Green Burial, Eco-Cemeteries
Groovy Green features an article and a video on a new eco-cemetery in Ithaca, NY. The current form of burial includes many toxic and precious materials. These are injected into the body, or are used in the making of the caskets and tombstones. These "new" green cemeteries are actually reverting back to traditional burial…there is nothing new about it. It turns out that Florida has...
Read MoreSwap-O-Rama Rama
A new Treehugger video, and a cool "biz idea": Swaporama (video link). It’s only 3 minutes long, so definitely take a look. A weird coincidence, but I was wishing today that I could start a jeans exchange in Miami – bring a pair, take a pair kind of thing. Swap-O-Rama (website link) is a large event that is held in New York, and now some other cities, two to four times a...
Read MoreRed Carpet, Green Cars
This Sunday evening, many Americans will plop down in front of their TVs to watch the Oscars…or at the very least, the Red Carpet. This year marks the 4th annual "Red Carpet, Green Cars" – where eco-minded celebrities team up with Global Green USA and hybrid cars, to make a statement and a difference. GreenerMiami applauds everyone arriving to the event in style, and in a...
Read MoreBiz Ideas: Local e-Ads
Here’s our idea, please feel free to run with it! Related to the Stop Junk Mail post, sometimes store ads are useful, because they tell us about special offers, give us coupons, and can sometime really save us money. But that doesn’t mean that I want my mailbox full of ads every week. Nor does it mean that I want to see those ads on paper. But I would like a way to review weekly...
Read MoreBiz Ideas: Car Sharing – Rent Cars By the Hour
Biz Ideas, a new category to GreenerMiami, will cover ideas for businesses that I think should exist in the Miami area and other areas. You may take these ideas and develop them in complete confidence. If you’d like to team up with me on one of these ideas, that’s great, too. Use them, talk about them, and make them happen – and be sure to let me know how it goes! Our first Biz...
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