Did you know that if every home in America replaced just a single incandescent light bulb with a CFL bulb, we as a country would save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year? Save $600 million in yearly energy costs? Prevent the equivalent of 800,000 cars’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions from [...]
Our homes are full of all sorts of toxic chemicals, whether they be from carpeting, insulation, various fabrics, laminate floors and countertops, or just toxic cleaning supplies. And while we can do our best to safeguard our air (and thus our health) against these toxins, sometimes good ole’ Mother Nature has the best defense against [...]
Using your just your address, this rainwater collection calculator can tell you just how much rainwater you can collect off of your roof for use around your home. When you enter your street address in the calculator, you see your actual home from a birds-eye view above (via the built-in Google Maps capability). Once you [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Why can’t plastics of all types, instead of being initially sorted, simply be melted together to be separated later? It must be a monumental and error-prone task to separate truckloads of plastics.
The reason plastics aren’t typically melted together and then separated later is a matter of both physics and economics. When any of [...]
We could have done better. By not having three kids we could have saved the atmosphere from an extra 28,223 metric tons of C02 each year — or 58 times the amount that we have saved by switching to a fuel efficient car, driving less, recycling, installing CFLs, replacing our inefficient refrigerator and old windows. [...]
From now until Aug 9th, Reuseit.com is offering their best-selling line of over 70 different SIGG styles at 50% off retail price. Made from aluminum and a 100% BPA-free EcoCare liner, these bottles are tested to be free of phthalates and other harmful chemicals. This discount makes standard bottles like the one below only about [...]
Remember back when I wrote about all the reasons not to drink bottled water? Well, it seems that the California Institute of Technology has realized this too as they recently eliminated bottled water sales/availability at their commencement ceremony. By providing attendees with compostable cups and graduates with stainless steel bottles, only filtered tap water was [...]
