Posted by lindseyshoe
How can you know if a company is environmentally friendly? We suggest four basic “tests” to tell if a company you may buy from is being environmentally conscious.
Posted by carrie_roll
We’re working hard to build a community here at GreenJoyment.
Here are some of the ways we all can build communities in our local areas.
Turn off your TV
Leave your house
Know your neighbors
Look up when you are walking
Greet people
Sit on your stoop
Plant flowers
Use your library
Play together
Buy from local merchants
Share what you have
Help a lost dog
Take children to the park
Garden together
Support neighborhood schools
Fix it even if you didn’t break it
Have pot lucks
Honor elders
Pick up litter
Read stories aloud
Dance in the street
Talk to the mail carrier
Listen to the birds
Put up a swing
Help carry something heavy
Barter for your goods
Start a tradition
Ask a question
Hire young people for odd jobs
Organize a block party
Bake extra and share
Ask for help when you need it
Open your shades
Sing together
Share your skills
Listen before you react to anger
Mediate a conflict
Seek to understand
Learn from new and uncomfortable angles.
Know that no one is silent though many are not heard. Work to change this.
Participate in book clubs
Lend/give someone your shoes
Share music
Offer to baby sit
Have people over for tea
Talk to strangers (you’re an adult now)
Throw a bon voyage party
Fix a computer
Edit your neighbors’ papers
Buy airline tickets and/or travel with friends
Go to church together
Smile, especially when you don’t want to
(Based on a post at http://travelwithoastler.com/)
What else would you add to this list?
Posted by lindseyshoe
If you want to travel and learn more about being environmentally conscious San Diego, California is one of the best travel destinations. Not only can you learn a great deal about the environment, alternatives, and eco-friendly opportunities, but you can also see many green initiatives in practice. Find out how and why San Diego is good for both learning to go green and for those who are already there.
Posted by lindseyshoe
Find out about the features, driving, comfort, safety, and environmentally friendly features on this fuel efficient hybrid car recently released by Honda.
Posted by lindseyshoe
What is a transition town? What is its purpose, goals and how are they achieved?
Posted by lindseyshoe
Can cities be smart? Apparently the city of Boulder, Colorado can. Known for being an eco-friendly environment, home to the University of Colorado, The National Center for Atmospheric Research, and many government agencies; Boulder is participating in a whole new innovation in technology and the environment, the Smart Grid City.
Posted by carrie_roll
I met Mark Simmons, the VP of marketing and sales for Vibrant Solar (here in Colorado), at the Denver Green Festival, and asked him if he would share the background of their company with members of the GreenJoyment community.
Here is some information about Vibrant Solar. Perhaps if you are thinking of starting a solar company, their story will be inspirational to you.
If you are in Colorado and in need of a solar installer, take a look at Vibrant Solar.
Posted by carrie_roll
One of the coolest items I saw for sale at the Denver Green Festival was the chopstick art made by Brian Parks. So I bought one and brought it home.
You can see the basket in the video above.
Posted by carrie_roll
(No, Not THOSE Shrooms…)
I saw this man talk on Saturday at the Denver Green Festival, and the talk amazed me… They’ve gotten mushrooms to “eat” Nerve gas… NERVE GAS, and turn it into NOTHING! The work being done here is nothing short of revolutionary.
Take a look.
Mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium — and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
Posted by carrie_roll
By Anneli Rufus and Kristan Lawson (GreenJoyment community members)
Is backyard gardening the smart new way to drastically lower your monthly food bills while simultaneously helping the planet? Or is it an overpriced hobby that ends up costing more than it saves?
Well, that depends upon the gardener.
Although gardening is heavily promoted as a key to shrinking our carbon footprints by reducing our number of trips back and forth to the store — and hey, even the Obamas have planted a White House “Victory Garden” — no one wants to admit a certain dark secret: Gardening, the way most people do it, can be pretty pricey.