Reducing our carbon footprint has become very popular lately and holiday tours are finally catching up. When planning your next holiday / vacation, why not book an eco-tour?! All-inclusive eco-tours are not only cost-effective but they reduce your travelling carbon footprint at the same time. Some popular all inclusive holiday deals eco-tours are: Gecko Adventures [...]

This post will be the first of many where we track our everyday energy usage using the fabulous P3 Kill-A-Watt Wireless electricity usage monitor. The first item that I chose to track was an obvious choice for someone who grew up in Britain, the electric kettle! I drink copious amounts of tea and my trusty [...]

The Thames is one of the great rivers of Britain. It splits the south east of the country and is the second longest in the UK, behind only the Severn. The River Thames passes through several major cities on its 215 mile course, including Oxford, Reading, and London and in the past it has suffered [...]

This is a guest post By Carrie Brown, Author of Eco Enthusiast More and more people are using reusable shopping bags these days, and that is great. If you are interested in taking another step forward then, would you consider bringing reusable produce bags to the grocery store or farmers market? Produce bags are also [...]

My principal sent out an email to all faculty members: Is anyone interested in trying to have a paper-free classroom next year? I was an English teacher. How on earth could I live without paper? And yet … and yet, I was the teacher who was constantly complaining about how much paper our students were [...]

Being green is more than merely recycling your plastics at parties and dusting off the old Huffy for a few fair-weather bike rides. Even these occasional choices make a difference, but ultimately, developing a green lifestyle means changing daily patterns, habits, and choices. To succeed in living a green life, you need a green mindset [...]

The thought of seeing insects flying around and crawling about the vegetable patch is a nightmare for many gardeners. I used to be one of them, until I did some research and found some actually help the health of your crops. I was astonished to say the least, that these insects help reduce the number [...]

Today was a very special occasion for many residents of North Richland Hills, it was the official ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Common Ground NRH Community Gardens. Around a hundred NRH residents and onlookers gathered to witness the unveiling of this wonderful collaboration. Common Ground NRH Community Garden is a group [...]

Each year here in Texas we are visited by a group of wonderful lizards that run on our fence, climb our outside walls, sunbathe on plants and plant pots and generally keep us entertained with their bright green antics… We have always known these little green critters as Texas Green Anole lizards but their real [...]

Nothing hits home harder than statistics so to make you sit up and pay attention did you know that although millions of new mobile phones are purchased every year as little as 14% of the old handsets they are replacing get recycled. The main reason for this is that people either forget they have them [...]

The animation below is part 1 of an amazing 8 part series created by JC Little and the Little Animation Studio. It’s an Earth Day animation which details “The Little Earth Charter” to educate kids about ways to help protect the environment and become the environmental stewards of the next generation. You can read more [...]

We are going to have an Earth Day fundraiser for the Zoo in April. For each new user registered on the Cameron Park Zoo Photos site, Think Big Photos will donate one dollar to the Zoo! The Cameron Park Zoo uses the sites to help raise funds and spread their message. The Zoos receive 25% [...]

Most of our readers are here in the USA but we also have a strong following in many other countries, this guest article is mainly for the benefit of our UK readers; Whilst the hot water heater boiler scrappage scheme in England has now ended it has resulted in a large amount of people swapping [...]

We spent a perfect Sunday at Bluemoon Farm in Texas, our wonderful Aunt and Uncle have created such an inspirational space that we wanted to share the experience with our readers. Here is our photo journal the visit, from mini horses to Tiger Swallowtail butterflies, take a look at our day on the farm;

With business gas and electricity costs going up, going green is not only environmentally responsible, but it saves money as well! Doing your laundry uses loads of energy and can pollute the environment, so wouldn’t it be great if you could make doing the laundry “greener”? Well, you can! Here are seven tips to help [...]

Of all the necessities in my house, two things disappear more quickly than all else: food and toilet paper. It amazes me how quickly a house with only four people goes through TP. Such quick turnaround means plenty of empty, unloved and seemingly useless cardboard tubes. The entire situation reeks of waste (no pun intended). [...]

When most people think of Cleveland, Ohio, the instant picture is of a grimy rust-belt city that has long and gray winters. However, just several miles south of the city limits, you can find one of the nicest national parks in the country. The Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area was designated by then- President Gerald [...]

Here at the Our Everyday Earth Green Blog we look forward many things which happen every year in and around our home. One of those recurring things is that we always get nesting doves, the nesting doves are a beautiful thing to see and we wanted to share them with you. You can view the [...]

Everything I know a bout vegetable and herb gardening I learned from my 90-year-old neighbor, who grew up during the Depression. Her name was Edna and her garden was a penny-pincher’s paradise. I didn’t know anything about gardening, so I learned to do it the frugal way. Here are some frugal gardening tips I garnered. 1. [...]

Our master bed was about five years old and its metal frame had broken joints and chipped paintwork, we felt it was time for us to do a little master bed makeover! We decided to build ourselves a custom upholstered headboard with a reclaimed wood frame and reclaimed wood footboard, our challenge was to complete [...]