Grillin’ and summer go hand in hand. But how green is your grill? Follow these easy tips by Easy Green TV to make sure your next cookout is earth-friendly!
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Summer equals picnics in the park, barbecues in the back yard and campfire cookouts; but being on the go with all that food comes lots of disposable cutlery, plates & napkins.
Take the first step this summer to lower your carbon footprint by switching from toxic plastic cutlery to Eco-gecko’s biodegradable and compostable wooden forks, spoons & knives.
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Baking yummy vegan treats can be difficult. Finding that right substitute for the eggs in your recipe can make or break that mmm factor. See how Sangeeta Kumar uses common household ingredients such as bananas, tofu, flax seeds, and other foods can be used as alternatives to eggs in cookies, cakes, muffins, and other baked good recipes.
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Before you consider an incomplete set of dominoes as trash, think about crafting some unique drink coasters for your coffee table or as a gift for a friend that is a game lover. It’s a pretty simple DIY eco-friendly project when you use this step-by-step guide by NaturalMindset.
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Ever wonder what the variation is between different alternative fuel cars like a plug in hybrid, a flex fuel or an electric car?
Here’s a breakdown of all the different types of green vehicles that are currently available and also in development.
Hybrids combine two or more different propulsion systems, typically a gasoline engine and one or more electric drive motors. Most hybrids on the road today compliment their gas engines by charging a battery when breaking. Engines running on diesel or other alternative fuels can also be used in hybrids. A hybrid drive is fully scalable, which means the drive can be used to power everything from small commuter cars to large buses and even locomotives. Hybrids get more MPG or miles per gallon than most non-hybrids, and usually have very low tailpipe emissions.
Plug in hybrids get high MPG, cover many miles on battery power alone, and include a gasoline engine to provide greater range as needed. Plug in hybrids are mostly recharged from the grid, but some plug-in hybrid models can generate electricity when using them.
Electric cars use one or more electric drive motors, powered by batteries, for zero-emission motoring. Electric cars are recharged by plugging into the grid, either at home, or with special electric vehicle charging stations. Car manufacturers are actively developing a new generation of electric cars using technologies and lessons learned from electric vehicles developed in the 1990s. Electric cars are extremely efficient and run for pennies per mile, much cheaper than any other alternative fuel.
Biodiesel is a renewable alternative fuel made from various sources ranging from waste vegetable oil to soybeans. Biodiesel can be used in most diesel powered cars without modification. Biodiesel is a cleaner fuel than standard petroleum diesel.
Ethanol is an alcohol-based alternative fuel made from biomass. As a popular alternative fuel, ethanol is typically used in the form of E85 to power flex fuel cars outfitted specifically to run on this blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline. There are more than 30 flex fuel vehicle models that have been designed to run on two fuels from the same tank. Most ethanol today is produced from corn or sugar cane, although this will change as cheaper cellulosic ethanol made from fast growing woody grasses and other biomass becomes a reality.
Hydrogen is perhaps the cleanest of all alternative fuels, burning with nearly zero emissions in an internal combustion engine and with emissions of only water vapor and heat in an electro-mechanical fuel cell. Hydrogen vehicles are being developed in many forms by most major car manufacturers.
Air powered cars are relatively new to the green car scene. Compressed air is currently being explored as a viable ‘alternative fuel’ to efficiently power car engines with little or no environmental impact.
Natural gas, the cleanest-burning fossil fuel, is being used by an increasing number of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Natural gas is stored and used in its liquefied or compressed states. It is most commonly abbreviated as LNG for Liquefied Natural Gas, and CNG for Compressed Natural Gas. While a variety of light-duty natural gas cars were once available, the only factory-produced natural gas car made today in the U.S. is Honda’s Civic GX. Other car models may be developed and sold in the United States as additional focus is placed on natural gas as a fuel source for alternative fuel vehicles.
Via: GreenCar
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Earthship is a radically sustainable green building made of recycled materials and powered by the sun & the wind, catching water, treating sewage, heating and cooling through thermal dynamics and growing food. It’s extreme Green living at it’s best by architect Michael Reynolds.
Here’s a detailed look inside an Earthship:
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Cinco de Mayo is all about good company, music, the best food & margaritas. Celebrate this fifth of May with this killer organic Margarita recipe:
Step 1:
Prechill your glasses by putting them in a freezer for a few hours prior to the party.
Step 2:
Make the simple syrup by adding 1 part agave nectar, 1 part organic sugar, & 1 part water to a sauce pan and cook over low heat until the sugar is dissolved, stirring occasionally.
Step 3:
Next fill your cocktail shaker with the tequila, lime juice, simple syrup & ice. Shake until mixed and cool.
Step 4:
Mix up 2 parts salt and 1 part sugar and put it in a dish. (You can do this prior to the party.) Dip the rim of your chilled glass in the sugar/salt mix.
Step 5:
Strain the Margarita drink mix into your chilled salted glass, serve & enjoy!
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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Mother’s Day is almost here. Show your mom & mother earth how much you care with these eco-fabulous gift ideas from Eco Maniac.
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Happy 41st Earth Day!
Let’s show the Earth how much we care by going green with these top 5 tips for conserving energy, water and waste.
1- Change lights to CFL bulbs
2- Install a low-flow showerhead
3- Use reusable shopping bags
4- Fix all leaky water fixtures
5- Stop using disposable items
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There are tons of skins, covers and pouches out there to protect your mobile phone from scuffs, scratches and dings but what protects you from the bacteria just lingering on your phone?
Introducing the ecoskin!
An eco-friendly smart phone cover with antibacterial protection.
The ecoskin is the only recycled mobile phone cover to be infused with Biomaster or silver ions to reduce harmful bacteria levels on the phone. The same material is used as an additive for many medical devices to decrease bacterial levels by up to 99.9%.
Plus the ecoskin is made with 100% recycled high grade plastic and is UV resistant. The packaging used for the ecoskin is also made from recycled materials.
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