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URTH Guy is a green blog about recycling, green design, urban style, reuse, freecycling, green technology, the Internet, green humor and events.




Help Make a Groundbreaking Film About the World's First Climate Refugees
    Sun Come Up, a documentary film about the Pacific Carteret Islanders climate refugees, is nearing completion, but needs help with final funding. Do your part through Kickstarter.

Tis the Season...
    Snow on a dog.

The Haunting, Beautiful "Unchopping a Tree" Video You Must See
    Maya Lin's Unchopping a Tree environmental art brings attention to deforestation and What Is Missing?

8 of the World's Strangest Houses
    With advanced green building and bold designs, some of the world's strangest houses boast impressive green features.

"The Oceans Are Too Big to Fail"
    At the Green Drinks NYC holiday party, Carl Safina, Sylvia Earle, NRDC, the Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment and others call for ocean conservation.

One Man Turns Airline Trash into Glittering Treasures
    Chris Digman recycles airline waste into terrariums, stained glass panels and other beautiful arts and crafts.

Party with Sylvia Earle, Help Save the Seas
    Join the celebrated oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and other movers and shakers at the Green Drinks NYC holiday party, to benefit ocean conservation.

What Comes Next After Digital Photography?
    Courtney Dailey is a green photographer working in LA, with advice on greening make up, fashion, lighting and much more.

6 Surprising Places Where People Are Choosing Home Solar Power
   

How Much Good Could Celebrity Bras Buy?
    Find out how much good expensive celebrity bras can buy in LEDs, trees and food for the hungry.

Learn About the Business of Sustainability in a Digital World at This Fun Event
    See Brian Clark Howard speak at the Green Is: Digital networking conference in NYC, on sustainability and social media.

Win a Trip to Copenhagen to Report on the Critical Climate Change Debate
    Win a chance to cover COP15, the United Nations conference on global warming, in Copenhagen from Hopenhagen and Huffington Post.

Meet the Celebrity Family That's Inviting Viewers into Their New Green Home
    Chatting with celebrity Mario Van Peebles about his family's new show Mario's Green House, a tour through the learning process of going green.

Starbucks Installing Super-Efficient LED Lighting in 8,000 Stores
    Starbucks installing LEDs (light emitting diodes) efficient lighting in 8,000 stores.

An Intimate Look at the Monstrous Great Pacific Garbage Patch
    Lindsey Hoshaw reports on the plastic pollution at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is getting worse.

Which Countries Pollute the Most? You Might Be Surprised
    A look at per capita and total carbon dioxide emissions per country around the world.

Watch the Affordable "Pop-Up House" Spring Up in California
    The Pop-Up House from House Port is an affordable green design for a prefabricated home, with a host of green building features.

Knitting...an Entire House: The Yarn Yurt
    Kate Pokorny's yarn yurt project aims to build a sustainable home out of local wool and crocheting.

Grow a Mustache, or Run Barefoot, for Charity
    Help Movember and Asylum raise money to fight cancer (grow a mustache!) and help Casey Cochran of Green Guide Network buy shoes for the needy through his barefoot marathon.

Biodegradable... Shoes??
    Simple Shoes BIO-D are supposed to be biodegradable. But are these shoes really green?

Hot Performance Outerwear, Less Environmental Impact
    NADA by Merrell Apparel requires no dye, so it saves water, energy and chemicals. It's also great performance outerwear.

"Howe" We Help Each Other Help the Planet: Crowdsourcing Needs to Go Green
    At a Mediabistro conference on user-generated content, Jeff Howe outlines how crowdsourcing and the Internet are changing the ways much work gets done. How do we apply that to going green?

The Shocking Truth About Junk Mail
    Get the facts on junk mail in terms of trees, time, money and emissions, and make it stop. Check out this informative graphic from TheCoolPrint.com.

Big Oil Gag Order Against Newspaper Thwarted by Twitter Users
    The Twitter Trafigura scandal shows the power of social media and the Internet, as the oil trader fails in it's campaign to silence the Guardian newspaper.

Vote for America's Next Top Green Model!
    Voting has begun for Project Green Search green modeling competition.

Clever Green Star Wars Parody Takes "Force"ful Aim at Environmentalists
    Derrik Jensen's clever green Star Wars parody shines a light on the environmental movement.

"Plant the Seeds and More Wooder"
    Bizarre, funny comments on the latest A Greener Apple NYC, when Pamela French goes to interview fans at a Bruce Springsteen concert.

Natural Remedies on ABC, Courtesy of My Whole Green Catalog Coauthor
    Renee Loux, one of my coauthors on the Whole Green Catalog book, was on ABC News Now, talking about the benefits of natural remedies.

The "Reclaim" Green Cell Phone from Sprint and Samsung Makes Waves
    The Reclaim green phone from Sprint and Samsung includes a number of eco-friendly features, including recycled content and energy efficiency. And it's pretty.

Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno Is Back and Steamier Than Ever
    Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno 3 brings viewers into the secret sex lives of squid, shrimp, seals and other ocean animals, and makes a passionate plea for marine conservation.

Your Next T-Shirt Could Be Organic Cotton or Recycled Plastic, Thanks to Anvil
    Anvil Knitwear, a major supplier of t shirts and other fashion items, offers organic cotton and recycled plastic options.

Our "Beds Are Burning" Again, Thanks to Global Warming. Hear the New Song
    Midnight Oil's classic "Beds Are Burning" rock song gets an update for global warming, kicking off a climate change justice campaign by Kofi Annan, the Global Humanitarian Forum and major world stars.

10 Best Pollution-Busting Houseplants
    Houseplants may help improve indoor air quality; find the one that's right for you.

Join the No Impact Project and Make a Difference, One Day at a Time
    HuffingtonPost Green and Colin Beavan have teamed up on the No Impact Project to spread the sustainable message one day at a time.

Share Your Green Biz Tip, Win a 'Puter
    Small Business Trends is doing a green business contest, asking for ideas and awarding an HP computer suite.

Twittering from the Northwest Passage, the New World Carbon Database and More Hot Green Links
    The World Carbon Database launched, sailors twitter about global warming in the Arctic, Indonesian environmentalists fight palm incursion, Newsweek labels green business and more green links.

Thieves Nab Fuel Film Group's Electric Bike
    Josh Tickell and the Fuel movie team have a setback on the road as they promote biofuels and electric vehicles: their electric bike was stolen.

Submit Your Alternative Packaging Use, Win Cash
    Share your alternative packaging ideas at AltUse and win cash.

Go See the Groundbreaking Fuel Film!
    Josh Tickell's Fuel film is finally hitting theaters.

KnittaPlease Strikes Again
    KnittaPlease hits The Standard Hotel with some knit graffiti public art for New York Fashion Week.

Back from Brazil!
    I'm back from Brazil, with lots of nature photography and good memories of the Pantanal.

Are Shoes That Simulate Walking Barefoot Better?
    Terra Plana's Vivo Barefoot shoes are revolutionary eco-friendly footwear that simulate running and walking barefoot.

Hemp Shoes That Can Take a Beating
    IPATH makes hemp and vegan shoes that are tough for skating.

A Waterless, Bikini Car Wash for Hybrid Drivers
    The Angry Green Girls launch their website with a waterless bikini car wash for hybrid car drivers in Los Angeles.

Angry Green Girl Is "Hot, Green and Shameless"
    Angry Green Girl is a new green website with attitude, boasting social networking, news, tips and much more.

Lighthouses Are Cool
    An ode to the family vacation.

Julia Stiles Styles Turns Green Fashion on its Head
    Funny parody of green fashion by Julia Stiles, called Julia Stiles Styles.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Is Kinda Good
    Chipotle Mexican Grill, which advertises more healthy, more environmentally friendly food, tastes pretty good.

Win Some Simple Shoes and a GoGreenMug
    Get free Silk Satire Simple Shoes and a reusable GoGreenMug in green giveaways.

Become America's Next Top Green Model
    Project Green Search is a new modeling competition for the person looking to be the next face of green fashion. Partners include The Green Loop and Portland Fashion Week.




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