Independent Reviews of Green Products
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The first review I did on Green Gear was a Delta 1.6GPM showerhead my wife and I bought at home depot. That was our first foray into the world of green products.. Since then I’ve probably reviewed more showerheads than any other product type, but each of them have been around the 1.5GPM flow rate. That [...]
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Bags Bags and More Bags! I’m beginning to think that the bag is going to replace the stainless water bottle as the international signal of environmentalists.
A few weeks ago we reviewed a reusable grocery bag made by trader joes. Well, almost 30 minutes after that review went live I got an email from Steve at [...]
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I’ve seen a lot of different products in my day. I mean, I’ve been shopping my entire life, I run this product website, and I once had a summer job working in the “receiving department” at Linens ‘N Things…. But I’ve never seen a product that has made me so equally perplexed and happy as [...]
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The battle against body hair has been raging since man first felt stubble and thought, “this is freakin’ itchy!” The amount of testing that goes into the razors we use each and every day is staggering. Think shaving is a simple concept? Check out Gillete’s R&D Budget! Still, unless you’re shaving Croc Dundee style (“now thatsa [...]
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Its the time of year that people address their bodies of government on the “state” of things. So here is my address on the State of Green Products. Enjoy.
The Peculiar Rise of Green Products
As a person who has always been interested in retail goods and retail buying trends the influx of green products into mainstream [...]
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What is with all the Green Drinks? First, 360 Vodka, then Great Lakes Beer… Now the Bota Box? One thing is becoming very clear. Green People are Drunks.
Except me…
The other day, the Mrs. and I were wondering through Kroger when we spotted a couple tell tale signs of a green product. First, a [...]
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I know what you’re thinking…
“Here he is, reviewing a reusable grocery bag… BOY is he mailing this one in. it is so hackney for a reviewer of green products to choose to talk about a reusable grocery bag. I mean, they’re so simple, easy, and abundant in our newly green society… Its just… its so… It’s just been done! [...]
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A week or so ago I published a review of the Source Recycled Toothbrush. The Source was a very stylish brush with a “wood” handle made of recycled paper fibers. I liked it well enough. It looks good in my bathroom, but when i went to pack for DC I found that there really wasn’t [...]
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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 [...]
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The Planet Is Not In Peril
by mrgreengear on 2 June, 2009
Adding a bit more commentary to the site
Moons ago, I tuned my television to CNN to watch “Planet in Peril: Battle Lines.” Despite Anderson Cooper’s Jack Bauer-esque reporting and Soledad O’Brian’s sassy temperament I found myself quickly annoyed with the unending cry me a riverthesis that planet earth is under a direct threat. In a world with nearly [...]
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