by mrgreengear on 22 January, 2009
So I caved. After seeing Vince and that damn Shamwow commercial, I made my way to the “as seen on TV” shelf end at my local target and plunked down $20 of my hard earned green to see if I would say “wow” every time.
For those of you who don’t know. The shamwow [...]
by mrgreengear on 21 January, 2009
File folders are a huge waste of paper and they are usually not reused or made of recycled material. I usually don’t use these, i’m partial to manilla folders. But Mrs. Green Gear knows how difficult it has been to keep track of all the green products that I want to review, receipts, [...]
by mrgreengear on 20 January, 2009
Mr. Green Gear really enjoys beer. Not so much in quantity, but in quality. Sure, I’ve put down more than my fair share of Natural Light, but as I progress in my elder years I’ve begun to drink less, and less of better and better beer. Not bad huh?
Here in Ohio, some of our better [...]
by mrgreengear on 19 January, 2009
swiffer me this…. You get a call from a Realtor saying they would like to show your home… that’s great, but what do you do when they want to look at it THE SAME DAY and your house is far from clean? Well, if you’re the Green Gear family, you bust out a platoon of [...]
by mrgreengear on 14 January, 2009
Mankind hath always enjoyed the look and feel of wood. It is a sign of strength, power, durability, and elegance. Its difficult to imagine a world where wood played a lesser part. Our buildings, our furniture, our fire, and our fences. The Red Wood Forests, Log Cabins, Ships, and the entire state of Oregon would [...]
by mrgreengear on 8 January, 2009
For small business owners, business cards are often the writs that document first impressions. They are a small window into the business’ owner and its operations. A few weeks ago i ran across a set of business cards made of recycled cereal boxes by the US Business Card Company. I sent an email over to [...]
by mrgreengear on 7 January, 2009
Ahh, The reusable water bottle. The vexillum communis of treehuggers everywhere. Reusable water bottles landed on college campuses in 1997 with greater force than Ani Difranco, and since then they have become more and more popular. Nalgene lead the way with those hidious giant watter bottles that people kept dangling from their north face backpacks [...]
by mrgreengear on 6 January, 2009
WOW! And you guys thought that Christmas was over! It’s not, Mr. and Mrs. Green Gear and the folks over at Evolve Showerheads have a very special offer for you:
Save 25% off of Evolve Showerheads when you use the code greengear09 when checking out. That’s right, now you can get the totally awesome (and green [...]
by mrgreengear on 4 January, 2009
A couple of days ago I picked up a new toothbrush (RIP old toofbrush!), at Generation Green in Columbus, made by Radius. it’s called the Source toothbrush and is made mostly of recycled wood and paper pulp.
The head of the toothbrush is partially recycled is disposable when finished. You can keep on buying heads [...]
Mr. Green Gear is Headed to the Obama Inauguration
by mrgreengear on 15 January, 2009
We didn’t get one of these, but that’s not gonna stop Green Gear!
Early Monday morning Mrs. Green Gear and I will be climbing aboard a frosty Southwest 737 and traveling to balmy (32 degrees) Washington D.C. to see friends and take in the Inauguration of our 44th President, Barack Obama. The Mrs. and I love [...]
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