Top Eco Tech to Reduce your Company’s Carbon Footprint

by EcoStreetEcoTech, The Environment and BusinessPosted on Comments are Disabled

Energy efficient computers Computers contain some of the most difficult materials to recycle, toxic chemicals and circuit boards are harmful to the environment when dumped and energy consumption by powerful machines can often be astronomical. Now that performance and design don’t differ massively companies are competing on greener grounds of sustainability. How economical and energy …

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Cameras at the ready… it’s ‘The Greener Me, The Better Us’ Video Contest

by EcoStreetActivism, EcoArtPosted on 2 Comments

The Environment Action Association (EAA) has just announced their very first annual environmental video contest “The Greener me, the Better us.” EAA invites you to submit a funny, creative video portraying how each of us can reduce our environmental impact and what we can do to protect Mother Earth. Topics include but are not limited …

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Join the #BagBrigade to make Black Friday Greener…

by EcoStreetActivism, EcoFashion, Fair Trade, Recycling, Shop GreenPosted on 4 Comments

I just joined the #BagBrigade at The Green Life Online and pledged to use reusable bags instead of plastic bags. Tomorrow, millions of Americans will take to the shops and just think of all the plastic bags that don’t have to be used. Plastic bags have never been so un-fashionable.  And for good reason!  There …

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World says goodbye to an Eco-hero

by EcoStreetActivism, Conservation, Sustainable LifestylePosted on Comments are Disabled

Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai passed away on Sunday 25th September in Nairobi. She was an inspirational human being who constantly fought for her beliefs and she shows us what a community can achieve when they harness their knowledge and protect their resources. She created the United Nations Environmental Programme  in 1972 and founding the Kenyan …

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Q: When is a Coke can an elephant (or possibly a giraffe)?

by EcoStreetEcoArt, Recycling, Shop GreenPosted on 10 Comments

A: When Farai’s had his creative way with it! Farai is a member of the Mother City Craft Collective, a collective of traffic-light crafters who you can see selling their wares as you drive through the streets of Cape Town.   This group of Zimbabwean crafters have joined forces to expand their market and create an …

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