A greener workplace can mean a lighter ecological footprint, and a healthier and more productive place to work. How do you start? An easy way is to digitize. The greenest paper is no paper at all, so keep things digital and dematerialized whenever possible. The more you do online, the less you need paper. Keep [...]

The end of the month is just days away, and so is that old tradition of putting up the Xmas tree! You may be surprised to find out which is greener. An artificial Christmas tree might seem like the greener option, since no real tree is being destroyed and it can be reused year after [...]

We’ve moved into a digital world that makes CD’s seem like they are prehistoric. Once you’ve transferred them to you PC or iPod what do you do with them? Well you could be creative and use them as Christmas tree ornaments, make some gifts…like coasters, wind chimes you could even make a very funky room [...]

When it comes to your favourite bottle of wine, which is GREENER, cork or screw cap? You’d be surprised. Cork forests are endangered, however, Cork is made from stripping bark off cork oak trees without damaging the trees. Cork trees can live for well over 100 years and keep regrowing their bark. Plus rare wildlife, [...]

If you want to be eco-conscience this winter and save money there are a few more things you can do besides turning your thermostat down that will also keep you cozy. *Plug drafts with caulking and weather stripping. *Use left over bubble wrap by placing it inside windows to act as an insulator. *Put clear [...]

First snowfall means…treacherous ICE!! Time to pull out the rock salt!! Sodium chloride is a very effective de-icing agent, it’s very easy to obtain and is inexpensive. The problem is that up to 90% of the salt enters the soil near the road as runoff and may even wind up in waterways. The widespread use [...]

Getting ready to travel soon? Be GREEN and skip the unnecessary luxuries. In a study three quarters of travelers still felt it was necessary to have fresh sheets and towels every night of their stay at the same hotel, something few people practice at home! If you’re staying more than one night, let the housekeeping [...]

Green labels! When shopping check the garment label and try to avoid ones that say DRY CLEAN ONLY. The common dry cleaning chemical, perchloroethylene http://www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/perc.html, is a probable carcinogen and has been classified as a groundwater contaminant by the EPA. Plus 70% of perc used in dry cleaning ends up in nature. Another green reason [...]

The spirit of the holiday season is upon us. The Santa Clause parade is this weekend and snow is in the forecast…Time to send some holiday cheer with Green Christmas cards! This year send your holiday cheer on recycled cards, e-cards or something fun and send an important message. Thinks of all the trees you’ll [...]

You’re trying to be green by reusing your plastic water bottle to tote H2O around in…but it turns out those reusable hard-plastic bottles can possibly leach toxins. Polycarbonate plastic used in bottles can leach bisphenol-A, which has been linked to birth defects, miscarriage, and prostate cancer. Also plastic water bottles require 1.5 million barrels of [...]