Amazon Green – Shop environmentally friendly products

13 08 2008

A good step in the right direction. However I am a bit concerned over a how environmentally friendly some of the products are. I mean there are many shades of green, you know what I mean? But hey, if a light green, or a spring green, gets more people considering alternatives, then I guess it’s not a bad thing. You could call it a gateway to moss green.

“Welcome! Today we announced “Green 3″, a challenge to Amazon’s customer community to help others go green by creating the most authoritative list of eco-friendly products available for purchase on the Web.”

Pick 3 green products you wish everyone had by clicking below.

Comment back and share your Green 3.





EPA launches new website to help kids identify healthy fish to eat

12 08 2008

The EPA has launched an interactive website, targeting families with young children, to educate which fish are safest to eat. The website uses story as a very effective way to deliver the fish advisories. Each story links to the fish advisory page on the EPA’s website. Therefore giving parents a way to follow up after story time.


I like how they sliced it into categories such as the camping trip, shopping trip, and sport fishing trip. Each has a unique story and is relevant to different lifestyles. You do have to wait about 30 seconds for the site to load.

“Our new Web site is a fun way for kids and parents to learn about the importance of fish in a healthy diet and how to choose the healthiest fish to eat,” said Benjamin H. Grumbles,

You can check it out here:
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/kids/