Over the last month I have added 2 new additions to my quest to lead a more eco-friendly, sustainable existence. Even when you think you have done everything you possibly can, you can always find more to do! First up, and by reader request, is my 15 year old cat’s new outdoor litter [...]
This week’s Do One Thing is so very, very simple. Everyone knows there is a lint filter inside a clothes dryer, but how often do you clean it out? I clean ours out every single time I use it, which hopefully will be much less now that it is warm outside and I got [...]
So, what company makes Drano, Pledge, Off!, Raid, Fantastik, Glade, and Windex? And which company has decided that saying they are environmentally friendly means more than actually being environmentally friendly? Yep, SC Johnson. They are running ads on TV talking about how they are using wind energy to power some of their [...]
“It’s easy to go green!” goes the slogan, right? And in fact, it is quite easy to green up your lifestyle if you put your mind to it. There are those people who just change their light bulbs and then there are those people who choose to live off the grid, grow [...]
Some of you may remember that a month ago I canceled trash pickup at my house. This was for several reasons, two of which are the price of pickup and the lack of maintenance/pollution from the Waste Management trucks. When we did have trash pickup, we were disposing of between 2-3 bags of trash [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Do zoos have serious programs to save endangered species, besides putting a few captives on display for everyone to see?
Most zoos are not only great places to get up close to wildlife, but many are also doing their part to bolster dwindling populations of animals still living free in the wild. [...]
