June 6th, 2008
Green Turning into Gold on the Internet
The environmental movement is rising almost as fast as the rising cost of fossil fuel and the Internet is playing a major role. Environmentally-conscious consumers and the overall population are turning to social networks, online communities, niche-market websites and blogs for green products, hybrids, organically grown food and eco-tourism.
Just look at some of the numbers from Sarah Radwanick's post, The Internet Goes Green:
TreeHugger.com, a popular green site, has seen visitation reach 515,000 people in March 2008, an 81% increase from March 2007.
Freecycle.org, site connects people in communities to exchange items they no longer need or want for free, gained 15% ..
Source: going green