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.
A garage is just a place where you store things or hang out with your friends now and again, right? A basement is a dingy area where you store the Christmas decorations each year, right? Regardless of whether or not these statements are true, there are minor changes you can make in these areas that [...]
So you want to go green. Are you any good at it? Do you know how to do it in fact! Have a really good look around your house and see what changes you need to make in order to truly say that you are moving towards green living. Here are some things to look out for which are simple to change and can make a big difference:
Yesterday I was provided with a pod cast featuring Aggie MacKenzie, most prominently known from the Channel 4 series titled How Clean Is Your House? where she provides her ‘green clean’ tips for autumn to share with EnvironmentGreen.com readers.
She goes on to remind us that as summer comes to an end and closes another great chapter of great barbeques, camping, parties and other holiday activities, it comes time to clean up and prepare for the coming colder months ahead. Aggie MacKenzie from ‘How Clean is Your House’ has years of experience sorting out other peoples homes, where she has gained plenty of tips for getting a clean and tidy house.
It is great to see some the big car manufacturers finally starting to see the light and begin to produce cars that are much more environmentally friendly then they have been building over the past few years. And I am sure if you have been following our blog then you may have noticed that we have become a bit of a fan with the Nissan electric car known as the LEAF. So, today I thought we would compare the popular American built Chevy Volt with the Nissan LEAF to see how they match up against one another.
In a recent study done by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, they identified one of the largest overall contributing sources to global warming was road transportation. Cars, trucks and buses are all major contributors as they release greenhouse gases and various other pollutants that promote warming while also not emitting enough aerosols to counteract it. So in other words, the more vehicles on the roadways, then the worse the problem of global warming is going to be.
One way to conserve computer energy usage is by server consolidation. You can achieve a very tangible energy reduction by replacing a large quantity of computers with smaller, more energy efficient units. The upside is that the new generation of compact computers are not only more energy efficient, but they are more powerful, as well. Also, consider replacing desktop PCs with notebooks. This move alone can save you as much as 75% or more on your computer energy costs.
We have two air purifiers set up in each of daughters rooms (kind of bought the first as an experiment, then got the second one later on) witch are in the basement of our house. My wife and I were both pretty shocked on how dirty the filters in these little machines get every few months and then imagine that we breathe in all that crap in the air everyday. So we are happy to spend a few dollars every day to make our kids have better air to breathe, we can not control the air outside, but certainly can make an effort to make the air in our home safer. The latest discount code from Clean Air 4 Life is …
Some tips and suggestions for going green and doing your part to save the environment.
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