My friends Gail Doby and Erin Weir at the Design Success University are hosting the first annual Green Design Summit later this month… a webcast conference geared towards helping designers and architects pick up that green edge. The teleconference runs June 29th and 30th this month and features a rockin’ lineup of eco-experts including Ed [...]
Alright, this might be one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a good while… British design duo El and Abe have made a name for themselves by creating incredible art installations with unique, renewable materials… Their strongest series to date involves words and quotations composed of moss placed in unique/industrial settings within European cities.
Nourish… [...]
How come some start ups are great successes while others can’t make it a year? What line should a business walk regarding its risk taking in the marketplace? Can a company talk ‘too much green’ and scare off a potential client base?… Questions like these really get me going and I’ve found myself dedicating a [...]
The massive $787 billion economic stimulus recently signed has some pretty rockin’ deals for those looking to make energy efficient upgrades to their home this year. I spent a couple minutes breaking down the issues and will simplify them as best I can, so here goes!
The stimulus has increased the size of incentives to make [...]
Aight… mixin’ in a little commentary here… and I’m skippin’ the small talk!
…we’re pretty wasteful here in the good ol’ US of A. We are throwing away twice as much as we did 50 years ago… our number is up to 4.5 pounds of waste a day/person. This translates to 1,600 lbs of garbage a [...]
So a couple months back I filmed a project out in Philly doing eco-friendly kitchen and bath makeovers for HGTV. I hosted 20 short episodes covering everything from graywater recycling, bamboo tables, low VOC paints to floor refinishes and backsplash installations. The clips are now available to view on Ecologue, HGTV’s sister site devoted to [...]
My friends, I’m gonna let you in on a little secret… walking is the new driving!
Many are discovering the benefits of living in dense areas that are packed full of nearby amenities. Staying in shape and not contributing any greenhouse gases (unless you’re walking away from a Taco Bell) are just two of the many [...]
An often overlooked culprit to our ginormous carbon footprint is our food and eating habits… Many are alarmed to discover that the average piece of food travels 1,500 miles to get to our dinner plate! This obviously puts a tremendous strain on our transport system, requiring huge amounts of the ol’ petrol to bring us [...]
A term that gets thrown around a lot in the green arena is carbon footprint. What in the world does this mean and how can you determine your own? Well friends, a carbon footprint is a calculation that determines how your own actions and lifestyle impacts the planet. It is usually measured in metric tons [...]
This month at Metro Hippie will be dedicated to companies based out of my home state of Minnesota… Many instantly think ‘isolated tundra’ or of that ridiculous Fargo movie (which is North Dakota people!). I’m here to turn the ‘naysayers’ into ‘yaysayers’ by focusing on some incredible eco-efforts made possible by progressive minds within the [...]
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