Posts in "Eco Tips"
Halloween is around the corner! Have you taken steps to make sure that this holiday is an eco-friendly one? If you didn’t know this already, fun holidays like Halloween are some of the most wasteful times of the year – think of the amount of new costumes, decorations, candy, and pumpkins consumed…..then the waste [...]
September 29th, 2009 | Posted in
Eco Home,
Eco Tips |
No Comments »Winter is coming, and I am sure that many of you are thinking about heating costs. There is no doubt that there is a need for heating, especially in certain places. But there is also no doubt that there are things that we can do in order to lessen the need for heating. [...]
I know, “greenify” is not really a word, but I liked the sound of it so I decided to use it today. Anyhow, how often do you do your laundry? If you have children, the chances are that you do tons of laundry. Even single people and couples do tend to accumulate [...]
September 2nd, 2009 | Posted in
Eco Tips,
Organic Food,
Pets |
No Comments »Have you ever thought about your pet living a green life as well? Green living is not only for humans, you know. You can actually show love to your pet while helping the earth at the same time! Here are some ideas which are easy to implement.
Be a responsible dog owner – [...]
I don’t know if it is just me, but I seem to have this fixation about toilet paper. I cannot live without my stash of toilet paper – I always have to have extra in case I run out. Same thing with paper towels for the kitchen. More than quantity, however, I [...]
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 recently featured hair washing in her environmentally-friendly column. She mentioned how “in our pursuit of [...]
I’m lucky enough to have hardwood floors in my home but between the kids’ spills and pet mess (we have an elderly dog and a new puppy), cleaning our wooden floors is a challenge. At a loss with what to use, I have simply been using plain water in a bucket with a couple [...]
May 20th, 2009 | Posted in
Cleaning,
Eco Tips,
Environment,
Facts and Figures,
Green Holidays,
Green shopping,
Health,
Natural Products,
News,
Toxic Stuff |
No Comments »One of the mantras in my household is “Wash your hands please”. When the kids get home from school, before mealtimes, before cooking, after playing, after touching the pets and so on. But when you’re out of the house, using water and soap obviously isn’t the most convenient thing. And the solution a lot of [...]
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, [...]
I used to spend a lot of money on commercial glass cleaners. Not only were they expensive and full of toxic chemicals, but they also never managed to do the job too well. Since I started to try and live a more earth-friendly lifestyle, I switched to eco-friendly products, which didn’t have the chemicals but [...]
