Europcar Greenfleet
Europcar Australia are a nation-wide car rental company. They have partnered with Greenfleet to offset the cardon emissions from their rental fleet. For each car Greenfleet plants 17 native trees and based on the average emissions this is enough to absorb the greenhouse gases a car produces in a year.
They began the program in December 2006 with the purchase of 836 new Subaru vehicles and the subsequent planting of about 14000 native trees. During the course of 2007 they bought in the remainder of their 6000 strong fleet.
Customers can also help by donating $2 each time they rent a car to help offset the emissions and help maintain a carbon neutral fleet.
To find out more about Europcar’s Greenfleet program visit the Europcar website.
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Patagonia Wetsuits
Patagonia use recycled products in their products, however, the one that really stands out is their wetsuits. The Japanese neoprene is made from limestone rather than petroleum-based indgredients and are lined with merino wool blended with recycled polyester. Add this to the PVC-free kneepads and it makes a very unique wetsuit.
In addition to the use of sustainable products and recycled products, the makeup of the materials actually aids in keeping you warm and drawing moisture away from the skin.
More information at the Patagonia website.
Simple Shoes
Simple Shoes, based in Santa Barbara, California, offers a few ranges of eco friendly footwear and other accessories. Their packaging is also eco friendly in that they ship some products in 100% biodegradeable bags. As they say on the website, dig it, bury it, buh-bye.Some of the raw materials in use are PET bottles, organic cotton, bamboo, recycled car tyres, crepe, jute, water based cememts and cork. For example, their ecoSNEAKS range ar made from recycled PET plastic bottles, organic cotton, recycled car tyres and water-based cements. There is also the green toe range with lots of hemp, natural crepe rubber and bamboo linings.For more information check out the Simple Shoes website.
EcoBye.com explained
Just a quick first off post to explain what will be happening with EcoBye.com. For a while now I’ve been seeing advertisements and reading articles about businesses that are trying to help preserve the environment. They don’t have to be out and out ‘greenie’ organisations, rather, businesses trying to do something so future generations can live in a place no worse than we have now and hopefully much better.Sustainable consumption is one of the terms used to describe what I’m on about. However, before that should come the decision, “do I really need to buy this?” Much better not to do something harmful in the first place, then there is no need to look for the good businesses or buy things like carbon offsets to reduce your footprint.
