In an attempt to clean up the sprawling city, Mexico City has passed a new law banning shops from giving free plastic bags to their customers, joining countries such as

Anvil, a leading apparel brand in the U.S, was recently ranked the 6th largest organic program in the world by the Organic Exchange. The company offers over 70 styles of sportswear and accessories, including 17 eco-friendly styles

In Karazomé, near Maradi in southern Niger, the Orange Foundation and Orange Niger have launched  pilot project, opening a community medical centre powered by surplus energy from Orange Niger’s solar generators located nearby. Orange Niger is a subsidiary of the France Telecom Orange Group,

Photographer: Forest Woodward Surfer entrepreneur Dave Aabo is building eco-tourism and supporting community programs in Peru by connecting surf tourism with the local community. After years of living and surfing in Northern Peru, he felt that surf travel should benefit the people and the communities where it happens

At the beginning of this month, Ford announced its progress in redesigning the new 2011 Ford Explorer into an 85 percent recyclable, sustainable SUV. The new Explorer uses 25 percent recycled fiber in the interior,which is estimated to reduce energy consumption by 20 percent, eliminate 17 percent of waste from the process and cut CO2 emissions [...]

As we’ve previously reported about in the enorm blog, every year Echoing Green provides funding for social entrepreneurs with the goal to launch groundbreaking organizations across the globe. In an attempt to research trends in the social entrepreneurship field, for the last for years Echoing Green has carried out a survey of the three hundred [...]

Do you really need all the clothes you own? Is it necessary to buy new things all the time to be fashionable? Is it possible to wear one and the same dress for a whole year and still look fantastic? Sheena Matheiken, New York, has the answers to these questions – and incidentally the answer [...]

Disturbed – Another way to die Warner Music Group Germany | MySpace Musikvideos Musicians and celebrities eagerly and regularly make announcements regarding the state of the planet and the catastrophes afflicting it. Either they proclaim their interest in the global climate (and simultaneously put on absurdly pompous supersize aid shows – a few keywords: transport, energy [...]

Some people have too many computers – others have none. This was the basis for Oso Martin’s idea to create FreeGeek, an organization in Portland, Oregon which repairs and recycles old computers. The worker’s collective, which relies almost exclusively on self-generated funds, has two goals: providing computers for those in their community who cannot afford [...]

Last week, U.S. home appliance manufacturers agreed to a new set of energy and water efficiency standards created by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM).