Yesterday walking up my driveway my mother suggested I poured some boiling water on some weeds coming up through the cracks. This weed killing method intrigued me so I did some research and I found that it really works! Go green to keep your lawn green. Most lawn herbicides contain carcinogens and have been linked [...]

Thinking about going to the park for a picnic? Just make sure more than the grass is green! Use reusable utensils and cut trash while saving cash! If 10,000 people used reusable utensils, in one year almost 1.5 million disposable knives, forks, spoons and plates would be kept out of landfills! You’ll have more trees [...]

Here’s a water-saving trick…collect water in a bucket while you wait for your shower to warm up. The average person spends about $45 per year on bath and shower water. So the less water you waste the more money you’ll save. Use the water you collect to water your houseplants, wash the floors, wash your [...]

Going to do some gardening this weekend? Go Organic with new organic fertilizers and potting soils that are better for the earth as well as your plants. Organic fertilizers and soils get your plants growing without synthetic chemicals, that can run off into our waterways contaminating them and becoming harmful to animals and fish. Want [...]

I told you about Ludacris and Tommy Lee’s new show Battleground Earth. Well Green powered concerts starting popping up a few years ago. Organizers have come up with ways to reduce the environmental damage caused by their events. They use recycled-paper products, banish throwaway plates and utensils, use eco-friendly irrigation systems, and biodiesel to fuel [...]

Unless you sweat a lot of get really dirty everyday, try washing your clothes less often. Of course we don’t mean your underwear. Tossing your clothes in the machine every time you change just beats them and the environment up. Washing and drying less often keeps your clothes looking newer, longer. It’s better for the [...]

Do you consider the environment before you print those emails? Have you seen that quote at the bottom of bills, customer or client emails? Well COPY and PASTE. Think of all the trees you’ll help save. If all North Americans viewed and paid bills online, we could keep 18.5 million trees growing each year. Online [...]

Besides getting sexy legs and buns of steel, I’ve got a green reason to take the stairs instead of the elevator. Depending on type, capacity and usage, an elevator’s yearly energy use can equal that of seven homes. Of course sometimes it’s not practical to take the stairs, especially if you have to go to [...]

Every weekend partiers hit the clubs and get down. Here’s a way that clubs can use the energy of the patrons and turn it into REAL POWER! Believe it or not, in the UK they have power-generating dance floors. The dance floor makes use of a piezoelectric system that produces electricity as the dancers jump [...]

Ok, so you’re getting into the routine of composting! Good for you! But even biodegradable items like food can hang around in garbage dumps for years. Trash is packed so tightly that it doesn’t always get the necessary light, oxygen, and microorganisms it needs to decompose. Researchers have found perfectly compostable 25-year-old corncobs and grapes, [...]