Green Product Category: Messenger Bags; $90
We gave our Keen Cornell II sustainable messenger bag the ultimate test: a middle schooler. He lugged books, lunches and lacrosse sticks, stuffing the bag to well beyond capacity - and lobbing it at his locker. Despite the abuse, the material held up well, with seams and zippers intact. Aside […]

I’m trying to teach my 6-year-old about conserving resources and reducing waste. My recent object lesson: paper towels in public restrooms.

In Dell’s ongoing efforts to green their business, the company just announced that their new bamboo cushion packaging is certifiably compostable, having received the American Society for Testing and Materials ASTM D6400 certification. Dell started shipping netbooks in the packaging in November 2009; they now use it for some of their Inspiron line of laptops […]

Sometimes, it’s not easy saving trees. Lately my mailbox has been flooded with credit card offers for me, my wife, and even my 6-year-old daughter. This, even though we’ve already opted out of unsolicited pre-screened credit card offers. The culprit? Our frequent flyer program memberships.

Shopping. We all do it. We all buy stuff we need, stuff we want, and some stuff that, honestly, we could probably do without. But it’s a fact of life, we live in a dispersed and increasingly global economy, and shopping isn’t going away. And all that stuff we buy impacts the planet.
So what can […]

So you want to buy green, but you don’t know what to look for? It’s true; the array of “green” claims is dizzying, and it can be hard to cut through the green marketing hype to make truly informed sustainable shopping choices.
Don’t become a victim of eco-stress! Use these six common-sense guidelines to help make […]

Middle of Kansas, the twin ribbons of I-70 pour into the distance, flat prairie in all directions. My five year old needs to go potty.
Oh, crap.
Finally, emerging from the brown grasslands, an exit, a lonely gas station. We pull in, the girls hop out, and I notice in an empty lot across the road a […]