12 Ways to Have an Eco Friendly Holiday
Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Americans throw away a million extra tons of trash each week, including holiday wrapping and packaging. We also use more electricity on holiday lights …
Green Living
Making greener, more sustainable choices can not only lighten your load on the planet, but it can save you a lot of money, too. These articles will help you live greener in every aspect of your life.
Why You Need a Water Filter (And How to Choose the Right One)
In the United States, tap water is the most tested and regulated source of water you can find. That said, tap water can still contain chemicals you don’t want to …
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5 Reasons You Should Replace Your Old Appliances
Many people believe that keeping old appliances is a form of recycling. But this is only half right. True, you’re not clogging up the landfills, but keeping the old stuff …
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Fall is for Tree Planting!—How to Plant a Tree
Autumn is the optimal time to plant trees. As mundane as it may seem compared to solar panels and electric cars, planting trees is one of THE most powerful and …
What Do The Numbers on Plastic Containers Mean?
Have you noticed the numbers on the bottoms or sides of plastic containers, and wondered what they mean? A small number is placed on all plastic containers, usually transparent in …
Why You Should Quit Drinking Bottled Water for Good
The average person in the United States consumes more than 45 gallons of bottled water per year, for a total of 60 billion water bottles a year. Nine out of …
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25 Ways to Use Less Plastic
It is very possible to get most of the plastic out of your life—especially the disposable and single-use plastic. (Though durable goods like computers and car parts will be the …
Why Recycling is the Last Thing You Should Do
There is a reason that recycling comes last in the often-repeated maxim of “reduce, reuse, recycle.” That is where it should be: the last resort. Recycling is what we do …
10 Tips for a Healthy, Planet-Friendly Back-to-School
It’s the end of the summer and time for the kids to start school, whether they’re staying home or attending in person this year. So how do you combine school’s …
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Why You Should Join a CSA This Year
Imagine coming home with a big box of seasonal produce every week, grown by a local farmer. Or what if you could have it delivered right to your door? The …
10 Eco Friendly New Years Resolutions
It’s a new year, and a good time to make some changes. And we need to make some changes pretty quickly because this tumbling rock of a planet we call …
How to Slay the Vampire Power in Your Home
Did you know that most of your appliances—cell phone chargers, desktop computers, computer monitors, printers, televisions, DVD players, microwaves, coffee makers, and more—drain energy anytime they’re plugged into a socket, …
