GreenGreen Hotels

11/06/2012

When we litter our oceans it ends up inside of us. Think about it!

26/05/2012

Mother Nature has a solution for everything - plastic-eating fungi found in the Amazon

A group of students from Yale University, while traveling in Ecuador as part of Yale’s annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory educational program, discovered a fungi that can degrade and utilize the common plastic polyurethane (PUR). The fungi can survive on polyurethane alone and grows anaero...

25/05/2012

who knew there were so many different ways to reuse coffee grounds and tea leaves? (via Treehugger)

From soothing burns to removing odors, coffee grounds and tea leaves have more than one life. Give them a productive reincarnation in any of these applications.

22/05/2012

2 Versions of the GreenGreen Logo leaf for the Badge! Which one do you like more???
Thank you Tamara you were great!

22/05/2012

The GreenGreen Badge Workshop at Central St Martins London with Tamara! Great Workshop of our Certified GreenGreen Hotel Badge

07/05/2012

07/05/2012

Kameha Grand Bonn Great GreenGreen Hotels of the World Member.

http://greengreen.ch/index.php?post=22583334765

GreenGreen is proud to introduce the Kameha Grand as Great GreenGreen hotel of the world once again. The hotel innovates in every management aspect and has proven to set a new standard in Green Hotel management world wide.

12/04/2012

Torn between caring about the environment and looking stylish? Check out H&M's Conscious Collection, it ticks both boxes!

This one’s for the eco-conscious fashionistas out there… H&M’s Conscious Collection hit stores today. Already a favorite amongst celebrities, dresses from the collection have been spotted on various red carpets. The collection includes many floor-length gowns and pops of neon and floral prints, all ...

04/04/2012

An automated stairlift for fat pets? Oh dear... our future is looking bright

Obesity is not just a problem for humans. It has been recently reported that now over half of all pets in the US are overweight – that’s about 90 million cats and dogs. In the UK, it is predicted that half of all dogs will be obese within the next 10 years.

22/03/2012

Today is World Water Day

There are 7 billion people to feed on the planet today and another 2 billion are expected to join by 2050. Statistics say that each of us drinks from 2 to 4 litres of water every day, however most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat: producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 1...

22/03/2012

Jaws could be swimming in your US$100 soup.

The monster of the ocean, the shark has enjoyed the spotlight for many years as one of the top villains of Hollywood. It has also received a lot of negative press for attacking surfers and holiday-goers on the beach. However, as with anything really, image does not match up with reality. Humans are ...

15/03/2012

New post! This time we touch upon a controversial topic: the nuclear energy debate. Something worth thinking about.

Last Sunday marked the one year anniversary since the 9.0-magnitude Tohoku Earthquake that shook Japan on March 11, 2011 and left almost 20,000 people dead or missing. There are many news articles circulating around in remembrance of the disaster. Many are positive: The Globe and Mail shows the visi...