Green Living Today

I went to a small university in Indiana at a time when “being green” meant being a “hippie” and growing your own vegetables. Obviously, that small university did nothing towards encouraging its students to “be green!” Last week I received a large post card from that university telling how they are reducing their carbon footprint. [...]

Have you heard of this? I’m sorry I was out of town (meaning I didn’t watch any news!) and missed the actual world events, but here is a really nice recap. After you read the rest of this, take a couple of minutes and watch the pictures go by. It’s really interesting to me that [...]

Saving energy and saving money should not be the sole responsibility of parents. Your children must also learn to contribute in keeping the electric bills down. This way, your effort will not be wasted and at the same time, your kids will learn good values while growing up. After all, they are the future. Here [...]

My last posting was about some of the issues created by the use of disposable plastic bags. Today I’d like to talk about paper bags. I always assumed paper was better than plastic – but read on for some new insights! As you probably know, paper bags require trees to be felled. About 14 million [...]

This is becoming the age-old question when we are shopping. We all know the answer. Neither! We are all quite aware that providing our own canvas bags is the only way to go. Just as a reminder – here are some facts about plastic bags. We use a plastic bag for about twelve minutes! It [...]

You know how every year there is a big to do about reaching a certain date where finally you have worked enough to pay the government and now you can work for yourself? I’m not sure when that is but I remember it well when I was in the work force. Now we have “Earth [...]

I have recently been involved in much discussion about the lids on plastic water bottles. I have been given a couple of reasons why they should be removed. First, the plastic of the lid and the plastic of the bottle are different. Many recycling centers do not recycle the type of plastic found in the [...]

Fall is here which means Winter is not far behind. Where I live, the evenings are getting chilly. That’s a sign that the leaves will soon be changing and it will be time to think about keeping warm inside our homes. What can you do to make your house more efficient in the winter? Here [...]

These days, many people have at least one ceiling fan in their home. I lived in Arizona for a while and had seven ceiling fans. These fans are great. They move the air down in the summer to help you feel cooler. In the winter, it is possible to reverse the direction of the blades [...]

This is pulled from the September 28, 2009 issue of Newsweek Magazine. Newsweek has been in a year long collaboration with several companies to help them rate the largest 500 companies to determine which one is the greenest. Research was done in three areas to determine the scores. The first was the Environmental Impact Score [...]