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 [...]
In most cases, it takes continuous effort on our part to reduce our carbon footprint. However, making smart choices when it comes to outfitting our homes is one way to significantly cut down on energy consumption in one sweep. We already know about the positive effects of turning off and unplugging appliances, using energy efficient [...]
Our ever increasing reliance on mobile devices need not contribute to the massive environmental problems we now face; in fact mobile devices can actually help each of us lessen our carbon footprint. Here are some ideas on how you can help save the Earth with the help (and even despite) mobile devices. Use it till [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
So you’re not into the iPhone. You’re not alone. While I still consider it to be my dream phone, I do realize that it is not the only phone out there. In fact, Google’s Nexus One seems like it’s going to give Apple a run for its money. For those of you who prefer Android [...]
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 actually [...]
Welcome to Yurto, the blog about eco-friendly living in the home. Inspired by the yurt, an ancient circular dwelling place built in tune with nature, we hope to explore the ways we can all make a change for the better in the world that we live in – beginning from our homes. Why is it [...]
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