Archive for 'Living Green'
19 Ways to Make Your Home Feel Warmer Without Turning Up the Heat
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
Winterize your home on the cheap (and get $1,500 from the government to help) with these simple tips.
Dodge the Draft(s)
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, drafts can waste 5% to 30% of your energy use. Start simple and adopt that old Great Depression fixture — the draft snake, which you can easily make yourself. Just [...]
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7 Home Improvements to Do This Year (and Save $1,500)
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
This is the year. If you’ve been sitting on home fixes, waiting for the right time, it’s 2010. Lucrative federal tax incentives are set to expire at the end of 2010, meaning these projects will never be more affordable. The government will cover 30% of the costs, in most cases, and investments in energy efficiency generally [...]
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The 9 Best Cookbooks of 2009
Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
The recent cook-at-home trend made 2009 the year of the cookbook. So here are our favorite green, veggie and vegan offerings. We loved flipping and cooking through these and we hope you do too.
The Adaptable Feast
The Adaptable Feast could save your relationship. That is, if you’re an omnivore trying to have a relationship with a [...]
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US environmental agency gets tough on smog
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Steve W..
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed tougher standards for how much smog can be in the air, a move the US agency said would save money and protect health, especially in children.
“EPA is stepping up to protect Americans from one of the most persistent and widespread pollutants we face. Smog in the air we breathe poses [...]
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The Shocking Truth About Junk Mail
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Steve W..
It’s approaching holiday season. And we know what that means: catalogs. Each year, North American companies produce 17 billion catalogs (59 for every man, woman and child in the U.S.). They hawk every category of gift or good, from the ridiculous (redneck pacifiers and big foot garden sets) to the most mainstream. Yet we know that junk [...]
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Being Green: 11 Environmentally Friendly Habits
Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by Steve W..
The Tissue Issue“Ultra” brands of toilet paper such as Charmin, Cotton elle and Quilted Northern may feel soft on your bum, but they’re hard on the environment because they’re made from virgin fiber and bleached with chlorine. Virgin fiber typically comes from trees grown for pulp production or from sawmill leftovers after trees are cut [...]
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Falling in Love Over Compost
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Steve W..
I fell in love with composting and my bride-to-be at the exact same moment.
When I met Denise 26 years ago, her amazing smile immediately captured my heart, as did her T-shirt. On the front it read “A Rind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” And on the back, “I [heart] Composting.”
Composting is the ultimate act [...]
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Health Threat Brought By Climate Change
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by Steve W..
“We have been ignoring the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.” This was the message – or maybe confession – spelled out in a report launched by doctors and climatologists in London on Wednesday morning.
Over the next century, climate change will worsen virtually every health issue we know of, from heart disease and heatstroke to [...]
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Shoppers of the future will ‘pick’ fruit from supermarket shelves
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Steve W..
Instead of buying pre-packaged packs of tomatoes or strawberries, they will be able to “harvest” as much or as little as they like – introducing the concept of “harvest by” dates rather than “best before” dates.
The idea has been proposed by Futurelab, a company that helps businesses predict trends of the future, and was part [...]
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Organic Gardens Cause Cancer? The Daily Show Ridicules Pesticide Lobbyist
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Steve W..
The Daily Show’s Samantha Bee recently had a hilarious take-down of the pesticide lobby that you won’t want to miss. Here’s The Daily Show’s description:
“I don’t know about you, but I’ve just about had it with these godless liberals and their hoity toity organic gardens. Why can’t they farm with chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, hormones [...]
