Many companies start with this “We package our products in 20% post-consumer content materials” and end there. Apple took it about 12 step further by evaluating their products’ environmental impact form sourcing materials to consumer use.
When Apple identified that 53% of their environmental impact is in the use of their products by the [...]
Continue Reading →The common fear is that electric cars don’t offer the distance necessary to support the average commuter. However, the average commute is only 24 miles and the typical electric car gets over 60 miles out of one charge. This eco car is just one of many examples and gets 120km range out of a single [...]
Continue Reading →Blu, a maker of prefabricated homes, has released a modular home product that folds up. This allows the product to be shipped nationwide, thus further increasing the efficiency of purchasing prefabricated homes. The times of “stick built” homes is limited. 2×4′s are a thing of the past. Conventional construction is over with. Can we say [...]
Continue Reading →The Tata Group (the folks behind the Nano Smart Car) has created a water filter that uses ash and requires no water pressure or other conventional water infrastructure to operate. What this means for the developing world is a cheap, simple, effective method of producing potable water. Why does this matter? In India alone, Diarrhea [...]
Continue Reading →The fast food chain has committed in the past to sustainable food sourcing, now they are committing to clean energy dependence. From the Founder, Chairman and CEO: “Our effort to change the way people think about and eat fast food began with our commitment to serving food made with ingredients from more sustainable sources, and [...]
Continue Reading →At Hippie Magazine we like to find the coolest green news, products, technology and innovations. That’s why it suits us to bring up Goldman Sachs’ efforts to go green. They’ve found out it’s not just good business to “green up your act” but it just feels like the right thing to do. Beginning in 2004, [...]
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