Some regular household toilets can use as much as seven gallons of water per flush, for a large family that means alot of water being used everyday. Luckily the new generation of toilets incorporate lots of water saving features such as low flow and smaller flush volume, often just a mere 1.6 gallons per flush. Most people are [...]

Try our new kids recycling game, it’s fun and easy to play, simply try and guide the Green Recycling Airship through the maze of discarded recyclables and see if you can be a green winner; Feel free to install our game on your site and spread the recycling message. Play the game below and let [...]

Around our house, we have been on a mission to simplify our lives, from how we spend our time, to how we spend our money. We have found ourselves moving way too fast and spending way too much. There are several very good books out there to help in a mission such as this and [...]

With the green revolution in full swing there are now many companies selling organic cotton clothing which is both comfortable and great for the environment. Here are a few of our favorite t-shirt designs available from Cafepress.com;

Have you ever opened your microwave and jumped back in horror at the grime that has built up, and you spent an hour cleaning it just last week?! Well here at Our Everyday Earth we have the perfect solution, it’s easy and it’s green… You just need to harness the cleaning power of steam. Simply [...]

You may well ask, what is the DITC EEF? Well we recently found an awesome organisation dedicated to environmental education for children. The DITC is an environmental awareness group and the “EEF” stands for Environmental Education Foundation. They run numerous programs for children and the current program of DITC Environmental Education Foundation, Inc., is called [...]

Linking in with Martin’s recent post on LED bulbs I recently attended a lecture held by Sandra Rosenthal at Vanderbilt University called “Promise of Nanotechnology: Unique new properties that can be tailored and controlled to solve challenges in our world.” In it, Sandra spoke about research that is ongoing concerning the creation of nano-crystals and [...]

Have you recently experienced a power cut at night and wished you had more “Green” technology available to help you through the off the grid moments? We experienced a late night power cut last night and with a full moon and zero power in our subdivision there was a very “Gotham City” feel to the [...]

We finally collected the results from our first green poll together and below are the results. We had about 80 votes in total and as you can see the most popular green improvements among our readers are switching to CFL light bulbs, using energy star rated appliances and eco friendly cleaning products. Close runners up [...]

Between 6 families, we own a total of 15 dogs and we could never imagine our lives without them. To express our love of our pets and animals in general we have now launched a sister site; Our Everyday Earth – Pets and Animals Blog With the unconditional love of a family, pets are endless [...]

One of the things I enjoy doing is art. Working in acrylics and mixed media, I decided to take my artwork to the next eco friendly level and use products that take a greener approach.  As a product or tool used in my work is used up, it is being replaced with products from more [...]

When we moved into our home, one of the first things on our list was to put in a Koi pond. We had one in our previous home, and believe it are not we actually reused the rocks from that pond to create this one. We utilize a biofall and skimmer system. We add liquid [...]