I get email requests all the time for how to save money on energy use, but I got one the other day specifically aimed at energy use in the kitchen. So after doing some thinking and wandering around my own kitchen looking for ideas, here are a few of the ways you can save energy [...]
This giveaway has ended. About a month ago, I was sent a book called “The Trouble with the Alphabet: Through The Eyes Of Innocence” by Caryn West, which takes a look at human rights violations and children’s issues around the globe. I have to be honest and say that I was expecting a children’s book [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is about both recycling and composting. Almost every site that sells items dedicated to helping you “go green” has them for sale – those $50+ composting pails that sit on your kitchen counter. These are designed to hold your scraps until you get a chance to bring them [...]
SC Johnson has introduced new cleaners called Nature’s Source, which claim to be “a new line of natural cleaning products from SC Johnson, made with simple, biodegradable, plant-based cleaners. Now you can have the cleaning power you want and still go natural.” However, with some digging around and reading their Material Data Safety Sheets, [...]
More than a few times now I have seen the slogan “Green Is The New Black” on products ranging from t-shirts to reusable bags to bumperstickers, and it does not bode well for the future of the environmental movement. Sayings like this tend make it seem like it’s a fad to go green; as [...]
In January’s Sunset Magazine there was a short article about installing rain chains, rain barrels and cisterns in order to collect rain water, and I was really interested in it because I was planning on doing at least 2 of them this Spring. Little did I know I had the biggest project of [...]
Dear EarthTalk: It seems like more products are being packaged in #5 rather than #2 plastic today, and my local recycling agency won’t take #5. I’ve also heard that #5 plastics are more toxic, which concerns me more than the recyclability issue. Which plastic is the better choice?
Polypropylene, which is marked with #5 inside [...]
