As far as holidays go, Christmas is by far the most wasteful. Each year, Americans throw away hundreds of thousands of tons of gift wrapping alone. That doesn’t include plastic and cardboard packaging or even the toys that get played with for a couple of weeks and then forgotten. The frenzy to buy, buy, buy [...]
Need a cost-effective and environmental-friendly way to light up your garden shed? Check out the solar bottle bulbs that an NGO in the Philippines, MyShelter Foundation, are using to light up homes in the country’s slums. The solar bottle bulb, which was designed and developed by MIT students, are now being used to brighten up [...]
Environmental issues have never been so prevalent in the media. Everyone from mainstream politicians to major celebrities seem to be backing and supporting environmental projects. Of course, for eco-friendly living to work, it is something that everybody has to do together. There are a variety of ways that you can change your own lifestyle to [...]
There are more than enough ways for people to save money. But the question is how many of them are willing to bend a little to do it? Did you know that going green can save money? Not many know that by simply participating on green campaigns, they are not just saving the environment but [...]
You might be thinking that I have lost it. What has washing one’s hair got to do with the environment? Am I taking it too far? Maybe. Then again, maybe not. Rebecca Lacko from The Examiner featured hair washing in her environmentally-friendly column. She mentioned how “in our pursuit of conquering the unruly, straightening the [...]
My husband is a BIG coffee drinker, so we always have a lot of used coffee grounds at the end of the day, which would normally be chucked in the bin. That was before I found out that used coffee grounds are an excellent recycling product! I actually first discovered this at my local Starbucks, [...]
We see and hear about all sorts of green tips that can help us save the environment in our own little ways, but we don’t really pay attention to some of the little things that we take for granted. Take for example shaving. Have you ever thought that in doing this mundane task, you can [...]
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 [...]
This week has been hell at work. I work for a multinational company, and for some reason, almost all of the bosses from the headquarters decided to pay us a visit. It’s not over yet and we’re expecting the biggest of the bigwigs to arrive on Monday. I guess it’s the best time to bring [...]
Using organic skincare products is more than just saving your skin from possible chemical irritation—it’s also saving the earth from home. However, that is only if you are using the real organic skincare. Why Use Organic Skincare? Organic skincare products are made up and processed without using any chemicals like synthetic fertilizers, pest [...]
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