Greenbar - The Eco-Friendly Toolbar
Posted in Entertainment, Internet & Technology
Who needs bookmarks? The Greenbar Toolbar is a plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer (like the StumbleUpon Toolbar) that lists a large group of eco-focused blogs and websites. It's like having all of these sites bookmarked in your browser, but easier, because you don't have to find and bookmark them, and the Greenbar keeps them right at your fingertips. It also aggregates feeds to make it even easier to find content that interests you.
But Greenbar isn't only for making browsing eco sites easier, it also has some other built in abilities. There are gadgets, including a calculator, a notepad to type your to do lists, Sudoku, and more. There's a Facebook widget and a Twitter widget, too. You can search the net from the toolbar, or it can be set up to alert you when you have email, a feature I don't personally need because my mailbox is always open 
You can even have it display your local (or not local) weather.
All of these options are, of course, customizable. You can remove what you won't use, and add it back later if you want it.
So, go download your Greenbar Toolbar and get to browsing!
27 Responses
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Mike@EasyGreensy
September 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Cool! I'm going to try that out. If anything, it'll be fun to find more "eco" sites.
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Jennae @ Green Your Decor
September 18th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
It sounds lgreat, but I think I have too many toolbars installed already, what with Stumble Upon, Entrecard, and a bunch of bookmarklets, etc.
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Vickie
September 18th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
I prefer to keep my Firefox clean and simple and only install the minimum necessary (to me) plugins. But reading about this toolbar reminded to be more aware of the issue!
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Makayla
September 19th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Wow it looks cool. i will surely try it. Because soon i get bored with old stuff and always love to try new stuff when ever i get hands over it
. Thanks for sharing such a nice information
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Alcohol Addiction Treatment
September 19th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Awesome! I'll definitely have to give that a try.
I'm always interested to learn new things & I love finding eco-friendly information!
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Tara @ Go Green Street
September 19th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Very cool, I have never heard of this toolbar but will head over now to give it a try! Thanks for sharing.
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Stefanie
September 19th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Mike, it definitely makes finding more eco sites a lot easier
Jennae, your site is actually listed in the toolbar
And I know what you mean about too much going on in Firefox. I turned off the StumbleUpon toolbar for the Greenbar. I'll turn it back on when I want to use it, of course.
Makayla, I don't think you'll get bored with the sheer amount of content you can find through the Greenbar
AAT, you'll find a lot of eco-friendly information on the sites listed in the toolbar!
Tara, hope you have fun with it!
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wilson
September 20th, 2008 at 7:15 am
I loved the green toolbar concept.
I'm now downloading it...:)
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Stefanie
September 20th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Wilson, have fun!
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redtrak@Free Flash Games
September 21st, 2008 at 11:13 am
I like the idea, however the bright green logo gets on my nerves.
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Dana
September 21st, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Downloading now!
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Blake
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:26 am
This tool bar looks great. The color scheme and the whole out look is amazing. I hope its features are also great. I am downloading it now. Thanks for a great post.
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Christmas Hampers
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 am
I'm a sucker for firefox toolbars!
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scott
September 28th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Hi, I am Scott the creator. I appreciate all of the comments. Also going to change the logo - I think it could look better also. If you want your green site listed, just email me and it will be taken care of - sweitzman at gmail
thanks
scott
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Science of Identity Foundation
October 1st, 2008 at 5:23 am
Thanks for this wonderful info. I'll check it out ryt now. really appreciate this post. It'll make eco browsing easier. Thanks again!
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Stefanie
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Thanks for popping in, Scott! And I hope everyone else has fun with the toolbar
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Austin Real Estate Agent
October 12th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Hey Stefanie (my sister spells her name your way too!),
I would download the tool bar, but wanted to make sure that it doesn't install any of that wonderful ad/spy ware type stuff. The website doesn't say that it's free of ads/monitoring software. If you have been using it regularly, have you had any issues?
Thanks
Joe
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Flash Free
January 13th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
hey thanks! this will help me find some green sites and information.
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Stefanie
January 21st, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Joe, I'm so sorry for not responding sooner! I haven't had a problem with the toolbar at all.
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Oyun
January 23rd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
I find that cool, but since i am confused on something. The privacy of surfers. As those toolbars are recording and also those data is used by several ad agencies, i really can not rely myself on them ( google included !! )
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John Vantine
April 8th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I'm interested in seeing what other green sites/blogs are included in this. Checking it out - Thanks!
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Healthcare Consultant FL
April 20th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Nice toolbar. I will download it. Thanks for sharing information.
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Green Store
May 24th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Awesome concept -- I will be downloading it after I finish this comment. I think it's good someone finally jumped on the bandwagon and developed a green app/add-on.
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Herman
June 15th, 2009 at 5:07 am
It sounds great, but I think I have too many tool bars installed already
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Organic Linens
July 16th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
great idea. do new "green" sites get added automatically? is there any method of ranking them where they appear?
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Stefanie
August 18th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Organic Linens, I'm not sure if sites are added as they are found, but you can suggest sites to the people who run Greenbar. http://www.greenbartoolbar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=41
You can't rank how they appear in the list.
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ali
September 7th, 2009 at 8:24 am
with defo give this a try