279
In the clip, Jordan displays photos that attempt to demonstrate the waste generated by disposable cups. The first photo shows 1 million plastic cups, or the number of cups used on airline flights in the United States every six […]

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According to Certain, an online registration company, there are six tips for planning a green meeting, event, conference or training program.
1)  Choose host cities and event venues in places that minimize travel and transportation.
2)  Go paperless in registration.
3)  Downsize or eliminate collateral, such as showguides and supplements.  Use touch-screen kiosks and make details available online.
4)  […]

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“So you’ve given up on paper plates for easy dinners on the deck, but what about picnics and those big parties you throw occasionally? Wouldn’t it be nice to keep it easy and still be virtuous?” wrote Laura Thomas in the May 28, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle.
The Green Event Shop’s 100% biodegradable, compostable plates, cups […]

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Well, it can be done. It’s easy and fun. I hosted a “no-waste” graduation party for 40+ people on Saturday. We used 100% biodegradable, compostable, bleach free plates, cutlery and napkins from Green Event Shop. The heavenly barbeque fare was catered and arrived mostly in reusable stainless steel containers.
After dinner, the […]

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