All Entries in the "Tips & Ideas" Category
25 Quick Ways To Make A Lasting Impact On The Earth And The Environment
Walk short distances, do not use a car. Get exercise and save the planet at the same time.
Learn and research about hybrid cars so you actually understand and use them.
Use a bicycle in place of your car whenever it is possible.
Consider car sharing or ride sharing.
Learn about and research electric cars so [...]
Helpful Tips For A Smartly Planned House Energy Consumption
There are several ways to build a house and still take care of your finance while building it and using it for a long period of time.
Most constructors do not choose the most energy effective materials when building a house because the products cost a little more than the standard ones and [...]
4 Ways To Go The Extra Mile And Save More Water
1. Take a two minute shower. Seriously it is possible. Set a song on your radio or ipod docking station and make sure you are out of the shower by the time the song is over.
Also make sure you turn off the water on the faucet while you are brushing your teeth, [...]
Green Alternatives To Cleaning Your Home
Alternatives to Chlorine Bleach:
Hydrogen peroxide based bleach used in laundry instead of chlorine bleach will kill mold and mildew.
And a hydrogen peroxide based bleach used in kitchen and bathroom instead of chlorine bleach will still sanitize counters and cutting boards as well as removing stains from counters.
Chlorine free products used for [...]
15 Things You Should Repair Instead of Replace
There are many benefits to fixing things rather than tossing them out and buying new replacements, from money savings to our own pride and knowledge, not to mention the environment.
Not only are we filling up landfills with stuff that could readily be reused, it takes a great deal of natural resources to make new stuff, [...]
5 Green Ways To Spend Labor Day Weekend
Labor Day weekend is just around the corner. Maybe your kids are bugging you about what the family trip plans are?
Most likely due to $4.00 per gallon gas prices last year they didn’t get much of a vacation either so they are counting on one this Labor Day weekend. Or maybe your [...]
12 Logical Steps For A Green Life
It is very easy to be “green”. All it takes is to know and use the resources efficiently and live your life based upon 12 very simple, understandable and natural principles that can turn the world we live in, into a clean and healthy environment.
1. You should use fluorescent light bulbs [...]
How You Can Do Your Part To Minimize The Overabundance Of Litter?
Did you know that vandalism is considered a form of littering? Littering is considered anything that harms wildlife and environmental quality. Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter.
Following cigarette butts the most common forms of litter are metal cans, plastic soda bottles, chewing gums and plastic bags. Looking at this [...]
The Staycation: The Green Vacation
Its official; the word ‘staycation’ is not part of the modern lexicon and it is reflective of changing lifestyles and changing priorities among people today. And it was a wise man who said, “Man travels the world in search of what he wants, and comes home to find it.”
A staycation is [...]
Simple Tips To Go Paperless
We all know that manufacturing paper has a tremendous impact on the environment: to begin with, the raw materials used to make paper come from trees; the very trees that are the lungs of our communities and indeed of the earth, which take years if not decades to grow.
It is the depletion [...]
