Summer has arrived…for now. It was 85 degrees yesterday and I made sure to spend time out in the yard sitting in my favorite reclining chair & enjoying a good book. After living in California for so long, I do kind of have a new appreciation for the changing of the seasons. [...]
I am going to say it again – there are plenty of reasons to want to live a green life and absolutely zero not to want to. In fact, I would venture that we could take the word “green” out of the equation and probably get even more people to clean up their act, [...]
This week’s Do One Thing takes place in the bathroom, but not how you would expect. Turns out many people use their toilet as a trash can, throwing in all sorts of stuff – cotton balls, makeup pencil shavings, tissues they used to blow their noses. Using a toilet as a wastebasket wastes [...]
A few weeks ago I was in the grocery store to pick up some ice cream and came across a display for Arrowhead bottled water. As I always do, I walked by it paying no attention, but then a splash of green caught my eye on the packaging. So I snapped a picture [...]
This giveaway is now closed.This is a guest post by Michael DeJong, Author of Clean Body:The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing Yourself. You can win a copy of this book by checking out the end of this post.
May:Vinegar Month
Although the fine folks in Roslyn, South Dakota hold an International Vinegar Festival in June, May is [...]
RECYCLE, RECLAIM, REPROCESS, REUSE, REAP REWARDS, OR REDUCE. As we know there are many ways to save nickels and dimes and ways to save energy use during our day. We all can benefit by educating ourselves to find new or different ways to help recover the green of our planet and regain our attentiveness [...]
Dear EarthTalk: We will need to replace our house gutters soon. What are our best options from an environmental perspective?
First understand clearly why your gutters need to be replaced. Are they rusted or broken? Are the fasteners no longer holding them in place? Or have the gutters leaked and failed to keep water out [...]
