Carbon Conscious Consumer Blog

This past summer, I went to a wedding in Portland and flew into PDX airport. It was there that I was first introduced to the dual flush toilet. No, it wasn’t a motion …

Recently, I’ve been calling each company that sends me a catalog to ask them to take me off of their list as soon after checking the mail as possible. Thanks to the Ecology Center’s …

Today, October 15, marks the first annual Blog Action Day. Started by an Australian blogger, Collis Ta’eed, 15,861 bloggers from around the world have pledged to blog about the environment today.

Since this Carbon Conscious …

I’ll admit it: I love sparkling water. Add a lime slice to a glass on a hot day, and I’m a happy camper. That’s why I was so excited to find this today: …

The Container Recycling Institute, based in Glastonbury, CT (but has a DC telephone number–go figure!), has put together a really great set of resources about lobbying for a bottle bill in your state.
From the site:
What …

San Francisco is cracking down on the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles. Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks out on why he’s leading the charge.
By Karen Breslau
Newsweek
Updated: 7:30 p.m. ET June 23, 2007
When San Francisco …

This post is written by ALex Eaves of STAY VOCAL, a C3 partner. It’s the first in our guest blogging series!
This month’s C3 campaign is not only extremely important, but seriously, it’s …

The World Wildlife Fund is auctioning off t-shirts that read “Hotter Than I Should Be” as part of their fundraising efforts toward global conservation initiatives including fighting threats like climate change.
Get it? Hotter than …

Just in case you are still on the fence about bottled water, here are even more reasons to give it up and use a reusable bottle for water on the go instead.

Drinking the recommended daily …

This is a very thoughtful editorial written two years ago in the NY Times by Tom Standage, author of The History of the World In Six Glasses.
Bad to the Last Drop
August 1, 2005
IT’S summertime, and …