Fittingly Green: Bag Your Suit


Updated 04/19/09 2:42 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 5 comments

Fittingly Green: Bag Your Suit

Since no one wants to carry around a wet suit in her gym bag, most gyms provide plastic bags for your postswim convenience. One thing the world could definitely use less of, though, is plastic bags. Since we all have some form of plastic bags — produce bags, bread bags, or shopping bags with handles — tucked into random drawers in our kitchens, taking one to the pool for your wet suit is an Read more

Hit the Health Food Store With These Earth-Friendly Tips


Updated 04/10/12 10:23 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Eco-Friendly Tips For Grocery Shopping

Buying groceries from the local Whole Foods or other health food store (like January Jones did last weekend) often means you're doing your body good. Once you're there, the choices you make may also do good for the planet. Follow these earth-friendly tips on your next grocery shopping trip. Choose an eco-friendly mode of transportation: Reduce smog-causing pollutants by walking, biking, Read more

21 Disposable Products You Can Reuse


Updated 03/30/12 1:45 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Can I Reuse Disposable Things?

Even when the product is supposedly "disposable," you can always reuse it. Wise Bread shares awesome ways to reuse these 21 disposable products. It’s said that we live in a disposable society. But the word "disposable" is a misnomer. Disposable is considered throwaway, something you use once and dump, regardless of the life that may be left in it. As a frugal shopper with a concern for the Read more

The Siku Cam: A Live Show So Cute We Can't Bear It


Updated 02/27/12 11:33 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Siku Baby Polar Bear Appears on Live Video Cam

Siku fever has hit, and we'll admit it: we're afflicted! The lovable baby polar bear is just 3 months old, but he's already claimed the hearts of animal lovers, environmentalists, and fans of cute. We've seen plenty of adorable photos, but if like us, you just can't get enough, now through a joint effort between Explore.org and Polar Bears International, you can watch Siku live! Every day from 9 Read more

Artists For Humanity Youth Develop Plastic Bag Bar Stools


Updated 06/22/11 8:54 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Stools Made From Recycled Plastic Bags

I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, TreeHugger! From Artists of Humanity comes an innovative design that turns more than 200 plastic shopping, dry-cleaning or newspaper bags into a colorful plastic bar stool, called "ReVision." Made by inner-city youth in Boston, Massachusetts, the stools received the Social Responsibility Award by the American Society of Interior Read more

25 Things to Do With Old Jeans


Updated 12/26/11 11:29 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Old Denim Crafts

We're thrilled to present this smart Wise Bread story here on Savvy! Recycling fabric is a powerful green living and cost saving strategy. Denim is one of the coolest fabrics to do it with. It's sturdy, gains character with age and can be acquired very inexpensively at yard sales or in your own "old clothes" closet. Some of the coolest ideas I've found? RELATED: 16 Ways to Make Your Clothes Read more

How to Green Your Running


Updated 04/22/11 9:02 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Green Your Running

You might already take your own bags to the grocery store and keep your hot showers short, but there are always new ways to go green. Take running for instance. It's already fairly eco-friendly, but there is always room for improvement. Here are some simple ways to make your sneaker time a bit more green: Create eco-friendly racing habits: Many of us like to test our mettle among other runners, Read more