When you go to the mall chances are you will buy something that was made by children, unfairly paid, or traveled long distances to get to your shopping bag. If this concerns you than consider a neat alternative, shopping Green Online.
Doing your groceries or buying the essentials online has become increasingly more popular. With the [...]
I admit, I leave the shower running until the hot water kicks in before I step foot in the shower. It’s a bad habit and unfortunately a common one. millions of gallons worth of water is wasted on preheating showers or baths. Wasting water is a significant problem because the water that comes into our [...]
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki is one of the world best know conservationist of our time. He operates the David Suzuki Foundation who’s goal it is to make our world a little bit greener.
He has what he calls the Nature Challenge. Essentially a online pledge to commit to changing 10 habits we all have. Suzuki believes [...]
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Posted by Jyle & Jeanne
October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment
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Greenpeace has been an important environment protection agency, protecting whales and just bringing attention to the environmental hazards we are doing to pollute our earth.
This video montage shows the many things Greenpeace activists get involved with. More importantly, Greenpeace has ways to get children involved. Visit their website to [...]
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Posted by Jyle & Jeanne
October 15, 2007 | 1 Comment
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Saving water is an important part of saving energy. The water we consume in our homes needs to be purified. This means that reducing the amount of water we use will subsequently reduce the amount of energy needed.
Here is a great way to simply and cheaply reduce the amount of [...]
The popular Sim games series are coming out with a new version called ‘SimCity Society.’ The new twist is that not only will you have the challenge of building up from scratch your own city, you will also have to take environmental factors into account. That means that the more cheap but polluting infrostucture you [...]
More childrens toys have been found to have ten times the allowed levels of lead in its paint. The lead can cause poisening espectially for small children who are prone to chew on plastic toys. If the paint is injested after being scraped off, lead can enter the childs blood stream which could lead to [...]
Bathroom renovations are really popular and, lately, I know that several of my friends have undertaken the major task simply to become more environmentally friendly. One wanted to upgrade to a better toilet and the other was looking for eco-friendly options for installing heated floor tiles.
My first suggestion was the Toto Eco Supreme Toilet [...]
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Posted by Jyle & Jeanne
October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment
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If you have ever been around children, you probably know how much “stuff” they go through every day! It’s endless cleaning and feeding which, from an environmental standpoint, can leave lasting global consequences. That’s why Baby Avalon Organic products seem so appealing!
I was reading a magazine and I came across an ad for [...]
Transit works like Google Maps, but instead of giving the driving directions, it lets you know how you can get where you’re going without a car. All you have to do is type in your starting position and your destination and Google finds the quickest way possible. It will let you know what bus you [...]
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