A “Unique” Sight in Stores

July 28, 2010

As consumers are venturing into green they are looking for what is green and what works. Nowadays you are beginning to see a growing number of stores highlighting Green products to the customers with prime retail space such as endcaps and at eye level. It shows the growing value of green products to [...]

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New Washer and Dryer Rocks Green World

July 17, 2010

Whirlpool announced their new energy and water efficient washer and dryer.  If the numbers they are claiming are correct this could be an amazing jump towards a more “green” and “cost effective” washer and dryer pair.  This new combo is called the Whirlpool Cabrio, and surprisingly this new innovative set costs less than $1,100, keeping [...]

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Barefoot Bandit Busted But Banking Big Bucks?

July 13, 2010

If you haven’t been reading or keeping up with popular news, you probably haven’t heard of the now 19 year old Washington native who had been evading police over the past 3 years while pulling off robbery after robbery and escape after escape. Must be one really smart kid, he stole a $450,000 yacht, three [...]

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Green in our Economy

May 30, 2010

This is an excellent article that offers a realistic viewpoint to the “Green” conversation. I love thinking through why we, at Unique, and why we, as a society do the things we do. The realistic side of “going green” is that its a great ideal but it must work and be economical in [...]

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Buried in Green!

May 25, 2010

Many people live their lives trying to make leave an impact on this world, but apparently some are now wanting to leave this world without leaving anything behind.
A coffin maker in Arizona is making coffins that are “green” and to go along with that you can also be buried in a location similar to a [...]

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Unique: Green? or Greenwashed?

May 20, 2010

(Before reading this article take a look at the previous article, it leads into this one!)
Unique has been around since the early 90’s, back then the term “green” was just putting on training wheels and took an occasional ride around the neighborhood.  Now it’s one of the hottest topics in America nonetheless the world!
Unique’s early [...]

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“Greenwashing” cleanup

May 15, 2010

In the aftermath of the “going green” barrage, we have a new issue facing consumers and businesses. Because “green” is so undefined most companies have attached their marketing to this concept whether they are truly green or not. Is a company green because they “greened up” 5 % of a 100% toxic product, [...]

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Socially Conscious Investing

May 11, 2010

My local state newspaper, the Denver Post, featured an article on its website called “Going Green because it feels good” by Ben McKee, and in this article he talks about how investment trends are beginning to take on a green tint as socially conscious investing is beginning to grow. The article cites that $2 [...]

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A Green Memory Boost

April 6, 2010

esterday I opened my internet browser and the homepage that it always opens to is aol.com, yeah I know, I need to pick a more exciting site for my homepage! But anyways, one of the headlining articles grabbed my attention, it said something like, “Mow Your Lawn for Better Memory.” I love the [...]

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March Madness off and Running!!!

March 18, 2010

For those of you who are sports fans, this day is a holiday of sorts.  It is the kickoff of the March Madness NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament!  I’ve heard different statistics on the number of man hours lost at work every year during these first days of the tournament, and they are pretty large.  This [...]

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