Green Consumer Digest – rate each item on recyclability, reusability and reduction of waste.
Toyota Prius – recyclability: 3, reusability 5, reduction of waste 6.
Cumulative score. To find out more about the potential of such an index, contact me at aaronbare[at]aaronbare.com.
Archive for the ‘green’ Category
IDEA #12: Green Consumer Guide
Posted in green, ideas, innovation, sustainability on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IDEA #11: Companies can recycle, reuse and reduce materials for sustainability and profit.
Posted in green, ideas, innovation, sustainability on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A green sustainability consulting firm:
Every product needs to become recyclable. Think about a Car that is completely recyclable. Companies need to take materials back and reuse them in future production and or sell them back to the market. Considering this reduces material cost and creates sustainability, nonetheless the potential cost savings. Imagine buying a [...]
Running on Empty: Cars that Never Need Gas
Posted in green, innovation, sustainability on December 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Running on Empty: Cars that Never Need Gas
There are hybrids. There are electric cars that plug into a wall and get their juice from whatever mix the electric company is offering. And then there are electic cars that are charged by solar panels on the roof of one’s house. They never need gas, and the [...]
Nuclear and Electricity
Posted in green, sustainability on November 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
80% of France’s Energy comes from Nuclear. The amount of plutonium waste needed to create your energy for a year is about the size of a penny or 5 grams. Compare that to oil, which takes 100’s of barrels. Now you see a reason to shift to Nuclear as another baseline option. [...]
Zipcar
Posted in Product Management, Product Marketing, Research, Travel, design, economics, energy, family, green, ideas, innovation, lifestyle, marketing, sustainability on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a environmental way to save a ton of money. More to come in future blogs. I will share how to put a Solar Panel on your home to immediately lower your energy burn.
Yet, for now the cost of a owning a car keeps climbing each year. So here are some [...]
Go Greengo
Posted in green, sustainability on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Green is the new color. We are not talking about money. Yet, there is a fair bit of money in it.
With the average American using…
500 gallons of Gas per year
100 gallons of Water per day
1,460 pounds of trash per year
Uses 7 trees per year
650 pounds of paper
Spends $1,500 for electricity per year
11,400 Watts [...]
Wind – could it blow us to clean energy?
Posted in energy, green, sustainability on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is enough wind in North Dakota to mitigate 1/3 of the energy needed in the US (according to Good Magazine article). Here are some interesting alternatives to our dependence on Oil.
Wind Power Politics
Pickens Plan
America Wind Energy Association
Green Energy by 2018
Posted in energy, green, sustainability, tagged green energy on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is Al Gore’s plan for Green Energy by 2018.
