Author archives: Green Gal

Toyota has become the latest automaker to debut a pure electric vehicle, the RAV4 crossover model that will be introduced sometime in 2012 — adding to the growing list of electrics that will become available over the next couple of years. The RAV4 Electric demonstration model was unveiled at the…

Gotta love this UK built car, the British-built Nissan Leaf which offers 2.5p a mile motoring has become the first all-electric vehicle to be crowned European ‘Car of the Year’ for 2011. Judges said the pollution free ‘green’ car, which can be charged from the domestic household mains, was the…

There have been some people in the green movement saying that China and it’s huge population have not been doing enough to help the environment, but this story points in the exact opposite direction. In many academic, policy and business circles, the term “clean tech” is synonymous with renewable energy….

Great idea for water conservation and pretty cute but I still don’t want to drink filtered fish water. As you use water from the tap to wash your hands (you always remember to wash your hands, right?) the water in the fish’s bowl goes down, reminding you not to be…

Sort of like the headless horseman where a team of Italian engineers on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the longest-ever test drive of driverless vehicles: an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China, not in search of silk, but to test the limits of future automotive technology….

Men wearing T-shirts and jeans quietly went about their work at Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corp. on a recent sunny afternoon. Inside the processing plant, just past a cardboard box full of tiny, plastic pieces from shredded milk jugs, four guys pulled the wrapping off black rubber gloves that Marines use…

The Center for Retail Research undertook a report for the online shopping comparison website, Kelkoo, and found that sales of environmentally friendly products currently account for just 2.3% of total retail sales. Why? Because green items such as energy-efficient light-bulbs and hybrid cars are just too expensive, with many retailers…

This one over at theonion.com is a real hit with us green lean’in folks! WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency called a press conference Monday to publicly denounce the environment for blatantly refusing to pull its weight in mankind’s ongoing efforts at ecological conservation. “For 40 years, we have worked tirelessly…

It’s not easy being green, but health clubs are finding that being good to the planet may also reward their bottom line. National fitness chains and boutique clubs alike are retro-fitting old centres and building greener new ones. “Health clubs worldwide are continuing to adopt greener practices,” said Kara Shemin,…