posted by Anna Fleet on January 26th, 2011
If you’re like me, and most people on the planet, thanks to your smartphone, your personal email, your work email and an old fashion day planner <gasp> that you still write your appointments down in, you probably have more than one calendar to keep track of.
Well that was before my favorite online tipster, Netted By The Webbys, introduced me to a simple, no-frills, web calendar called 30 Boxes. Not only is 30 Boxes completely free, it uses social networking so you can share you calendar via Google and Facebook so others can see when you’re already booked. And it let’s you create a handy widget version of your calendar so you can view it from absolutely anywhere! No more multiple calendars. Like over the weekend when I was unable to access my work calendar from home…BAH!
Sorry, getting off topic there…Plus, 30 Boxes has easy to use standard calendar functions (letting you add an appointment, view by week, day or month, and schedule events), plus 30 Boxes understands when you type in things like “lunch with Tracy on Monday at noon) and will help you not only spell it right, but get the details right as well.
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posted by Anna Fleet on January 20th, 2011
I know I’ve been on a bit of a sneaker kick lately, with Nike a few days ago…maybe I’m in withdrawl from not being able to run outside in this blasted SNOW! Anyway, last one for a while, I promise.
One of my favorite sporting wear outfits, Puma, is ditching their recognizable red box packaging for a greener (well, it’s still red) packaging option: the Clever Little Bag! That’s right, Puma has designed a new and pretty snappy sustainable packaging with the help of renowned FuseProject founder and industrial designer Yves Béhar.
And the switch to this Clever Little bag, oh it has some fantastic benefits:
1. Cuts cardboard use by 65%
2. Removes any need for that useless tissue stuffing inside the box
3. Will save 8500 tons of paper
4. And 20 million magajoules of electricity
5. And 1 million liters of water
6. Plus, it will cut C02 emissions by 10,000 tons
7. But the very best thing of all…it’s one small paw print towards protecting our world
Tags: industrial deisgn, puma clever little bag, puma eco design, puma eco packaging, puma green product design, puma sustainable design, puma sustainable packaging, yves behar fuseproject founder
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posted by Anna Fleet on January 17th, 2011
I was pleasantly surprised by this blog from Fast Company that focused on a study from the Political Economy Research Institute that showed biking is cleaner, more efficient, and creates twice the city jobs that auto-based infrastructure projects do.
The study, Estimating the Employment Impacts of Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Road Infrastructure, revealed that biking and walking city planning projects (such as the infrastructure planning and construction associated with building cycling lanes and pedestrian sidewalks) require more engineers on the job compared to road construction. The result: they create more jobs overall!
How great is a world where we get sustainable design, healthier citizens and more jobs? I say we’re pretty lucky!
Tags: bike lane design, cycling infrastructure, design thinking, fast company, green design, sustainable design
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posted by Anna Fleet on January 10th, 2011
Did you know that more than two million tons of electronics are tossed in landfills every year in the U.S.?
Horrific fact, but nonetheless true. Well luckily the folks at eBay have decided that we’ve populated our landfills enough and they’ve introduced the Instant Sale, a program that lets you send in your broken or used electronic items for free!
Instant Sale is easy! All you need to do is:
1. Sign up for an eBay account or sign into your existing eBay account
2. Search for the electronic item that you want to sell or recycle
3. Add your (for sale) item to the list
4. And click confirm on the price you like
If you’re selling an old DVD player or coffee maker that still works, payment will be deposited into your PayPal account so you can do more shopping on eBay or cash it out through secure banking. Then just sit back and relax as eBay sends you a box so you can ship your electronic item free of charge—either to the buyer or for recycling.
How’s that for
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posted by Anna Fleet on January 5th, 2011
Now that’s what I call a bright idea…wah, wah, wah…
Excuse my cheesy analogy, but that’s exactly what I thought when I heard about Energy in Common, a service that provides clean energy to developing countries, thanks to willing money lenders (aka: you)!
If you’re looking for some way to make a difference in 2011 (I’m not talking running a marathon for charity) you can do a small part by browsing Energy in Common’s list of entrepreneurs. Check out their information page, their charity affiliations and their pitch for how they plan to provide donations to those in need—examples might be solar lighting, clean burning heat, etc.
Once you’ve selected an entrepreneur to help, you can decide how much to lend to their cause (most ask that you give a minimum of $25). Donations are easily processed through PayPal or USA E-Pay. And you will even receive a calculation from Energy in Common that calculates the carbon footprint reduction that your loan actually attributed to.
How is that for instant ROI?
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One Calendar with Social Networking Powers
