Tip of the Week – Stale Bread
Save your “not so fresh” stale bread and recycle it by feeding it to the birds in your backyard this winter.
Category Archives: Environment
Tip of the Week – Shovel The Snow
This winter when it comes time to clear the driveway of the latest snow dusting, use a shovel instead of a snowblower. This is not only quieter but it is also more eco-friendly, plus cost less money in fuel. And not to mention it gives you a good work out, so you can skip the… Read More »
Product of the Week – O’BON Pencils & Notebooks
O’BON, is a green stationery company located in San Francisco, CA and dedicated to designing, manufacturing & distributing awesome stationery products, such as pencils & notebooks, that are eco-friendly & really reasonably priced. O’BON’s pencils are made out of recycled newspaper, their notebooks are made from discarded sugarcane pulp, and all their products have super… Read More »
Product of the Week – Restore Water Purification System
If your looking for an alternative to bottled water that is more eco-conscious, then check out Restore. What is Restore? Restore is a complete water purification system in an affordable, easy to use pitcher. Restore provides cleaner, great tasting tap water by innovatively combining germ-killing UV Clean technology with a water filtration system. Restore is… Read More »
Top 7 Tips To A Tree-Free Home
Make your home a more Green one by making it a tree-free one. Here are the top 7 tips to a tree-free home: 1- Replace paper napkins with cloth napkins 2- Replace paper towels with a special set of cloth towels 3- If you print documents, print on once-used paper and/or bleach-free, recycled paper with… Read More »
Tip of the Week – Natural Halloween Decorations
Think green before you buy a bunch of orange & black disposable decorations this Halloween. I recommend buying natural items like pumpkins, gourds, straw bales and corn husks, which are all inexpensive, very festive and can be tossed in the compost pile after the holiday to minimize waste. Reusable decorations that can be used from… Read More »
Product of the Week – GLO Pens
GLO Pens are part of a new eco organization (Global Learning Outreach) that is providing sustainable solutions & donating their profits to education. The eco-friendly pens are made out of recycled cardboard and corn-plastic. Launching this year in NYC, they have partnered with a few specialty stores in Manhattan & Brooklyn, including the famous Strand… Read More »
Tip of the Week – Bathroom Ventilation
Bathroom ventilation is the easiest & most eco-friendly way to stop mold from growing in your bathroom. Mold is one of the largest health & cleaning problems when it comes to the family bathroom. It’s hard to kill once it creeps in, and oftentimes people use harsh cleaners like bleach to eliminate it. A good… Read More »
Tip of the Week – Vacuum Every Week
Some might say vacuuming is a waste of energy, others like myself will disagree. That’s because carpeting acts as a collector for toxins tracked into the home from your shoes and those released from indoor sources. It also harbors dust mites and other allergens. So to reduce these hazards, I recommend a weekly vacuuming…it is… Read More »
Hemp – The Ultimate Sustainable Resource
Hemp is an excellent natural sustainable resource used for many different uses including food, building materials, fabric, paper, fuel, and so on. Hemp could be one solution to many of the problems that are facing the modern world today, including deforestation, acid rain, the greenhouse effect, erosion, pollutants, starvation, and limited fossil fuels. Hemp production… Read More »