June has been very hot so far here in Texas, triple digit days and very warm nights, so it seemed only fitting that we track the energy usage of an item that helps keep our food and drinks cool, the refrigerator… We plugged in our trusty P3 Kill-A-Watt Wireless unit and started watching the numbers [...]

What is one product that you use multiple times a day, but have never thought about the effect it has on the environment? For most people that product is probably toilet paper. The average American uses over 100 single rolls of toilet paper each year, but do you ever stop and think of where it [...]

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 [...]

Most of us grab our reusable shopping bags, coupons, lists, and then head to the grocery store thinking we are doing our part to save the earth and our money. But is there more that we can be doing to bring our most common errand closer in line with our values? Reusable grocery bags are [...]

For the month of June we decided to monitor how much electricity is used by our television. We used the awesome P3 Kill-A-Watt Wireless to track how much electricity was being consumed by our TV over a three day period. A typical day of television watching in our household consists of a couple of hours [...]

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 [...]

We’re excited to announce the winner of our May green giveaway. We had lots of entries and some great comments, unfortunately there can be only one winner. The winner was picked at random using random.org. Congratulations to Angela Morgan, she will be receiving the 50 Sunflower Seed Kits for her summer wedding courtesy of TreeBeginnings.com. [...]

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 [...]

Computers can be a big energy waster and energy drain on the system but they needn’t be.There are many things you can do — both before purchase, while in use, and after they’ve given up their respective plastic and electronic “ghosts”! Americans produce more than 5 billion, yes billion, pounds of computer waste annually. According [...]

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 [...]

You might think that when you enter your house you’re safe from airborne pollutants.  Since you are closing the door on outdoor allergens like pollen and toxins like car exhaust and manufacturing emissions, you no longer have to worry about the air quality.  But nothing could be further from the truth.  When you step inside, [...]

Every choice that you make, whether buying organic food or organic cotton clothing, impacts the environment. When choosing t-shirts for summer, you will definitely want to check out new water-based inks on organic cotton tees. Organic cotton is soft and luxurious, and water based ink is totally safe for the environment when manufacturing a t [...]

Organic gardening doesn’t have to mean that pests will overrun your garden or that the quality of your plants will suffer. It simply means you have to work with materials naturally produced by the environment, thereby leaving less of a footprint. Luckily, nature provides us with many resources to grow and harvest a huge variety [...]

The rush for renewable energy has had a big impact on the home hot water boiler industry but it has started to adapt quite quickly to the modern day advances in house heating systems. Over the last 40 years the gas boiler central heating systems have become the major heating systems for both the American [...]

Summer is almost here and we are excited to announce an amazing giveaway for May sponsored by TreeBeginnings.com. One lucky contestant will receive fifty wonderful sunflower seed kits from our friends at Tree Beginnings; Simply leave a comment against this post to enter The 50 sunflower seed kits include: Sunflower seeds in packet (2 x [...]

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 [...]

Part 4 of 6 in the Growing a Green Business With Essential Sage is titled “Girls Gone Green!” Because of the importance of this portion of the “Growing a Green Business Blog”, this topic will be divided into two segments. In the first segment, we’ll focus on office supplies. In the next segment (June) we’ll [...]

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 [...]

When you decide to adopt a healthier lifestyle, incorporating not only exercise into your daily routine, but also a diet full of nutrients (from a variety of food sources), you might not immediately think of coffee as a useful addition to your regimen.  But this is a mistake.  Although coffee has gotten a bad rap [...]