8 Green Grooming Tips For Guys

For most dudes, shaving is kind of a drag – and with throwaway razors and chemical-filled shave creams, it isn’t eco-friendly either. But having a nice, smooth face that’s a hit with the ladies need not be laborious. Check out these 8 easy grooming tips to make your morning routine both green and painless! READ MORE > Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: fashion and accessories , green design , green grooming for guys , green lifestyle , shaving , sustainable design , top 5 green grooming products

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Could Going Green Mean Trashing Our Landscape?

Image credit: Centre for Alternative Technology Environmentalists may spend a lot of time battling against the fossil fuel lobby , but the awkward truth is that there is plenty of fighting between “green” groups too—perhaps most notably when it comes to what constitutes ’sustainability’, and how do we manage the sometimes competing demands of clean energy and conservation. From

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when you’ve gotta go…go with less.

As a green website, we’re bound to talk about waste…even if it’s the kind of waste that no one really wants to talk about. That’s right, we’re talking about the old (#)1,2. The average toilet uses over 3 gallons of water per flush, which adds up to a lot of water going down the drain.

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Most Americans Unsure of Most Effective Ways to Save Energy

Most Americans overlook efficiency as the most effective means of reducing energy consumption. At the same time, poor public perception of the amount of energy needed by appliances and certain activities may be preventing consumers from making more informed choices when it comes to energy-saving behavior, a new survey suggests.

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Paperless Office: A Reality or Dream?

There has been buzz of the paperless office for some time now.  Although it sounds nice in theory, is it actually possible?  Did you know that, “the typical U.S. office worker uses more than 10,000 sheets of paper per year, which is about 2 cases of paper per employee.

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Ecopreneur Interview Series: DoGood Headquarters Inc.

Part 4 in a series where Krates Ng (co-founder of PlantMyPhone cellphone recycling ) interviews fellow ecopreneurs.  Today, Krates interviews Faisal Sethi of DoGood Headquarters .  DoGood runs an ad network for cause-related advertising

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Pitching Tips from Unreasonable Entrepreneurs

The Unreasonable Institute brought 22 social entrepreneurs to pitch their for-profit and non-profit ventures to San Francisco yesterday to seek funding from individuals and institutions here. Happily a standing-room only crowd showed up to The Hub in SOMA to hear the inspiring entrepreneurs addressing momentous needs such as food distribution efficiencies, infectious disease detection and prevention, sufficient housing and sustainable building projects, economic development, sex-trafficking prevention and much more.

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Social Entrepreneur Boot Camp in San Francisco August 21-22

“I hate this job.”  Ok, sure.  Most jobs aren’t quite this bad, perhaps, but how many people do you know who really dread going to work?

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PACE Won’t Go Down Without a Fight

In a conference call yesterday supporters of the PACE* financing program, which is being effectively blocked  by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , urged us to contact our representatives and to fight the Federal Regulators rulings on accepting mortgages on homes with PACE liens. *Property accessed clean energy bond financing where homeowners borrow and have a lien attached to their home–problematically to FNMA, ahead of the first mortgage on the home.

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Solar-Startups Make their Case at Intersolar

Monday, the day before the official opening of the Intersolar conference in San Francisco, newer solar companies with innovative technologies and business models had the chance to present.

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