2012: The Year We Save the Environment
Want to know how to be greener in 2012? Read on to discover how you can help Mother Earth be more sustainable.
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Chris Keenan is a green and general blog writer. He writes for many sites and maintains a personal cooking blog.
Hit the Trail for some Eco-Friendly Nature Photography
Are you planning to hit the trails on the ultimate adventure? If you are, then you are undoubtedly looking to capture some great pictures in the process. Here are some tips to help you do just that while staying green.
Add an Eco-Friendly Habit Each Week
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the topic of going green. However, instead of trying to do it all at once, resolve to make a single change or adopt a new eco-friendly habit each week. You will be surprised at where you are a month from now.
Here are some tips and facts to get you started. Make a list and try to incorporate one new change each week.
Saving Energy: The Benefits of Recycling Plastics, Aluminum, and Glass
Recycling accomplishes much more than just keeping valuable resources from ending up in our landfills. It also helps to reduce our overall environmental impact. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that most of what is in our waste stream is completely recyclable.
Unfortunately, an average American toss out nearly 1,200 pounds of garbage every year.
Tips for an Eco-Friendly Christmas Party
Here are some ideas and tips to make your Christmas a bit greener. If you have a party in the works, start with some eco-friendly e-invitations, then try these tips to make the party green: Decorations Try to incorporate fresh flowers, LED lights, and all-natural products into your party decorations. Flowers Add fresh flowers [...]
Christmas Trees: Real or Fake, What’s Better for the Environment?
The question of real versus fake Christmas trees is one that is hotly debated each holiday season. However, most of the tree huggers and environmentalists are convinced that real trees are easily the best choice, both from a public health and a personal standpoint. Let’s take a look at further reasons why a real tree is the best choice, even though it will end up out by the garage door in a few weeks.
Everything You Need to Know About Composting Leaves
Most U.S. cities offer some type of curbside yard waste pickup. Every season, the streets and roads are lined with huge paper and plastic bags, all filled with dried leaves, grass clippings, and branches. The ecological results of this are numerous. The bags containing the waste end up in our landfills. The waste trucks are [...]
Turn Old T-Shirts into New Creations
We’ve all got at least a few in the bottom of our drawer or in a box by the garage door— those T-shirts that have seen better days and no longer see the light of day. It is hard to just throw them away, though. Whether it’s from the first concert we attended or it [...]
Creative Ways to Reuse Cork
People often look at cork like it’s some kind of endangered species. Not only is it alive and well, but it is entirely renewable and aids the environment by promoting vegetation. It is just not being produced as much since the wine industry has turned to metal and plastic caps.
So, let’s keep it alive by buying and consuming those wines that still use cork, and then doing some fun things with those corks.
Stunning Recycling Statistics and Facts
Facts and statistics about recycling vary from country to country, with European countries and the United States leading the way in disappointing waste figures. Despite constant awareness and education, we all still to live on the Earth as if we have an endless supply of resources. And although most of the common items like paper, aluminum, [...]
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