Shopping wisely: a few tips for the new year and new you

01/05/2015
Shopping wisely: a few tips for the new year and new you

By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer When I shop, I often make it known to shop owners if I would like to see a product on their shelves. This way I inform them of my eco/green wishes and create a vision for them: by offering more desired goods, the customers would buy them. And…

Welcome to the new year

01/05/2015
Greetings 2015

We want to THANK YOU for your continued support through the launch of ecogal: The Curious Consumer this past year. It’s been a wonderful journey so far and we are looking forward to continuing to discover more about the products we are consuming in all parts of our lives and to share those discoveries with…

Light bulbs, what should we choose?

12/10/2014
Light bulbs

  By Ashleigh Prince out&about is my personal journey of discovery asking questions and getting more informed. I want to share my findings with you so we can travel the journey together. A few months ago, for a production job I was working on, I had to pick up some light bulbs for one of the…

Trade off for building green

12/09/2014
Catherine Mohr Trade off for building green

What choices matter most? Not the ones you think In a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house — looking at real energy numbers, not hype. Catherine Mohr Roboticist Catherine Mohr works on surgical robots and robotic surgical procedures,…

Filter your own safe drinking water instantly

12/09/2014
Michael Pritchard - Filter your own safe drinking water instantly

Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. Find out more at LifeSaverSystems.com