Grandma has no computer? Still send her e-mail
Posted on 30. Nov, 2009 by admin.
A mailbox containing real mail with real family pictures is about as rare these days as a day without e-mail. But for those who don’t use e-mail — like many of our non-wired grandparents — there’s now a service that sends family news and digital pictures from your e-mail account to someone’s snail mailbox for $9.95 a month.
Sunnygram offers one free month trial, so my uncle and I tried it out with my e-mail-free grandmother. It was simple: I just wrote an e-mail to her, attached some photos and hit “send.”
Sunnygram collects all of the e-mails addressed to her and mails out a weekly, cheery compilation of our messages (large font is an option) with embedded pictures. She could have responded to us through a Sunnygram prepaid letter (which would be scanned and e-mailed to us) or a toll-free number (the audio file then would be e-mailed to us), but she found that it was easier to call us on the phone directly, as usual.
For more information visit www.sunnygram.com
Source: USA Weekend
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5 Steps to an Eco Black Friday
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by admin.
Black Friday: A day where millions of shoppers, still weary and full from the previous night’s Thanksgiving feast, flock to retail stores across the country at pre-dawn hours to fill their carts and bags with deals aplenty as the holiday shopping season officially kicks off.
Phew. Are you tired from that description? We are too, but as wearisome as that might have been, it’s nothing compared to the drain that can be Black Friday. While deals abound, crowds, traffic, early hours and the like can make the day after Thanksgiving a drain on your energy and the environment.
But don’t fret. Follow our easy guide to a greener Black Friday, and we promise you’ll not only reduce your environmental impact, but perhaps your stress level as well.
Read the entire article at Earth911.com
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Nike Debuts Considered Design Products
Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by admin.
BEAVERTON, OR — Nike will launch on Saturday a new shoe collection sporting green features such as environmentally preferred rubber, recycled content and less materials.
The Nike H7 Collection was created with an eye toward a smaller environmental impact based on Considered Design, a set of internal principles devised to help Nike make wiser design choices with fewer toxics and less waste.
The shoes also feature a social component: They include graphics and color schemes inspired by the Native American community, which will benefit from a portion of the shoes’ sale proceeds via the N7 Fund aimed at supporting Native American youth sports.
The collection includes an update of an old favorite, the 26-year-old Air Pegasus running shoe. The N7 Air Pegasus + 26 ($85, shown above) includes a waffle outsole made with recycled athletic shoe and manufacturing scrap called Nike Grind. The materials are environmentally preferred whenever possible, while the Nike Air bags have 83 percent recycled content. Water-based adhesives were used to attach the air bag with the midsole components.
The N7 Huarache ($110), an existing basketball shoe created using Considered Design, has also been given the N7 treatment. The model uses Nike Grind and is made with a carefully designed pattern and stitching that reduces the amount of material used. The cutting efficiency of the upper, for instance, is improved by 70 percent, while the embroidery design boosts the structural support, reducing overlays, embellishments and backing materials.
A children’s shoe, the N7 SMS RT ($21-$47), also uses environmentally preferred materials with high-recycled content.
