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Rent the Runway for Designer Dresses Without Designer Prices

by Kara DiCamillo, Newport, Rhode Island on 12.17.09
Science & Technology

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Image via Rent the Runway.

The New Year is quickly approaching and for some of us that means parties and galas to ring in 2010. And then there's the common dilemma: what to wear. If you're looking for the season's hottest couture but don't want to spend the money, look no further than Rent the Runway. Think $625 Diane von Furstenberg dresses for just $75.

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Nespresso Recycling Program Launched in Spain (Video)

by Petz Scholtus, Barcelona, Spain on 12.17.09
Science & Technology

Nespresso capsule recycling program launched in Spain

Just a few months ago, we thought George Clooney's coffee choice could be better. Although fair-trade, Nestlé's Nespresso coffee capsules could not be recycled or reused- until now! At the beginning of this month, Nestlé announced in Madrid, Spain, the launch of the Nespresso Capsule Recycling Program, part of Ecolaboration, not only recycling the packaging, but also the used coffee grounds.

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SF Green Festival 09 - Rentalic Creates Profit Around Community Rental Service

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11.16.09
Science & Technology

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Community based product service systems are an excellent green product service system allowing a lot of people to use one item when they need it, rather than everyone purchasing the same product only to use it once a year. But what about creating an income based on sharing your stuff? Rentalic is a person-to-person renting service where anyone can hop online and rent their stuff - from parking spaces to holiday decorations - and bring in a little cash, while the renters can get access to things they need for a fraction of the cost of purchasing them.

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How SHE Solves One of the Biggest Social Problems in the World. Period.

by Petz Scholtus, Barcelona, Spain on 10.22.09
Science & Technology

We first heard about SHE: Sustainable Health Enterprises at the Feast Conference when Elisabeth Scharpf told her amazing story about how she set up this social and sustainable franchise scheme that provides women in developing countries with what should be a basic right: affordable sanitary pads, as well as a sustainable business. The Huffington Post titled their article about her work "When a Period Ends More Than A Sentence". Until Scharpf stepped into the spotlight at the Feast, we had very little idea that for millions of women around the world, having their period is a significant handicap, to their health, their income and their quality of life. And we love what Scharpf came up with to solve this problem in a way that it works so brilliantly for people, planet and profit.

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West Coast Green 2009: Can Energy Dashboards Change Behavior, Permanently?

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 10. 5.09
Science & Technology

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Photo via Jaymi Heimbuch

Energy dashboards were a big subject at West Coast Green this year. But the buzz wasn't as much around new devices on the market as it was pondering how energy dashboards - and the simple fact of making energy consumption data available to consumers - can change our habits for the better, for good. Not just a novelty anymore but something making their way into our daily life, energy monitoring dashboards have a big role to fill, but still have room for improvement. From panels with key players like Google PowerMeter, PG&E and IBM to un-panels made up of smart meter enthusiasts, there were some big ideas about how energy dashboards will revise the way we interact with our homes and energy sources.

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Team Earth Uses Social Networking to Save Tropical Rainforests (Video)

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 09.21.09
Science & Technology

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Photo via Daquella manera


Social networking and social media
are proving to be among our most powerful tools for mobilizing people to action. Twitter has helped groups engage followers for good causes, such as charity: water's twestival, and there are even social networks created specifically for green causes like WiserEarth and MakeMeSustainable. A new group of people are looking to make social networking key for stopping Amazonian deforestation - Team Earth.

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e-Cycler Helps You Earn Cash From Your Neighbor's Trash

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 09.16.09
Science & Technology

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In college I scored quite a bit of extra pocket change by collecting bottles and cans found on my way to and from classes and my apartment, and submitting them for recycling. I usually earned enough each month to buy about a week's worth of groceries (admittedly, college kid groceries, which means pasta, cheap bread, and not the most organic of veggies...). e-Cycler could have come in handy back then; it is a new website that makes the process of collecting - and having collected - recyclables look much more like a part time job than a random act of frugal greenness. It connects people who have recyclables but no recycling service with people who want to collect recyclables for profit.

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Should You Trust an iPhone App That Says to Skip Buying Organic?

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 09.15.09
Science & Technology

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Image via AppShopper

Soleil Organics has put out a new iPhone app that tells you when you should dole out the extra dollars for organic foods, and when to skip it and go for the cheaper stuff. When it comes to buying organic, even if you can see a reason skip it, should you?

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