If you try to examine your family’s way of life, do you think there are certain areas you can improve on, so you can help address the problem we have on pollution and garbage disposal? If you check the stuff that you have at home, are you able to find too many things that you [...]

Aside from the financial crisis we are facing today, one of the biggest problems we have to address is global warming. Since our environment has taken a turn for the worse, many concerned groups are promoting awareness, so that everyone will take it upon themselves to do their part in saving our planet.
If you regularly [...]

We have all witnessed to some degree how our environment has changed over the years. Whether we live in a small town or in a big city, we are living witnesses to how our environment has transformed to give way for modernization. Along with this progress, we have sadly taken some things for granted.
We [...]

It’s now a trend: the reusable grocery bag. When do you think your local grocery shop will start asking you if the grocery bag you brought is cotton or canvas?

If you don’t want to recycle your old newspapers, then try reusing them. Here are a few ideas on what you can do with them:

For some reason, they make your windows squeaky clean. Spray your windows with your favorite glass and surface cleaner, crumple up a few newspaper pages, and wipe for a [...]

The next time you purchase a cleaning agent from the market, be sure you read the ingredients to see what it is made out of it. If it’s not a natural or organic product, chances are that it will contain a toxic chemical or two (or three or four) that could have major effects [...]

Taking care of a little one can be a draining task. Sometimes, just standing in front of the sink washing vegetables without your little crying is enough to get few minutes of peace and quiet.
In fact, while I was washing vegetables that I purchased from the supermarket one day, I realized that I can [...]

Instead of giving your kids allowance money every week, make them “work” for it. Buy them a trash can with the “recycle” logo on it. Tell them that everytime they see an empty soda can or bottle around the house, they can put it in the recycle can. When the recycle can [...]

Like anything else, teaching your children to be “green” starts at an early age. What better way to teach them than to integrate it into their daily routine?
This “game” can be played in a group setting such as a classroom or with just your child alone. Before starting the “game” however, you should [...]

Cotton farming takes up only 3% of the world’s farmland, but it consumes nearly 25% of the insecticides and 10% of the pesticides in the world. In some areas, cotton can be sprayed up to 40 times in one season!
Certified cotton is cotton grown using crop rotation – the practice of growing different types [...]

Improving our energy use not only helps you save money on your energy bills, but is also a great way to help the environment.
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The average household spends approximately $1,900 on energy bills per year – that’s a little over $150 per month. Here are a few energy-saving habits you can adopt to lower [...]