Companies we Love: Jade Yoga
July 17th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor
Jade Yoga Mats advertise themselves as the “simply the planet’s best eco-friendly yoga mat.” A tall order to be sure, [&hellip
Browsing the "rubber" Tag
Dandelions Could Save Natural Rubber Industry from Fungus Epidemic
September 16th, 2009 | by Derek Markham
Natural rubber is in high demand by our modern culture – it’s found in 30,000 products, from car tires to [&hellip
Step Lightly with Eco-Friendly Footwear
November 26th, 2008 | by Stephanie Evans
Footwear manufacturing is known as one of the most environmentally unfriendly industries out there. The modern process of tanning leather, [&hellip
Green Roofing Options
July 5th, 2008 | by Stephanie Evans
The most essential feature of any roof is dependability since it must keep the weather out. Roofs should also provide a barrier [&hellip
Biodiverse Green Roofs
June 23rd, 2008 | by Stephanie Evans
Green roofs are vegetated roof covers constructed on top of a roof deck. Sometimes called an ecoroof or sky garden, [&hellip
Green Laptops for Eco Friendly Computing
December 18th, 2007 | by Stephanie Evans
What will "green" notebooks of the future look like? Although we cannot claim to be holding a technology crystal ball, [&hellip
Green Flooring for Sustainable Spaces
December 17th, 2007 | by Stephanie Evans
Awareness of, and interaction with, one’s surroundings is a concept that gets to the very root of why we care [&hellip
Recycled Rubber Flooring
November 18th, 2007 | by Stephanie Evans
What eco-flooring material contains 100% post-consumer recycled waste and provides a soft, easy-to-maintain padding that makes our green hearts skip [&hellip
Cork Flooring: Qualities, Care, and Cautions
October 30th, 2007 | by Stephanie Evans
Cork is a sustainable, versatile material that has been covering floors for hundreds of years. Unlike other woods, cork floor [&hellip
How to Reuse Those Old Tires
October 22nd, 2007 | by Stephanie Evans
While many people don’t give tires a second thought beyond inflating air pressure from time to time, those big, old [&hellip
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