Do you believe you are earth-conscious? You are out there doing your part to save the planet and live a sustainable life. You are the expert of all of your friends when it comes to being eco-friendly. Are you sure you're doing all you can? Take this self-evaluation to determine just how eco-friendly you are. * Use fluorescent light bulbs in your home. * Turn off electronics at night (TV, computers, radios, etc.). * Turn off lights when you leave a room. * Don't rinse dishes before ... VIEW POST
How Eco Friendly Are You? Eco-Friendly Checklist
10 Tips for Eco-Friendly Laundry
When you make the choice to live a green life, you can't forget to take steps to turn the laundry eco-friendly. This might be one of the easiest areas to go green, but it's definitely going to require lifestyle changes. But if you follow these tips you can have an eco-friendly laundry room. 1. Water temperature - Just heating the water to wash your laundry uses a lot of energy. But it's such an easy solution to turn that dial to cold and save on energy. And if you're concerned that your ... VIEW POST
Low Impact Living – What Is It?
Have you ever heard the phrase low impact living and wondered what it is? It almost sounds like it means you live your life not moving around a lot. That's not exactly it, though. Low impact living refers to the amount of impact you have on the planet. That's at its absolute basic breakdown, but it's really more than that. Here's what it means to live a low impact life. How to Achieve Low Impact Living You have to really plan to live a low impact lifestyle today. We live in such a ... VIEW POST
25 Ways to Recycle Your Trash Creatively
Sure, you can put your plastics, glass, and paper out in the blue recycling bin every week for someone to come pick up. Alternatively, you can do your own creative recycling of products. Finding creative recycling solutions not only saves you money, but it's also good for the environment when you find another use for an item you would normally throw away or recycle in the traditional sense. There's less material for those recycling trucks to come to pick up at your home this ... VIEW POST
SWITCH TO LED LIGHTING AND SAVE
SWITCH TO LED LIGHTING AND SAVE With the cost of living going up, it’s often quite difficult juggling our finances, food bills, car expenses, utilities and everything in between. But did you know that there are ways you can save money at home and even be a little more eco friendly too? It’s true! And it’s a lot easier than you think, here you’ll find 4 easy examples of how you can save you and your family a little money and be kinder to the environment too. Switch to LED ... VIEW POST
The Green Issue Generations Before
I had the following sent in an email and thought it was worth sharing as it makes you think. In the line at the supermarket, the cashier told an older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The checkout responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment." He was right -- our ... VIEW POST