Pseudosimnia Candy Sea Snail wallpaper.
Sea Snails are Gastropods. This species is Pseudosimnia punctata (Duclos, 1831).
NH’s Timberland to expand eco-friendly footwear
Three years after The Timberland Company started rating the environmental impact of some of its products, the company said Wednesday it plans to expand its “Green Index” to all its footwear by 2012.
Timberland’s Green Index takes into account factors such as recycled, organic and the amount of green house emissions during manufacture. They’re said to be working on an industry wide index with 200 other businesses. In turn the products produced by those businesses would have a standard information label for consumers to evaluate the pluses and minuses of the product’s environmental impact. Nike has a “Considered Index”. This is basically software they use behind the scenes to evaluate the greenness of a particular shoe or clothing component from the first steps in the design. The next step both companies should consider is a Labor Index for their foreign manufacturers.
P&G plans eco-friendly packages for beauty products
Procter & Gamble Co is planning to use eco-friendly sugarcane-derived plastic to package select beauty products under its Pantene Pro-V, Covergirl and Max Factor labels.
Maybe its just me, but I can’t get behind this idea that sugar-cane based plastics is eco-friendly. Cellulose based plastics that use starch or cellulose ( the later could be harvested from farm waste and human food waste) is greener than using water, chemical and land intensive sugar-cane. Maybe P&G could give Timberland or Nike a call and get some info about the whole concept of environmental impact.
Whether one starts with sugar-cane to make plastics or ethanol, the downside is the same.
Electric Car Choices: Volt or Leaf? There has been a lot of chatter about the cost of the Volt in particular. According to this review (worth a few seconds to read) the cost of leasing either is about the same.
President Obama signs manufacturing bill
The president signed the bill into law in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
The National Association of Manufacturers says the new law will help create jobs, cut costs for businesses and consumers and boost U.S. exports. The industry trade group says studies show the bill would increase production by $4.6 billion and support 90,000 jobs.
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