Changes are Coming!

For those of you who read my blog posts, I thank you. We writers LOVE our readers – you’re why we do what we do.
BUT …  be prepared for changes.
Envirothink is moving.  Yes, I’ll still be posting on a regular basis. But from now on, Envirothink will be found at www.envirothink.greenpress.com.
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Boston to (finally) begin curbside recycling

Boston – known for baseball, the Freedom Trail and Quincy Marketplace – is finally stepping up into the green movement. As of July 1st, they’ll begin residential curbside recycling, something that the majority of both large metropolitan areas and smaller towns across the country have been doing for years.
Boston will deliver more than 55,000 64-gallon [...]

US Government considering bulldozing 50 cities to create green space

Urban sprawl reached its zenith in the ’90’s. But with today’s recession and roller coaster gas prices, sprawl has often turned to blight from dwindling populations and bankrupted businesses.

The Obama administration is reportedly considering plans to raze sections of 50 economically depressed US cities, condensing these both the towns and city services. Dubbed “shrink to survive, this program could turn bulldozed [...]

“Green” Exit Signs bring surprising Cost Savings

They’re in every commercial building - unassuming red on white lights you can see from across the room. But those exit and emergency signs consume more energy than you might imagine
On July 1st, Exit Sign Warehouse(ESW) will launch Flex Green, a program that could have a significant impact on the environment and a company’s bottom line.
Flex Green is an opportunity [...]

A Solar-Wind Turbine?

Put two great alternative energy technologies into one and what do you get?
Bluenergy, a Santa Fe, New Mexico start-up, has come up with a hybrid vertical axis wind turbine that’s covered with solar cells. Based on sailing engineering, the wind rotor is rotated by two spiral-formed vanes. The sun and wind produce electricity as one element.
Bluenergy Solarwind’s 5 kw [...]

Recycling creates a Beautiful Partnership

An elementary school in Stockton, CA has cut their waste stream by 20 percent.
They didn’t do it on their own. Corporate America stepped up to help make it happen.
Dart Container Corp., whose manufacturing plant was located nearby, helped the students at Westwood Elementary School by accepting their polystyrene lunch trays, which were cleaned, sorted, then sent [...]

Nissan to produce electric cars in the U.S.

Nissan Motors plans to begin producing electric cars and their lithium ion batteries in the U.S.
Nissan North America’s headquarters in Smyrna, Tennessee will be the site of their new electric car assembly lines. The overall investment is projected at 50 billion yen ($516.4 million and could rise to 100 billion yen.
Capabile of making 50,000 to 100,000 eco-friendly vehicles a year by 2012, [...]

Environmentally-Friendly ReUsable Tableware for Toddlers

Until recently, conventional children’s tableware contained BPA and thilates, now recognized as hazardous chemicals. With the introduction of alternative bioplastics, which produce less greenhouse gases than traditional plastic, parents of young children now have safe, eco-friendly choices.
Florida-based Re-Think It, Inc. recently introduced their Dandelion Earth Friendly brand ReUsable Tableware designed especially for toddlers. The diverse [...]

Think Solar Day on Sunday

Father’s Day is two holidays in one. The first annual Solar Day - a day promoting the benefits of solar energy - is taking place in some of the country’s top metropolitan cities.
John Reed, a San Francisco Bay area business man who’s brainchild this was, sees this as a way to recognize that we have control over our [...]

Six Flags plans to cut waste, protect ecosystems

Six Flags announced their company-wide Green Initiative, with plans to cut waste, reduce fuel and electricity use and protect the watersheds and ecosystems across theme park and water parks.
The theme park giant is creating groundbreaking pilot program at four parks. Vehicles and trains currently running on diesel will be converted to vegetable oil generated in Park [...]