Green Cabinetworks Blog

This Friday, April 22 is Earth Day and as a company committed to green issues, we consider this is one of the most important days to raise awareness about our planet. Need some ideas on how to celebrate Earth Day? Whether or not you are part of an organization or just want to do something [...]

Earth Hour will be celebrated tomorrow, March 26, around the world. Earth Hour began five years ago as a way to raise awareness about climate change. Organized by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and the Sydney Morning Herald, Earth Hour is celebrated on the last Saturday of March from 8:30-9:30 p.m. when households and businesses [...]

The recent reappearance of polystyrene (usually referred to as ‘Styrofoam,’ though this isn’t completely accurate) in White House cafeterias has many people upset. In a place that leads the nation in the number of green, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Design) certified buildings, going back to this material seems like a step in the wrong direction for [...]

Palm oil has been a topic of discussion in recent years with several companies, including General Mills, Unilever, Nestle and Burger King, changing their suppliers so they were buying palm oil that didn’t displace the rainforest. Two Girl Scouts in Michigan also developed Project O.R.A.N.G.S. three years ago, advocating for the elimination of palm oil [...]

Allergy sufferers claim their allergies seem worse every year, but they may really be right. With the spring season arriving earlier, the “sneezing season” may actually get longer, especially in North America. According to the Huffington Post, at study from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal showed more weeks added to the [...]

California may be the front runner in the United States in terms of environmental initiatives, but now Italy has something they do not.  A statewide ban on plastic bags  may have failed in California in 2010, but Italy has now put into effect a nationwide plastic bag ban as of Jan. 1. This is the [...]

Trash is part of the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality many of us live with everyday. Items get thrown into trash bags in our homes and offices. The local trash service comes by and picks up the bags or they are disposed of in a dumpster. After that, we really don’t think about [...]