Steam Whistle Brewing, arguably Canada’s greenest brewery (and clever green marketer) has created a new symbol of their environmental commitment -  a custom-built, all -electric, earth-friendly vintage ride  The truck, which is called, RETRO ELECTRO, began life as a 1958 Chevy Apache Pickup 1/2 ton short box with side step. (more…)

Kalon Studios has added the Echo Toddler Bed to its array of American-made, sustainable, craftsman furniture. (more…)

Tip # 7: When you can’t grow your own, a great way to ensure that you and your family have the freshest produce and smallest carbon footprint is to buy from local farmers, producers and merchants. A local farmer’s market is typically a great place to buy fruits and veggies…just be sure to choose the really local goods, ie not the Romaine wrapped in plastic that you can find at your grocery store.

Typical big-box supermarkets and super stores feature produce that has most often been: shipped thousands of miles, quick-frozen, wrapped in plastic, mass produced or genetically modified. Even if the produce isn’t organic, it’s typically better to buy local and fresh than produce that’s been shipped from far away. Just try to avoid the conventionally grown Dirty Dozen. Aside from harming Mother Earth, ingesting food products on a steady basis treated with: pesticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics and growth hormones can’t be good for our bodies.

Welcome to our newest intern, Jake Ayres, who’s pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Golf season is right around the corner and this season you can impress your friends with Earth-Friendly Golf Tees by Simple Ecology.

In the U.S., nearly 100,000 trees each year are used to make wooden tees. Earth-Friendly Golf Tees are made in Nebraska from surplus USA grown wheat. The tees save birch trees (wood tees) or oil (plastic tees) and supports U.S. agriculture. Not only do these tees save trees, they also turn to fertilizing compost in 90 days! Earth-Friendly Golf Tees are lawn mower friendly and have been proven to be just as strong as wooden tees.

$6.45 for a pack of 50 tees @ simpleecologystore.com