[breyn-i-keyn] Brainstorming on a Higher Level
image via the Clayton i-house blog
When Warren Buffet bought Clayton Homes in 2003 I was still working in the prefab biz; Punching well above my weight, I sent him an email about the business case for a mobile home manufacturer doing well designed green housing. I don’t know if he got it; I never got […]
Photo via Future Feeder
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived—when we can finally do all of our writing exclusively on elephant feces. This is no joke—there’s a new line of eco-paper available, and for once, the term’s not an oxymoron. It’s from the Sri-Lankan based company Mr. Ellie Pooh, and yes, the […]
Photos via Jetson Green
Okay, so no such deal exists, explicitly. Do not contact Apple regarding said offer. However, the prospect is very real: Clayton homes is reportedly about to start marketing its manufactured home the i-House (named because of its shape, not its affiliation with Apple) for a scant 100,000 dollars, according to Jetson Green. […]
Image credit:Goodwill store in Los Angeles, Mark Boster /Los Angeles Times
The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), under pressure to lessen childhood exposure to lead in toys and clothing, has set a deadline of early February 2009. That’s the date by which retailers and thrift stores must either test items likely to contain lead […]
Nokia’s smaller packaging and carbon offsets shown off at their booth at CES 2009
Nokia invited me over to their booth to talk about what they’re doing to put the environment at the forefront of the company. I spoke with David Conrad, head of Nokia’s North American environmental activities, who described Nokia’s philosophy about their environmental […]
Photo Credit: Dark_mephi
We know that some men have bad bathroom habits (women too). But it has come to our attention that a few of these social no-no’s, might actually be good for the environment, at least to some degree. Our question is, at what point is this lack of etiquette going too far? Let’s look […]
Security lights are one item on a home that can be easy to switch to solar right away. And this item from MAXSA Innovations seems like an ideal product for that purpose. It’s the brightest solar-powered motion light available, and it has some great features.
Click through to see a video demo….
Image of Greenpeace’s Report Cover, found at Greenpeace.
Greenpeace had a presence at this year’s CES 2009, and had in hand their report ranking the greenest products of the 15 manufacturers participating in their study. The group held a press conference to discuss the findings of the report, and what their expectations are for the […]
A sample chart of a company’s supply chain carbon footprints.
One very simple booth caught my attention in the Sustainable Planet section. At first I thought it was yet another carbon tracking system for companies. But this is something completely different – something that has the potential to significantly change the way companies interact with […]
We’ve talked about the Smart Strip quite a bit before – the power strip that can put an end to vampire power. Mainly it’s used for cutting power to slave devices when one main device, like a computer, is shut off.
But there’s a new strip on its way out that can cut power to […]