Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged air conditioner, biking, check air filter, check tire pressure, Gas saving tips, green car, oil change, public transportation, Sierra Club Virtual Clean Car Show, walking on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Filling up for Less: Gas Saving Tips
If you must drive, here are some easy ways to make a difference for the planet and save money at the pump:
Mind your maintenance. A well-tuned car burns less gasoline, so get your oil and air filters changed regularly. Not sure if your filter needs changing? Take it [...]
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged cloth shopping bags, Fair Trade, green, Halloween, kid friendly, organic, planet friendly, recycled plastic bags on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Go Green on Halloween
Whether buying food, treats, treasures or prizes for your Green Halloween party, thinking green is just as much about what you don’t buy as what you do buy. Reducing the amount of waste we generate by cutting down on excessive shopping is not only better for our planet (and easier on our [...]
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged environment, polystyrene, recycling styrofoam, alliance of foam packaging recyclers, foam planters, earth911.org, craft shops, chloro-fluoro hydrocarbons, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, benzene, human carcinogen, recycling polystyrene on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recycling polystyrene – aka Styrofoam
Styrofoam is a trademark of the Dow company, but the material itself is called polystyrene. Like so many other plastics, it’s all around us – very commonly used in packing material as peanuts or expanded foam, in food trays and a wide variety of other products – even explosives such as [...]
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged Autumn, Compost, farmer's market, gardening, hallow's eve, trick-or-treat on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Autumn is here!
The summer has come to an end and the colorful season of Fall has officially arrived. Fall is filled with fun celebrations and activities. Apple trees are ready to be picked, pumpkins are ripe for carving and trick-or-treating is right around the corner! Here are some fun fall green activities that you and your [...]
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged holiday baking, local havest, locally grown food, pick your own on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fall harvest is the perfect time to start enjoying locally grown and harvested foods and stocking up for the winter ahead. Eating local foods that are grown in your own community not only helps your local economy and your neighbors, it also helps the environment and is generally better for you. Buying foods out of [...]
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged carving a pumpkin, Jack-o-Lantern Casserole, pumpkin cider bisque, pumpkin milkshake, pumpkin pie, pumpkin rinds, pumpkin seeds on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carving a Pumpkin this Year?
Don’t throw any of it away . . . saving money and the environment!
Here’s what you do can with all of your pumpkin!
Seeds
Toasted pumpkin seeds are a healthy snack filled with zinc, magnesium, manganese, iron, copper and protein. They’re also great in salads, muffins, bread, and in other [...]
Posted in Green Tip of the Day, tagged Associated Landscape Contractors of America, florist mum, gerber daisy, houseplants, NASA, peace lily, philodendron, purify air, rubber plant, thedailygreen, VOC's, volatile organic compounds on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zap VOC’s with Houseplants!
Pick up a few of these common houseplants the next time you visit a local nursery: palms, ferns, corn plant, dragon tree (dracaena), rubber plant, weeping fig (ficus), English ivy, peace lily, florist mum, gerber daisy, dumb cane (dieffenbachia), schefflera, orchid, spider plant, philodendron, arrowhead plant, pothos, dwarf banana and Chinese [...]
