Sometimes I think that the environmentally conscious are true optimists. We seem convinced that we can save the planet and make a world of difference, if only we can get the word out and have everyone take steps to change things. Even tiny victories are celebrated and we happily make those little shifts in behavior [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Proper food storage is not a matter to be taken lightly, you could be saving more food than you think if you store it correctly. So if you find yourself with lots of leftovers from your Super Bowl Party, here are our top five green food storage tips; 1.       Seal before storing One of the [...]

Being frugal and being green go together so here is our guide to prevent some of those cash wasting activities and stop you throwing cash in the trash: Remember that line from Love Story? "Love means never having to say you’re sorry"? Sorry to rain on the parade of viewers who have sobbed through the [...]

So often people tend to forget that living green is more than simply recycling and attempting to produce less waste; an essential part in the green living trend is taking steps to make your home more efficient as well. This process is essential as most of the biggest energy wasters in your home are the [...]

I have experimented with several different phosphate free and bleach free dish-washing liquids but none of them really got our dishes clean. Most of the phosphate free liquids left a white powdery residue on our dishes, especially on glasses and pots / pans. Needless to say I was keen on finding a solution to getting [...]

I got a Sony portable reader system for Christmas, and I have to say, I love it! It is easy to download books on, easy to read (you can enlarge the print) and it’s lightweight. Now that I own an e-reader, I started to wonder if it is eco-friendly to use one of these or [...]

Here we are at the end of another year. 2010 is just around the corner and for me, it is the beginning of another opportunity to make life choices. What will I do in the coming new year to help my home, my planet be a better, healthier, greener place? Lets see, there are so [...]

As I was sat at yet another red light on my way home last night I noticed that the annoying red light was alot brighter than usual, and it seemed to be made of lots of tiny lights instead of the usual single bulb… I remembered seeing some stories about new traffic lights which use [...]

If you are anything like alot of people, you have probably never heard of soap nuts. I know I hadn’t, until this article I read the other day. Soap nuts, also called soapberries, washing nuts, or Ritha/Reetha (in Hindi), contain “saponins”, which have the ability to clean and wash. When in contact with water, it [...]

Did you know that a whopping 46 percent of home energy use is actually energy loss! In other words, there is no productive energy use at all! Here are 10 simple ways of reversing this energy lose, by changing some old habit and starting some new ones! Check out this list, these are some very [...]

We have been using reusable shopping bags since February of this year. It is amazing how few plastic bags we now have that we have to recycle. We use to get aroung 10 to 15 plastic bags a week, from our trips to the grocery store, drug store, shopping center etc. Now that we use [...]

How does a project that seems so simple and gratifying, end up making you feel guilty when your done? Well, when you start becoming environmentally conscious about what you do, then sometimes the end result can give you a different ending, as in my story. It has opened my eyes and given me yet another [...]

I couldn’t believe it, I walked outside to take the dogs out and there was something different about my banana trees, well one of them. It had a bloom on it. A really big bloom! This is the second year for this plant in our side-yard. I did not know that they produced fruit so [...]

If you subscribe to the Native American Proverb that “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”, then we have no excuse not to do something to help our earth and the environment we live in. Our group here in Texas is  made up of 6 different families [...]

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 [...]

Have you ever wondered whether it’s possible to save energy, light your home and add an element of cool technology at the same time? Well that’s exactly what some of the new LED lighting solutions are offering…  Several companies are working hard to make extremely long lasting and super efficient LED light bulbs more affordable. [...]

A quick walk around many Texas homes will reveal lots of window and door seals that need replacing. I found that the worst seals on our house were the front of house ground level windows. All of the caulking / sealant was cracked and large gaps were evident. The amount of cracking and gapping was [...]