Green Girl

EBSCO is one of the nation’s leading databases of online scholarly files. Generally to get access to their information, you need to buy rights or have access through a university or other library; however, in an attempt to promote environmental awareness, they are offering access to GreenFile to everyone for free.

Here is their description of the resource:

In keeping with our commitment to environmental consciousness, EBSCO proudly offers GreenFILE, a freely accessible research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

The resource is great for students, scholars, journalists, and the general interest reader looking for reliable sources on environmental issues. You can click a box to make sure that the results of your searches have full-text articles available or to make sure that they are peer-reviewed.

Happy hunting, and let us know how you use this site!

Who knew? The Maid Brigade, the nationally-renowned housecleaning service, is leading the way for other corporate housecleaning entities by offering green cleaning. According to their website :

Maid Brigade’s exclusive Green Clean Certified system takes the “gray” out of green cleaning. You don’t have to worry about the housecleaning products we bring into your home. We use products certified by Green Seal to be equally effective, yet safer than traditional cleaning products for human health AND the environment.

They have also set up a site with helpful videos explaining the dangers of toxic household cleaners and describing the advantages of their system called Green TV . Of course the purpose behind these videos is to sell The Maid Brigade’s services to you, there are also some helpful tips on how to clean greener for those of us who aren’t able to pay somebody else to clean our homes. It’s one of those perfect moments of synchronicity…the corporation is serving its own interests while doing the public some good! Imagine that!