Rachel Avalon is our new green “It&# girl! Rachel won the inaugural Project Green Search model competition (read more about the contest here) and she is as excited as a green girl could be. With her new position, she hopes to influence even more people to go green: I really hope to make the most of 2010. MORE >>

Green Building Council – Rhode Island Chapter ( Chapter ) will celebrate the success of its inaugural year at its First Annual Members’ Meeting on February 9 th starting at 5PM at the new FM Global headquarters in Johnston, RI. The First Annual Meeting will be both a look back at 2009 and a look forward to 2010. The U.S. MORE >>

Your 2013 Green Crusade. Sure, eat healthy, lose weight, exercise, blah blah blah, but what about a real green commitment? Make it your 2013 green crusade and it just may be the best gift you receive this time next year. Depending on the person, a green crusade can be done solo or with a group. Preparation. Pick a Topic. MORE >>

Their recommendation to purge anything that you can easily replace doesn’t strike me as particularly green—except if what they say is true: that you will find you replace very few items on that list. Recently, I found out about Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus—a.k.a. The Minimalists. They embraced it—big time. MORE >>

However, so many people are struggling to make ends meet financially that being environmentally responsible is not always forefront in their minds. Time for some green cleaning. There are various tutorials all over the internet that can teach you how to make an assortment of green household cleaners. Grow your own groceries. MORE >>