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What Is Green Furniture?

Ever heard of green furniture? This is actually the trend in interior decoration these days. People who are conscious of the environment and how their lifestyles affect it are looking into more ways to do their part in its conservation. In decorating the house, you can actually find green furniture that will bring beauty as [...]

Busting Some Green Myths

I am sure you’ve heard about the people who do not believe that global warming is real. The fact is that there are a lot of people who are not convinced enough that going green is a good idea. These people usually have arguments that keep them from “crossing over.” Let’s do some green myth-busting, [...]

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 [...]

The POWERplus Penguin: A Great Flashlight For Kids

On thing I know is that kids love flashlights, or torches, as they say in England. They like to play with them, especially under the sheets, in the dark. The regular flashlights we’ve had throughout the years have been victims of my kids abuse, because when one of my kids get their hands on them, [...]

Carcinogens Found In Kids Bath Products

In the news again were some chilling findings that a slew of everyday bath products made for kids had dangerous levels of carcinogens. Like any Mother, my reaction is deep resentment and anger for these big companies that let things like this happen for years, and how lethal ingredients like formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane is found [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Houseplants For Clean Air

Surrounding your home with chemical-fighting houseplants is a wonderful thing to do for your family – not only does it rid the air of some major toxins (like I mentioned in my post), but it also makes the house much more attractive. Just one large houseplant produces enough oxygen (through photosynthesis) to clean about 100 [...]

Protection Against Cellphone Radiation

For years, my spouse, an anti-technology dinosaur, has been preaching the danger of cellphones. He’s always owned one though (pre-paid), rather begrudgingly, never turning it on unless absolutely necessary, much to my annoyance. Well, the other day he told me it was time I did some research on the dangers of cellphones and do a [...]

Global Warming 101

Ok, we’ve all heard of the term Global Warming. But do we really understand what it means? Global warming or climate change means that the Earth is being affected by the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere largely because of man, industry and globalization. Think of the carbon like a thick wooly blanket that [...]

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