The sun and sand on Lanikai Beach. My wife and I have challenged ourselves to always use local mass transit to get around every destination we visit on vacation. We recently traveled to the Hawaiian island of Oahu and we had no problems meeting that commitment; from getting to and from the airport and the […]
Turning Brown to Go Green by Greg Larkins We always pride ourselves on having one of the nicer yards on the block. Something I inherited from my father, who had my brother and I always doing yard work while all the other kids were playing down the street. I thought then that when I grew […]
First Person Report: Foreign Travelers Using Mass Transit to The Max by Greg Larkins My wife and I recently challenged ourselves to use mass transit as much as possible on a trip to Paris and Amsterdam. This started from our journey from our home in San Jose to San Francisco International Airport and concluded with […]
Richard Vogel / Associated Press Build your own rainwater harvesting system for outdoor use Let’s start with a quiz: say you have a roof that measures 1700 square feet (average for the US) and your area has a rainstorm that yields half an inch, how much water can you potentially collect with a home rainwater […]
Tru-Earth Laundry Strips Want to do good for people and the planet while washing your clothes? SSV Sustainable Life partner, TruEarth’s eco friendly laundry strips provide a convenient, plastic free, powerful yet less toxic way to clean your clothes than conventional laundry detergents from the supermarket, at a comparable cost. In addition, TruEarth donates a […]
SSV’s Sustainable Life program has partnered with Tru Earth, a Vancouver-based provider of innovative Eco-Strips laundry detergent and other interesting products. They are a self-described movement (@TruEarthMovement and #TruEarthMovement) not afraid to get dirty and make a video about getting clean. Eco-Strips are super-concentrated, hypoallergenic strips you tear apart and put in your usual liquid detergent […]
This next article, in the sustainable investing series, will take a closer look at the role of investor engagement and activism in the age of sustainability. It will also touch on trends in sustainability reporting and ratings. […]
Have you been toying with the idea of getting a new vehicle? Well, you are not alone. In 1Q 2021, sales of electric vehicles – battery only – grew by 44.8%, to nearly 100,000 sales. Sales of hybrid vehicles grew by 105.5% to more than 200,000. […]
Sustainable investing is a trending topic among financial and green business bloggers. What is it, and what is the buzz all about? […]