I love going to the beach! It is a great way to reconnect with nature and really appreciate all the beauty that nature has to offer. Here are some ideas to help you keep your beach trips greener. These eco friendly beach tips will suggest environmentally sound practices as well as suggest eco-friendly beach products. How To Treat The Beach In An Environmentally … [Read more...] about 5 Eco Friendly Beach Tips
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Go Green At School With These Eco Friendly School Supplies
Everyone is getting on the GREEN bandwagon and I’m the first to applaud this initiative. After all, it’s in our best interests to reduce waste and decrease our dependence on scarce natural resources. With back to school on everyone’s mind, I’ve put together a list of eco-friendly school supplies to help parents with going green this school year. Whether your school starts in … [Read more...] about Go Green At School With These Eco Friendly School Supplies
How to Keep House Cool Without Air Conditioning
Instead of being dependent on the air conditioner this summer, try a few of our simple approaches and keep cool without air conditioning! Not only will you be teaching your family about sustainable living, but you can trim your energy bills and put those savings back in your vacation fund! I grew up in a country home without AC so here's my best tips for how to keep the … [Read more...] about How to Keep House Cool Without Air Conditioning
Paper Consumption Statistics and Paper Recycling Statistics
I am all for recycling and I think more people would make more of an effort to recycle if they realized how important recycling is. Paper recycling can make a huge impact on reducing the use of virgin resources. Here are some paper consumption statistics to give you an idea of just how much paper we are using as a society. I also share paper recycling statistics to show you … [Read more...] about Paper Consumption Statistics and Paper Recycling Statistics
What To Do For Earth Day
Earth Day is an opportunity for us all to take stock or our impact on the Earth and resolve to take some actions to lessen it. The fact is our population just keeps growing and we are changing the environment. Loving nature as I do, I hope we all work towards minimizing our impact make some Earth Day Resolutions that we will keep. Here are five ideas of what to do for Earth Day … [Read more...] about What To Do For Earth Day
How To Recycle Packaging Materials
With so many people resorting to having things delivered in order to stay #saferathome, lots of folks will be receiving bubblewrap envelops or boxed filled with different types of shipping packing. I thought I would review the shipment packaging types and the best ways to reuse, recycle, and/or store them. Here's everything you need to know to recycle packaging materials … [Read more...] about How To Recycle Packaging Materials
5 Benefits of Outdoor Solar Landscape Lighting
When we first moved into my house we had landscape lighting that was electric. I disliked it because it added to our electric bill, the wires would come unburied, and the bulbs would burn out. We have now installed new solar yard lighting and we really enjoy it. Here are a few benefits of outdoor solar landscape lighting. Outdoor Solar Landscape Lighting … [Read more...] about 5 Benefits of Outdoor Solar Landscape Lighting