If you’re a regular Greenzer visitor, you know by now that we made the list of Time magazine’s Green Design 100 (you can find us in the Websites category) and that we’re rather excited about it, but we thought we’d take a moment to give you a very brief overview of some of the other names on the list (you can check out the full list on the Time site or in the Time issue on newsstands now).

Under the Pioneers category we were happy to see David de Rothschild, who was recently featured on the Greenzer blog for his upcoming Plastiki Expedition from San Francisco to Sydney on a boat made of 100% recycled materials (mostly in the form of two-liter plastic bottles), and who’s been raising environmental awareness all around the world.

Nike securing a spot in the Companies category may have some surprised (few have forgotten the issues the company had with child labor), but they’ve been steadily greening for awhile now and made our blog repeatedly for their eco-friendly products like jackets made from recycled polyester, organic cotton tees, and athletic shoes made with recycled materials. Their Reuse-A-Shoe program has even helped create public basketball courts and athletic tracks worldwide.

Despite a year of environmental efforts from Apple (including their new laptops, which they’ve promoted as the world’s greenest family of notebooks), they didn’t feature on the list. But Dell did, specifically for the Dell Studio Hybrid, their smallest and most environmentally-friendly PC so far (using 70% less energy than standard desktops) and available with an optional bamboo sleeve. This is the second green accolade that Dell has recently acquired, landing in the Top 5 of the EPA’s National Top 50 Green Power Purchasers a few weeks back.

Let’s not forget the little ones, either; it’s worth mentioning that Bambu was included for the Kids Stuff section. Their utensils, dishes and kitchen accessories created from bamboo are green across the board; they’re made from renewable materials, biodegradable, and BPA-free (unlike some plastic children’s plates, bowls and utensils). And they look pretty cool, too.

So give pick up a copy of Time or cruise over to their website and read the rest (you didn’t think we’d tell you all 100, did you?). Don’t forget to look for us.

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