India.Arie, CAKE, Matisyahu to Headline Harmony Festival

Celebrating 31 years of “Harmony From the Roots Up”—and continuing its focus on progressive ideals, community activism, and uplifting music—the producers of the Harmony Festival announced that the headliners of this year's event will include singer-songwriter India.Arie, reggae hip-hop and social activist Michael Franti & Spearhead, indie rock band CAKE and funk/hip-hop artist Matisyahu.

The Harmony Festival has been described as a hybrid between Burning Man and Bioneers and will be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California, this year on June 12, 13, and 14.

This year, the Harmony Festival promises to be a “green”, multi-generational, family-friendly gathering....

At Last, a CFL That Will Work in Any Lamp

Incandescent-Shaped GE Bulb Now Available

One of the major complaints I hear about CFL bulbs is that you can't attach a lamp shade directly to them, like you can with old-style incandescents. Well, GE has finally gotten around that little problem, so it's time to switch those last of your lamps over to CFLs!

Yes, the GE Energy Smart® compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb is billed as the "world's first truly incandescent-shaped" Energy Smart® CFL bulb....

Business Meeting? Think Green by Meeting Online

Save Money, Save the Planet with Web Conferences

Every time you drive or fly to a meeting, or ask someone else to drive or fly to meet you, you're contributing to global warming.

One way you can reduce your impact on the environment (and save some of your company's rapidly disappearing monetary resources) is by meeting online. There are plenty of services offering teleconferencing or web conferencing, but ThinkGreenMeeting.com will not only save you some green, it will show...

It's Spring, So Start a Virtual Garage Sale to Benefit a Green Charity!

Today's the first day of Spring -- are you ready for your first garage sale of the season?

Don't worry, you don't need to leave your house or open your doors to strangers. Now you can search for "garage sale" items or sell your own through Facebook's Marketplace app. And the sales you make or the items you buy can support green charities in the process!

Take Sierra Club's virtual garage sale...

What is a Smart Grid?

New Technology Could Create Efficiencies and Save Energy

President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan includes US$4.5 billion to create a "smart grid" electrical transmission system. But many people still ask, what exactly is a smart grid?

Basically, a "smart grid" really is just that -- it's a smarter version of our national energy grid that uses advanced communication tools and a whole new range of computing technologies to make the transmission and distribution of energy more efficient.

The first step...

Reduce Your Environmental Impact with Long-Living Laptop Battery

HP Introduces Green Batteries from Boston Power

Typical laptop batteries aren't the greenest gizmos in the game. They don't last all that long, they burn through their charges pretty quickly, and they aren't all that easy to recycle. But HP and Boston Power are helping to change that.

HP is now selling a new line of environmentally friendly batteries for its notebook computers. The HP Enviro series is manufactured by Boston Power, and fits 18 of HP's different...

Which Is Greener: Shopping Local or Shopping Online?

Shopping locally uses less energy, right?

Not necessarily, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon's Green Design Institute. The study looked specifically at Buy.com's e-commerce model, and found that shopping online through that site "reduces environmental impact with 35 percent less energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions than what is produced in the traditional retail shopping model."

Obviously, this isn't going to work for every online retailer, or compare to every brick-and-morter...