The Washington Post, NPR, AP, and many others report today on the Center for Global Development's launch of a brilliant new website: CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action. CARMA is meant to inform and empower citizens to take action to reduce our reliance on dirty energy. That's just smart. Why? You can't effectively address global warming unless you know whose door to knock on to start demanding change. CARMA provides you not only with the ...More »

It's getting exciting here at the home of the Earth Aid Kit. We've just launched a new section of our site to designed to help you figure out what you could do to easily, immediately upgrade your energy efficiency. You can see which combination of products make the ideal Earth Aid Kit for the average American house, apartment or dorm - just choose whether you have a small, mid-size, or large house or apartment. We'll ...More »

We're proud to support Habitat for Humanity of Washington DC by providing - entirely free of charge - complete Earth Aid Kits to every new Habitat house built in Washington. We're starting right now by fully equipping four new homes that will open soon on 55th Street NE. All the showerheads, thermostats, light bulbs, and more are on their way to 55th Street now - and their installation will save the new Habitat homeowners over ...More »

We're big fans of taking simple steps to improve home energy efficiency, so we were very happy to see the Chief Administrative Officer of the House (of Representative) take a simple step to mitigate the impact of the Capitol's absurdly environmentally unfriendly coal power plant. The Washington Post reports today that Daniel Beard, CAO of the House, purchased $89,000 worth of carbon offsets from the Chicago Climate Exchange - that's good for offsetting ...More »

Kicking off Green Week over at NBC, the Today Show had Chip Giller from Grist over to highlight seven easy ways to start going green. It's a great highlight of just how much of a difference a few simple steps can make. Not everybody can take all seven of Chip's steps, but all of us doing whatever little bit we can adds up to quite a lot. We like to think of our Earth Aid Kit ...More »

Over the next few days, this blog will be introducing the Earth Aid Kit. We'll show you what we've got, why you should use it, how you can get it, and how you can help make a dent in global warming and dependence on foreign energy with your Earth Aid Kit. The Earth Aid Kit™ is a fully customizable collection of products that any American can easily install in his or her home to immediately achieve ...More »

You've just stumbled upon the brand new Earth Aid Kit blog - right along side the brand new Earth Aid Kit site. We're already a great place to start taking simple steps to improve your energy efficiency at home, and we're getting bigger and better every day. Want to be kept in the loop? Check this blog frequently - everything is announced here first before it's public anywhere else. More »