DURHAM, N.H. – College seniors across the country are getting ready to toss their caps in the air and their gowns into recycling bins.
For years, eco-conscious campuses have been trying to reduce the environmental impact of commencement ceremonies by using less electricity or printing programs on recycled paper. Now, academic apparel manufacturers are jumping in with “green” options, ranging from [ Read More → ]
DURHAM, N.H. – College seniors across the country are getting ready to toss their caps in the air and their gowns into recycling bins.
For years, eco-conscious campuses have been trying to reduce the environmental impact of commencement ceremonies by using less electricity or printing programs on recycled paper. Now, academic apparel manufacturers are jumping in with “green” options, ranging from [ Read More → ]
Live Green and Save Money
The following ideas on going green, are just that, ideas. They are simple, easy, and highly effective, but they are just ideas. Once they are implemented however, they become a blueprint, a viable plan to start saving money, while doing your part to help save the planet. We can break them down into three manageable [ Read More → ]
Carbon emissions are a growing concern in this day and age. We are becoming more educated as a community about the harm carbon emissions is causing our planet and its environment and atmosphere.
Some simple ways to help lessen your carbon footprint at home and live a more eco-friendly life:
Laundry –
Air dry and skip the machine dryer. The planet has natural [ Read More → ]
Geeks love their gadgets; the newer, the faster, the more powerful they are, all the better. The gizmos that geeks love, however, consume a lot of energy and leave a lot of carbon footprints. Geeks are not often thought of as green-living folk.
But it is nonetheless possible to be a geek and at the same time adhere to the principles [ Read More → ]
Growing organically is better for you and for the environment. When you make the choice to garden organically you are making a choice to help create a healthy new ecosystem in your own backyard. Healthy toxin free soil leads to healthy toxin free plants which nourish the beneficial bugs that live in our gardens.
Start with the purest soil you can, [ Read More → ]
Why green living?
I have 8 grandchildren and I would like them to live in the future in a world as good or better than the world we know today. But that will only be possible if we take more care of our use of natural resources and the environment. I think I need to take responsibility for what I can, [ Read More → ]
Back to school shopping is a great opportunity to teach your kids about how to make environmentally friendly choices, such as reusing items from previous years and buying recycled school supplies. Following these tips will have your whole family going green for school in no time.
Before heading out for your annual back to school shopping trip, take a minute and [ Read More → ]
If you’re thinking about making some home improvements this year, consider increasing the value of your home with the addition of a deck. A deck can give you more living space and bring the feeling of the great outdoors right to your back yard. Whether you do-it-yourself or hire a pro, a deck can add long-lasting beauty and richness to [ Read More → ]
Was ever a group of aquatic plants more inaptly named? True, they’re found in the sea, but the likes of kelp, dulse, laver, badderlocks, carrageen and tangle are so much more than weeds.
Seaweed, in fact, is something of an über underwater vegetable, with all the health-giving properties of any land-lubber superfood.
Already identified as a rich potential source of biomass energy, [ Read More → ]
Every moment you spend idling your car’s engine means time spent needlessly wasting gas, as well as rougher wear on your vehicle. So give it a rest, and avoid idling through your days.
One of the ways the much-praised Toyota Prius is able to achieve such impressive fuel economy is by having a computer cut out idling automatically: when you aren’t [ Read More → ]
