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Category: Green Choices

  • SIGG CEO Says “Sorry”

    In a letter dated September 7, Steve Wasik apologized for his actions. Here’s an excerpt: People have trusted SIGG and my decision breached that trust. I wish I could turn back the clock and fully disclose the BPA content in our liners. What I can do is make sure that…

  • Z Recommends Talks to SIGG

    I’m a bit late getting this up, but I wanted to let you know that Z Recommends interviewed SIGG President Steve Wasik. Then, they interviewed him again. They asked Wasik about the email response I received from SIGG when I asked for a refund on my older SIGG bottles containing…

  • SIGG Not Taking Responsibility

    I emailed SIGG recently (liners@mysigg.com) to complain about my BPA bottle and ask for a refund. Instead of getting an apology or refund, I got a curious response and offer of replacement only. I suspect that what I received is merely a form response, written up weeks ago in anticipation…

  • SIGG Bottles Had BPA Before August 2008

    Last year, I wrote glowing reviews about SIGG bottles here and at Tree Hugging Family. I also recommended them to my friends and family. I bought one for my husband who has taken it to work with him each day for more than a year now. Today, I feel very…

  • Review: Just Released Eco-Preferred New Balance 70

    You’ll feel like you’re wearing something different when you try on a pair of shoes in the New Balance eco-preferred collection. They’re lightweight, comfortable and unique looking. Here’s an image of the shoe I tried courtesy of New Balance: It’s called New Balance 70, and comes in Men’s as well…

  • Easy, Free Eco-widgets!

    Blogging friend Jennifer at Green Living has posted on eight cool eco-widgets for your blog. Visit and see if there’s anything new for your blog. You don’t need to have an exclusively green blog to add an eco-widget. As you may have noticed, I took her advice and added an…

  • Princeton Emissions Proposal Targets Individuals

    The new Princeton proposal to help allocate carbon emissions responsibility among nations establishes a uniform “cap” on emissions — represented by the green line shown below. Counting excess emissions of all individuals projected to surpass the “cap” (red arrows), the proposal provides reduction targets for countries (blue arrows). “Our proposal…

  • Compostable Library Cards

    It makes sense. Books contain biodegradable materials, so why are we lending them out via plastic cards? The San Francisco Public Library has decided to issue library cards made of corn! The ecocards are available to new library card holders or as a replacement for lost cards. When they’ve lived…

  • Green Chatterings

    Do you believe GM deserved to go bankrupt? Of course, there’s a very human element to the company (Moms and Dads who need jobs), but this is the company of the HUMMER, after all. Plus, they killed the electric car… Alex at Planetsave is exploring the idea of whether they…

  • Upcoming National Children’s Museum to Be LEED-certified

    Refreshing, beautiful, inspiring, educational and green! And coming soon. What more could you want? The National Children’s Museum (NCM) recently unveiled their plans for the DC-based interactive museum  scheduled to open in 2013 at National Harbor. It will serve the 48 million children under age 13 living in the US.…