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Five Green Devices Every Home Should Have October 7th, 2008

You don't have to install huge solar panels on your home or drive a hybrid vehicle to go green. Sometimes, the best steps to take are the littlest ones. With that in mind, here are...more

New HP Laptop Uses 97% Less Packaging September 10th, 2008

HP and Walmart Team Up for Sustainability

The last time I bought a computer it came with approximately 87 pounds of cardboard, plastic and Styrofoam packaging. Okay, so maybe it wasn't quite that much. But buying a computer (or just about any piece...more

Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle at Home July 23rd, 2008

Getting back to Basics - Recycling in Your Community

Green cars, solar roof material choices, how to install a composting toilet, and more; there's a lot of green info in the world to absorb. Sometimes we ignore the little things. Recycling is a little...more

Trash Crisis Brings Out the Garbage Police June 30th, 2008

Europe Will Have to Recycle More, Dump Less

In the city of Whitehaven in northern England (almost at the Scotland border), Britons are balking at a government crackdown on trash. Earlier this year, for example, local bus driver Gareth Corkhill was fined $215...more

REUSE REUSE REUSE RECYCLE! The NEW 4 R's! May 26th, 2008

What Could Possibly be Better than Recycling? Reusing Before you Recycle!

We all understand the importance of recycling, but there's an extra little step we can take with our recyclable materials on the way to the recycling bin to help reduce our waste even more! To...more

Reduce, Reuse... FREECYCLE April 29th, 2008

Online service helps connect your extra stuff with those who need it

Let's say you have a bike you don't need. Or a pile of extra magazines sitting in your house. Or some clothes your children have outgrown. You could throw them out. You could recyle them....more

Five Ways to Use eBay for Your Green Wedding April 15th, 2008

Buy Less New Stuff for the Big Day with eBay

  1. Your dress. eBay can be used to find not just your dress, but your bridesmaids' dresses, your flower girl's dress, the groom's suit, shoes, and accessories. And often, they are CHEAP! You can go...more

Zero- Waste Effort March 25th, 2008

Homecoming is a time of celebration! Every year, Rowan University has a float with a lifespan of 12 hours. As an effort to save on waste, we could just not have a float. It doesn’t...more

Can You Make Overconsumption Look Good? March 24th, 2008

Artist Teaches Us How and Asks Us To Use Less

I got an email with the subject line: "What does a pile of 426,000 cell phones (the number retired in the US everyday) look like?" I clicked on the link and was mesmerized by artist...more

Recyclemania March 17th, 2008

Rowan University stays in the top 10 out of 100 universities for waste minimization. The competition is call Recyclemania, started in 2006. While recycling in New Jersey is a law, Rowan has put an extra...more