Watch this trailer park movie of the upcoming BagIT. It will break your heart on what are plastic consumption is doing to our animal friends. Our very own Green Mom, Beth Terry of Fake Plastic Fish, was interviewed for a segment in the film. See her account, here. Sharing Backyards via EarthEasy’s newsletter. What is [...]
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Ilumisys‘ LED replacement tubes featured at LightFair 2009 Every other year, LightFair International, the biggest and brightest (in my opinion) lighting show comes to New York City. This is my second time attending this amazing show and I was not disappointed. In fact, they should have renamed the show “LEDFair” since 90% of the exhibitors [...]
Editors’ note: This is a transcript from the above audio, which is 26 minutes long. It has been slightly edited so it is more readable. See the giveaway contest and purchase discounts at the end of the transcript! Read on how to see Mr. Beams’ LED lights will not only decrease those hard to light [...]
Photo by Cavin B. Well, it is time again for some great green mail that I received or articles that I found. Rounding up the list this week are articles ranging from what’s in your vaccines now that they have taken out mercury, powering airlines with nuts, to giving old wind turbines a second life. Do you [...]
Photo by Henry Heatly Here is another I’ve Got Green Mail for the week of December 7, 2008. Just to make this concept interactive, please add any new reports or concepts that you found interesting in your own comments. You can include one of your own blog posts if you like, with a few sentences [...]
Photo of Havaleena Bouquet by permission of Tayo Designs (see Green Talk Reader discounts below.) Tried of the same festive decoration? Looking for something with a little pizazz that will brighten up your table or your garden? Tayo Designs’ Havaleena Light Bouquet, single Havaleena, or Havaleena Torch may be the sparkle you are looking [...]
Photo by permission of the LR6 by LED Lighting Fixture, Inc, At Lightfair 2007 in New York City, there were so many promising CFL and LED fixtures. One that caught my eye was LED Lighting Fixture, Inc.’s LR6. This LED looked like it was wearing a metal hat and simply screwed into a typical 6” [...]
I was in Costco the other day and saw a package of “Wireless LED under Cabinet Lights” . The package contained 2 strip lights with each strip containing 6 LEDs. The lights are dimmable, and the light head pivots for a directional light. LED lights are our future and this wireless light seemed like the [...]
Lighting Fair NYC this year was home to amazing light technology from energy efficiency featuring LED technology to the reduction of mercury content in the fluorescent bulbs. As an environmentalist I was impressed by the advancement of technology in lighting energy efficiency but was scared at the same time that we as consumers may [...]
