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Life Cycle: Shade of Green

Being “green” has tipped into the mainstream current somewhere in the course of the past few years. Amidst the changing landscape of a verdant eco-centric market, a question that pervades the good will of Americans and jockeys through savvy marketing to compete for our hard-earned dollars is: what is “green”? True, “green” is a hue in the spectrum of visible light, but “green” has also become an attribute of products throughout the spectrum of consumable goods. What they have in common is a relative scale of depth in shades and authenticity. So, how do we figure out how authentically “green” a product really is? Read More

New Green Office Products

Innovation is rapid, ongoing with green office products. Here’s a sampling that did not make the print edition: Read More

Total Green Solution

Want to go green with document management, just like that! Check out Ricoh’s Total Green Solution, one-stop shopping for businesses that want to get greener, faster. Says Ricoh in its press release: “Recently launched, The Total Green Office Solution takes a holistic approach to document management, combining green consultative services, energy-saving imaging equipment and software solutions to help customers meet their sustainability goals such as saving energy, reducing waste and minimizing pollution. In addition, it ensures that Ricoh imaging equipment meets green procurement mandates and is designed to minimize environmental impact at every lifecycle stage.” Read More

Return of the Monster: The Ames Lickety Splitter

If you hang around Internet discussion boards concerned with forestry tools or wood heat, you’ll eventually hear about a splitting tool called the Monster Maul. It was manufactured by the now-defunct Sotz Corporation, and is no longer available. Veteran wood splitters who recall the Monster Maul speak of it today with the kind of misty-eyed reverence usually reserved for childhood sports heroes. This Joe Louis of splitting mauls was rugged. The Monster Maul featured a twelve- or sixteen-pound triangular head nearly twice as wide as a typical maul head, and there was an even heavier version for modern-day Paul Bunyans. No handsome hickory or fancy fiberglass handles here—the massive head of the Monster Maul was simply welded to a 32-inch piece of steel pipe. The only concession to comfort was a thin sleeve of foam rubber pulled over the lower third of the handle as a grip. The Monster Maul was overkill for most home firewood splitting, but was completely in its element with the toughest splitting jobs—gnarled sugar maple, knotted beech, hophornbeam, American elm. Read More

Corn Phone

Samsung, the electronics giant known for its big TVs and small cell phones, has upped the ante in the Green Game by introducing an eco-friendly mobile phone called the Reclaim. Read More

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