Archive for January, 2009

The Paper House: Cheap, Instant and Eco-friendly Housing

With housing prices slumping all over the world, Gerd Niemoeller’s invention, The Universal World House, couldn’t have come at a better time. Primarily designed for refugees and migrants in the third world, the prototype costs just $5,000 for 36 sq.m, weighs a mere 800 kilos and can be set up virtually anywhere.
Gerd Niemöller said [...]

Eco Balls: Save The Earth and Money While Doing Laundry?

One of the most interesting home products I’ve found on the market today are Eco Balls (also called Washballs or Aquaballs). If you have a large family like mine, the amount of laundry soap and energy used by the washing machine is pretty huge, and obviously not good for the environment, as well as our [...]

It’s So Darn Cold!

Wherever you live in the world, it seems to be that it’s colder than usual. Ok it’s January, but I don’t ever remember it being this cold ever. Only a week ago, we were vacationing in the tropical island of Palawan to see the Subterranean River (an amazing 8 kilometers long), and I had [...]

Reducing Your Blogging Carbon Footprint

Previously we asked you what your carbon footprint was. Well as we’re bloggers, maybe we should start with the very activity that we are doing at this minute- blogging!
J. Angelo Racoma, a member of our team at Splashpress Media, wrote on one of our sister sites about this very topic- giving 10 Ways To Reduce [...]

Going Green When Food Shopping

In changing your ways to greener living, the key thing to remember is:
“little things mean a lot”
Meaning, you don’t have to go out marching in Washington or move your family to a yurt in the wilderness to save the earth.
Take your weekly trips to the grocery store, for instance. Just by being aware of what [...]

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