40 easy ways to go green.

If you haven't checked out the No Impact Man blog yet, please do. A guy, Colin, living in New York City decides he's going to live by making as little impact on the environment as possible. It's a great read.

His "40 steps on the personal path to green" post is a good primer if you're looking for ideas to reduce your own impact on our world.

Experiments like Colin's are what makes this whole "green movement" so interesting: no one has figured it all out, but - bit by bit - we're getting closer.

When Black Friday comes.

Looking for a green way to shop? Try Cooler, a site that calculates the environmental impact of your holiday shopping. Divine Caroline also has 13 ways to grab green gifts this holiday season.

Caroline suggests memberships to national parks, rugged plastic water bottles, bikes, and books:

Knowledge is power, and these books could revolutionize the way a friend thinks about mundane things like food, driving, and this little place called earth.

Shopping for a green (as in inexperienced) greenie? Try the Go Green gift bag starter, the perfect gift to brainswash your waste-happy friends and family.

And don't forget to recycle all those shopping bags and cardboard boxes.


by Dave Lawrence