My wife and I often browse our local Central Market store for new eco friendly products and on one our recent visits I found a great green alternative for my morning shave! The first green shaving product that we found was an organic fair trade shaving gel by the Dr. Bronner’s company. It is labeled [...]

According to an American Indian Legend – If anyone desires a wish to come true they must first capture a butterfly and whisper that wish to it. Since a butterfly can make no sound, the butterfly cannot reveal the wish to anyone but the Great Spirit who hears and sees all. In gratitude for giving [...]

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 [...]

Our Christmas celebrations were very much green themed this year and I received numerous green gifts! One of my favorites is the Solio Classic-i solar charger battery which my wife bought me. The Solio Classic-i has an internal Lithium Ion 1650 mAh battery which can hold a charge for up to 1 year. It has [...]

This will be the first article I have published using my solar powered iPhone (which is an article in itself!) and I am hoping it works well. Today we decided to give our three big dogs baths but in the cold and wet outside conditions I wanted an easier alternative to the hosepipe and soap [...]

Precycling is becoming a buzz word amongst greenies like us and the Our Everyday Earth family wanted to share the following top 5 ways to boost your eco-friendliness with some waste stopping precycling…. Precycling is the practice of reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing into the home or business items which will generate waste. [...]

Do you own an outdoor composter or have a compost heap in the yard? If you do then you will know that collecting compostable fruit and vegetable waste can be a difficult routine to maintain. You need to collect the scraps of compostable food and take them out to the compost heap after every meal [...]

How about using a living tree as your Christmas Tree this year. I am talking about an in the pot, alive when you decorate it, alive at the end of the holidays tree. Living Christmas trees are becoming more popular because of their many advantages over other types of Christmas trees. Some of the biggest [...]

Have you ever wondered whether you could track how efficient your driving style is? Well now you can! It was my birthday today and my beautiful wife bought me a Garmin 1350 GPS system, and I love it, partly because I always get lost here in Texas but also because it features Garmin Eco Route [...]

This work is a collaborative effort between Karen and I. Our inspiration, the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly and the beautifully intricate passion flower.  We have so many of these Fritillary Butterflies in our side yard, the reason we have them, is because we have several passion vines planted. These butterfly lay their eggs on the leaves [...]

Do you have lots of old newspapers or magazines waiting to be sent off for recycling? As the holidays draw closer we wanted to share some of our tips on how to make paper decorations using recycled paper. You will need: Some old newspapers or magazines A couple of used wire clothes hangers Strong wire [...]

It’s time again for another Our Everyday Earth Giveaway Competition. Decembers fabulous eco giveaway is one of our own creations, an organic cotton baby romper printed by CafePress; Prize details: One lucky winner will receive this delightful Organic Cotton Baby Romper; 5.5 oz. 100% cotton Three bottom snaps Standard T-shirt neck The winner will be [...]

I have finally finished my painting “The Painted Lady”.  The focal point of this piece is of coarse, the Painted Lady Butterfly. This is one of the most familiar butterflies in North America, as well as around the world.  If you want to attract these pretty ladies to your yard, plant thistle, hollyhocks, common sunflowers, [...]

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 [...]

The University of Hunan, China, has developed a new type of environmentally friendly residential building, a house whose sub-structure is made entirely from bamboo! Using a new product called “GluBam®” the Hunan University, Institute of Modern Bamboo and Wood Composite Structure Team worked in conjunction with the Changsha Bamboo Kaisen co-operation to build a wonderfully [...]

We have a small area in our side yard that we are going to turn into a garden spot. We had a couple of tomato bushes and some onions last year, but the roses around the area did not allow for much sun. So we have moved the roses and made a space around 8 [...]

Congratulations to Stephanie, we will be sending her the “Simplicity” one of a kind green bracelet made from recycled materials. Many thanks to all who entered our November competition, check back soon for our December giveaway!

You are probably about to decorate this years Christmas tree so we wanted to share our Top 10 list of ornaments made from recycled materials. Many of these awesome eco creations could be made at home from recyclables but each of the top 10 recycled Christmas tree ornaments shown below can be purchased online. Number [...]

It’s that time of year again when the Christmas tree lights come out of storage and houses all across America are aglow with festive decorative lighting. This year with advances in LED lighting I wondered how much energy could be saved using LED decorating. **Note: This post sparked some debate so I have edited it [...]

We wanted to wish all of our readers a “Happy Thanksgiving” but we didn’t want to forget to leave for the holiday without celebrating the humble turkey. So we felt it was only right that on the day President Obama officially pardoned the Turkey that we present our top 10 pictures of these wonderful birds. [...]