At Big Green Purse, we encourage consumers to shift their spending to the greenest products and services available. But another great way to use our marketplace clout is by creating our OWN green businesses. We are partnering with AAA Credit Guide to bring you 5 green business opportunities you probably never thought of but could […]
Hurricane Harvey has wrecked gasoline refineries all along the Texas coast, sending prices at the pump soaring to a two-year high. Higher gas prices will rule at least for the next couple of weeks, and possibly longer: we’re heading into the worst of the hurricane season now, so depending on where the storms make landfall, […]
Do you buy organic, sustainably grown food for yourself – but not give sustainability much thought when it comes to what you feed your pet? Annamaet Petfoods wants to change your thinking. They’ve launched “Annamaet Sustain” so your dog and cat can eat sustainable pet food without taking a toll on the planet. We’re partnering […]
Hurricane Harvey offered a grim reminder that there are still two months left in the official hurricane season. But when hurricane season ends, there could still be tornadoes, fires, blizzards and other extreme weather events. For the next few posts, I’m going to provide lists of and links to eco friendly emergency supplies that I […]
Hurricane Harvey is not featured in Al Gore’s important new film, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” Ten years ago, when the Nobel Prize winner made “An Inconvenient Truth,” his first movie about climate change, a storm the size of Harvey was still theoretical. And there still seemed to be time to reverse the catastrophic […]
The environment is under assault in many ways, but one of the worst is the attacks on the planet at the federal level. The president of the U.S. opposes measures to stop climate change. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back laws that protect clean air and water and limit our […]
It’s a common misconception that you don’t need to worry about the air you breathe unless you’re outside. Smog, carbon monoxide, ozone, and polluting particles sometimes make it difficult to breathe outdoors. However, the air INSIDE our homes can be even more dangerous to breathe. That’s because the chemicals we use in our homes can […]
Will watching the solar eclipse be extraordinary and inspiring? Or just another opportunity to create a great big trash heap? Use (and share!) our eco guide to the solar eclipse to keep it green. Sorry to throw a little damper on the big planetary party that’s happening next week. But parties are notorious for […]
