Green Buying Leads to Bad Behavior
The satisfaction people get from purchasing environmentally friendly products is apt to lead to other selfish, even morally repugnant decisions later, writes Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow on Slate . It's not...
View ArticleWhy Canned Beer's Better (And Which to Pick Up)
Canned beer isn’t just for redneck fishing trips any more, and next Sunday’s Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to re-introduce yourself. Via Serious Eats, reasons why cans are better than bottles, and...
View Article5 Big Fat Green Food Lies
The food industry hasn’t missed the fact that many people are hopping on the green bandwagon. But how can you tell the difference between true sustainability and marketing baloney? Anna Lappe lists the...
View ArticleNBC's Eco-Love Could Make You Green
Tune into NBC Universal the week of April 19th and you'll see characters recycling, reducing their carbon footprints, and eating organic food. This semi-annual week of 100 hours of eco-friendly...
View ArticleSun Chips Dumps Loud —and Green—Bag
Frito-Lay tried to go green, it really did, but that compostable Sun Chips bag was just too darn loud . The biodegradable bag, made from plant material, made more of a splash for its ridiculous volume...
View ArticleThe Grossest Green Products
Going green is good and all, but sometimes it can also be gross. ForkParty.com rounds up a dozen weird, eco-friendly inventions, some of which are also fairly icky: Fertilizer : Specifically, made from...
View Article13 Recyclables No One Actually Wants to Reuse
It seems like everyone wants to go green these days—but there are some recyclables that just don’t seem like they should be reused. Brittny Drye lists 13 on The Stir : Bras : You might not want to wear...
View ArticleGoing Green? Bah! GOP Brings Back Foam Cups
The Republicans are back in control of the House, and they're bringing something with them: styrofoam cups. The cups, along with plastic forks and a number of other things seen as not eco-friendly,...
View ArticleCongress Buys GOP's Foam Cups From Ex-Koch Exec
The GOP's decision to bring back Styrofoam cups to a Capitol cafeteria has been a real boon for an old pal of the seemingly ever-present Koch brothers. The owner of WinCup, the company supplying the...
View ArticleMen Think Going Green Will Make Them Wimps
A business professor recently set out to learn what is driving one longstanding gender gap. Women tend to be more environmentally conscious than men on all kinds of levels, from energy use to concern...
View ArticleWhy Canned Beer's Better (And Which to Pick Up)
Canned beer isn’t just for redneck fishing trips any more, and next Sunday’s Super Bowl is the perfect excuse to re-introduce yourself. Via Serious Eats, reasons why cans are better than bottles, and...
View Article5 Big Fat Green Food Lies
The food industry hasn’t missed the fact that many people are hopping on the green bandwagon. But how can you tell the difference between true sustainability and marketing baloney? Anna Lappe lists the...
View ArticleNBC's Eco-Love Could Make You Green
Tune into NBC Universal the week of April 19th and you'll see characters recycling, reducing their carbon footprints, and eating organic food. This semi-annual week of 100 hours of eco-friendly...
View ArticleSun Chips Dumps Loud —and Green—Bag
Frito-Lay tried to go green, it really did, but that compostable Sun Chips bag was just too darn loud . The biodegradable bag, made from plant material, made more of a splash for its ridiculous volume...
View ArticleThe Grossest Green Products
Going green is good and all, but sometimes it can also be gross. ForkParty.com rounds up a dozen weird, eco-friendly inventions, some of which are also fairly icky: Fertilizer : Specifically, made from...
View Article13 Recyclables No One Actually Wants to Reuse
It seems like everyone wants to go green these days—but there are some recyclables that just don’t seem like they should be reused. Brittny Drye lists 13 on The Stir : Bras : You might not want to wear...
View ArticleGoing Green? Bah! GOP Brings Back Foam Cups
The Republicans are back in control of the House, and they're bringing something with them: styrofoam cups. The cups, along with plastic forks and a number of other things seen as not eco-friendly,...
View ArticleCongress Buys GOP's Foam Cups From Ex-Koch Exec
The GOP's decision to bring back Styrofoam cups to a Capitol cafeteria has been a real boon for an old pal of the seemingly ever-present Koch brothers. The owner of WinCup, the company supplying the...
View ArticleMen Think Going Green Will Make Them Wimps
A business professor recently set out to learn what is driving one longstanding gender gap. Women tend to be more environmentally conscious than men on all kinds of levels, from energy use to concern...
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