Hi, I’m  Jim, a new contributor to Our Everyday Earth. This picture of me is included to show an unfortunately unforgettable example just how practical the strategies described in future posts to this column will be.  Real Problem ~ Solution stuff. “P ~ S” In this case, the problem  was my fear of Sharks.  My [...]

Have you ever wondered what the numbers inside the little recycling symbol mean on all of the plastic packaging and plastic products that we use? The symbols are known as “resin codes” and were established by the SPI – The Plastics Industry Trade Association (www.plasticsindustry.org) in 1988 responding to the requests of the many recyclers [...]

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 [...]

Did you know that nearly 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year and that an average family throws away approx. 1,500 plastic trash bags per year! We wrote about a month ago about the developing trend for high street stores to start carrying bio-degradable trash bags. The closest store that our family could find [...]

Do you wish you could find some of the new LED lighting technology at your local stores? Well we finally found some near our home in Ft Worth, Texas… On a recent visit to our local CostCo we found LED flood lights available and it was a pleasant surprise to see affordable LED lighting being [...]

Did you know it is possible to have a clean kitchen and a green kitchen? One of the things I dislike about cleaning the kitchen and the bathroom, for that matter, is all of the strong chemical, sometimes even toxic, commercial cleansers it takes to get the job done. So wipe your kitchen clean with [...]

Are you ready for a weekend project that will save you money and be great for the environment? I had a few broken and unused flower pots that I was going to throw away, but now that we have begun our quest to be more green, I decided to think of something to do with [...]