Green living is taking hold. “Recently while I was brushing my teeth, my 6-year-old son scolded me for running the water too long. He severely reprimanded me, and at the end of his censure asked me, with real outrage: don’t you love the earth?” says Stephen Asma of the Chronicle in his Green Guilt commentary. For those who are embracing green living, check out these new green options:
- Green dating: Ethicalsingles.com is a green online dating site to meet like-minded eco-sexuals. At EthicalSingles, search for singles who share your interests, including social, human rights, animal rights, and environmental issues. More on the trend at trendhunter.
- Green travel: Bali’s new eco-resort, Balinese Alila Villas Uluwatu, has breathtaking beauty that stands out for its eco-friendly attributes. The Alila Villas Uluwatu is the first of its kind to get the highest level of certification for the ESD (Environmentally Sustainable Development).
- Green driving: Ford has developed technology to “coach” drivers to optimize fuel efficiency. MyFord Touch enables drivers to monitor and track their vehicle’s real-time fuel economy performance for the past five, 10 and 30 minutes. Ford’s EcoRoute option calculates the most fuel efficient route a driver can take to get from point A to point B. The feature will be available globally on the 2012 Ford Focus. Read more on this green trend at Springwise.
- Green rooms: In New Zealand, the plant room is a new strap-on shed/porch is perfect for city dwellers who yearn for greenery. The Plant Room is a prefabricated room that bolts-on to a variety of existing apartment types, improving the quality of living, reducing energy and water use, and generally making the building more sustainable.
- Green jewelry: Potted plant necklaces make it possible to wear your green life around your neck. The Growing Jewelry House collection by Hafsteinn Juliusson is a silver ball chain necklace with a unique silver pot pendant that has real growing moss inside. For best results, the moss needs to be watered every five weeks and can last up to 8 months.
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