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. Click here to read more

Powered by Bookmarkify™

Whether you’re planning a menu for a graduation party or a Memorial Day barbecue, or if you’re simply getting ready for summer entertaining, ’tis the season for salads! Serve them up in sustainable style in Bambu’s Hand-Coiled Bamboo Salad Bowl. The stunning serving bowl is made from, you guessed it, 100% organically-grown bamboo–a super fast growing and therefore highly renewable material. Even better, like all of Bambu’s products, the bowl is hand-shaped and coiled in Vietnam under fair labor conditions.

Stick with the eco theme and fill your salad bowl with organic vegetables or stock up on produce from your farmer’s market to ensure you’re serving locally grown fare. If you want to go even more local, start a vegetable garden of your own so you always have tomatoes and greens on hand. Click here to read more

Powered by Bookmarkify™

Whether you’re looking for a gift for your actual grandparents or your parents, who are now grandparents thanks to you, it can be tricky finding the right thing. They’ve got years worth of goodies and gadgets filling their home and may insist that they don’t need a thing. Still, it’s nice to have a little something for your late-in-life loved one and going green with the gift you give your grandparent is a great way to get some green conversation going with someone who may be part of a generation that didn’t think too much about the environment. While each individual is different and sometimes a gift is obvious, we’ve collected our top five best bets for when you’re not sure what to get.

1. ORGANIC CHOCOLATE BERRY CORDIALS
It’s hard to go wrong with chocolates and even harder to go wrong with these Organic Berry-Filled Chocolates from Organic Style. The Chocolate Berry Cordials are crafted from 68% single origin chocolate from Madagascar and contain sweet Oregon berry preserve centers–four each of raspberry, strawberry and marionberry, for twelve total. We love that they’re organic and sustainable and that a portion of the proceeds are donated to charity. And they’re safe for the lactose intolerant as well, since no dairy is used in their production. Click here to read more

Powered by Bookmarkify™