Earth Protect Blog

A new LED (light-emitting diode) from Philips promises to last 20 years – more than 25 000 hours. The LED light bulb was launched commercially in stores on Earth Day. For more than one hundred years, Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb has been on the market. Though providing excellent light qu...

From grocery stores specializing in organic foods to green builders, Western North Carolina is home to a growing number of businesses that provide “green” products and services intended to provide benefits to the consumer and the environment. Because of the strong market for these products and servi...

This article talks a lot about the LEED certification system so I am first posting a description of what LEED is and how/who is certified. LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is an internationally-recognized green building certification system. Developed by the U.S. Green Buildi...

Using household cleaners can be more dangerous than you thought. What is in the  cleaners you are using and how do you know if they are safe?! Before you even begin cleaning up your home, you might want to consider starting with the cleaning products you already have. You may be wondering, wha...

5 gallon water coolers are often thought of as the alternative to having a water bottle at the office or your home. Rarely do we think about the fact that those water bottles end up in the landfill eventually as well. This article represent a geat alternative to all water bottles! Gathering around ...

We are delighted to release our paper exploring how to unlock value from today’s business challenges such as increasing input costs, pricing of externalities, new technologies, customer & shareholder scrutiny, and volatility/uncertainty. Within the businesses that we have assisted in our years ...

Reclaiming our Capital, Greening our Economy, and Launching the Next New Deal By Thomas Croft from: Green Money Journal The Gulf Oil spill disaster riveted the attention of the world over the Spring and Summer. Unfortunately, this accident was just one in April alone that caused 49 worker deaths ...

Consumer confusion on what is green and who to trust was the major theme of the market researchers presenting at the Sustainable Brands 2010 conference. The positive news is that, as declared by Suzzane Shelton founder of Shelton Group, going green has “gone mainstream” with 64% of the population n...

When EarthWorks Expo www.earthworks2009.com returns for the third year to the Denver Merchandise Mart (Aug. 22-23), it will offer attendees a comprehensive workshop schedule, two keynote presentations and 150 exhibitors showcasing Earth-friendly products and services. EarthWorks Expo’s 42 workshops...

NEW YORK -- As dozens of banks caught up in the collapse of the housing market are struggling to stay alive, one team of finance professionals is moving boldly in the other direction. They're opening a new bank. A new "green" bank. While the federal government is engaged in an overhaul of the bank...