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Going Green to Improve Your Health

My health sent me in search of trying to feel better without using daily medication.  In a quest to relieve my allergies, I started reading the labels of all processed food.  After researching some of the synthetic chemicals used in our foods, I began to understand their impact on my health.  This is when [ Read More → ]

Stay Warm This Winter and Save Money

Staying warm during winter months is more than just turning up the thermostat.  Use these helpful tips to warm your home, warm yourself and cut your heating costs in the process. Check around your windows for air flow One of the most significant ways to lose heat is around your home’s windows. What you’ll need to check [ Read More → ]

Great Green Accessories for the Bathroom

Here are a few helpful tips on creating a greener bathroom that both you and the environment can be proud of. Bamboo Bathtub Caddy is wonderful accessories for the bathtub. The multifunctional uses of the bathtub caddy make this a excellent item to accessories with an element of ecologically friendliness in mind. Bamboo is a healthy and eco-friendly alternative to ordinary [ Read More → ]

Top Ten Green Thanksgiving Tips

Think Green This ThanksgivingThanksgiving is right around the corner.  But before you go all out and get ready for this festive holiday, think about trying to make it a little more environmentally friendly.  A sustainable holiday is easily done without cutting corners on the trimmings.  Check out this top ten list of environmentally sound Thanksgiving Day tips to help [ Read More → ]

Six Ways to Conserve Water at Home

Good To The Last Drop Water will cause wars in the next few decades. Even though over two thirds of the planet’s surface is covered with water, only a tiny percentage of the planet’s water is fresh and usable. Earth’s water cycle is, for all intents and purposes, a closed system. A few desalinization plants do contribute a miniscule amount [ Read More → ]

Easy Ways to be Green

You can do something as simple as turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth or shaving, to save more than 200 gallons of water per month.    Most of us have the terrible habit of starting the water while we put the paste on our brush, then running the water the entire time we brush.      Turn off the water!!!  This is just [ Read More → ]

Green Driving Can Help You Save Gas

The way you drive can help you save money on gas. Speedy acceleration and hard stops wastes gas so be gentle when you drive. Don’t stomp on the brakes and don’t stomp on the accelerator. You can also save gas if you drive slower then you usually do. Don’t drive so fast. For example instead of driving seventy miles per hour [ Read More → ]

This Is Why We Need Alternative Energy Sources

A Global Problem Requires A Global Answer The need for alternative energy sources is getting urgent, hence the development of renewable energy is moving fast. Nationally and internationally various individuals and research companies are creating new and exciting energy systems. Some of these apparatus are great works and need improving for massive use. Politician’s world-wide are drafting policies and are making [ Read More → ]

Ten Tips to Building Rich Compost

The Compost CycleFood is quite the necessity, and gardening, a pleasure. Beautifying your yard with vegetables that will soon be on your plate can be a very satisfying process. We want our food to be delicious and quality is key.  Healthy gardens need rich soil. An inch of soil can take more than 15 years to form. The time frame [ Read More → ]

How to Make Your Daily Bath More Eco-friendly

Head to Toe. One of the biggest reasons why people shower after they bathe is that the water becomes too dirty that they don’t feel clean stepping out of the bath. Since your feet and legs are oftentimes the most soiled parts of your body, wash them last so that the dirt does not have a chance to travel around [ Read More → ]