Got2BeGreen’s Green Lifestyles Category highlights innovative products and services to help our readers adopt a more eco-friendly way of life. The purpose is to present information and products to our readers that will help them transition into a green lifestyle as seamlessly as possible. By making more eco-friendly decisions we hope our readers will save money while at the same time conserving precious resources.
Green Lifestyles
Garden and Green Space Development to Enhance Cities
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WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE:SMG) announced the recipients of the 2012 GRO1000 Gardens and Green Spaces Grant Awards Program. The grants, which focus on improving our nation’s cities through the development of community gardens and green spaces, were announced at The U.S. Conference of Mayors’ 80th Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.
This year’s winning cities are: Read More »
Introducing Alertors: Products That Save Lives And Natural Resources
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EXTON, Pa. - After one youth soccer player was killed and 29 were injured by a lightning strike on a nearby playing field in 1984, Eric Canfield, co-founder of nth Solutions, invented an extraordinary solution to an ordinary problem - he created the Storm Alert.
Fast-forward 27 years, and the more technologically-advanced 4th generation StormAlertor is now part of an entire product line being launched through Kickstarter by nth Solutions, a Pennsylvania electronics development and manufacturing startup. Read More »
Proposed Fuel Economy Rules Underestimate Rising Vehicle Cost, NADA Says
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DETROIT - PRNewswire-USNewswire — At a public hearing today on proposed fuel economy rules for model year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light-duty trucks, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) urged federal agencies to properly consider the rising consumer cost of new vehicles,
“To work, fuel economy rules must require improvements that are affordable,” said New Mexico Ford dealer Don Chalmers, and chairman of NADA’s Government Relations Committee, at a joint Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) hearing in Detroit, Mich. “According to EPA and NHTSA, the cumulative cost of all of their fuel economy rules will raise the average price of a vehicle by $3,200. This is not pro-consumer.” Read More »
