Fungi to replace polystyrene?
Eben Bayer, co-founder of the company Ecovative Design has found a way to use fungi from agricultural waste to replace polystyrene/styrofoam! Read the full article that appeared in the New York Times here.
Articles and Blog
When ‘biodegradable’ is just greenwash……
“Biodegradable” is one of packaging’s most misused terms– Packaging Digest, 12/1/2008. Read this great article on how the term ‘biodegradable’ is often just a form of greenwash…
Environmental day discount!
As advertised in a previous newsletter, don’t forget that Green Home is offering a 5% discount to all our customers when they place an order on one of these environmental days.March 21: World Forestry Day March 22: World Water Day April 22: Earth Day May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity June 5: World Environment…
Plastics threatening the endangered Leatherback Turtle
A new study by Canadian scientists shows how one of the oldest and most enduring species – the great Leatherback Turtle – is being seriously threatened by the lowliest artifact of modern consumer culture: the plastic bag. Read the full article here.
Shocking video of plastic rubbish island!
Check out this shocking video about the growing mass of plastic rubbish in the Pacific! These are some quotes from the video:“The area that is polluted is estimated as double the size of Texas. It’s a whole region of the ocean that is just totally infested with just little broken up bits of plastic.”“The problem…
Earth hour
Green Home pledges its support to Earth Hour at exactly 8:30pm, wherever you live, on Saturday 28 March 2009.Pledge your support and spread the message. Visit www.earthhour.org to sign up and make a difference.
Green Home featured in the Financial Mail
Catherine was featured in the ‘People’ section of the latest Financial Mail in an article entitled “Clean and Green”. Read the article here.
Forever plastic
Watch this fascinating documentary about the history of the world’s most ubiquitous, non-biodegradable product…plastic.