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Sustainable Dog Collar Options

Pick a Green Dog Collar When you’re trying to find the right dog collar, it can be overwhelming since there are so many styles and materials to choose from. Some even seem too complicated to buy. As a responsible pet owner, a collar with ID...

Green Bathroom Ideas

Adding pieces to your bathroom such as a dressing table or updated sink can be costly and a waste of raw materials. With a little creativity and a lot of ingenuity, you can transform regular pieces of furniture into functional bathroom items. The...

How to Grow an Herbal Tea Garden

Instead of buying herbal tea from the store this summer, why not make freshly brewed tea from the herbs you have grown in your garden? This is an inexpensive way to enjoy tea, and you reduce your paper waste too. Since herbs require little space...

Are Best-By Dates To Become Dated?

If you are like many conscientious consumers, checking the “best-by” date is a regular part of grocery shopping. Many foods contain preservatives to stabilize their contents for longer storage and shelf life. Other products are prone to...

How To Make A Compost Bin

Since we are finally out of the cold weather, hopefully, many people are now taking the time to go and begin working in their gardens. With frost possibly gone until the fall, the time is right to begin working with compost for your garden....

Where Does Food Come From?

If you’re like most people, food comes conveniently packaged from stores. Any produce is shiny and perfect, meat is sealed on a tray, and milk comes in a carton or jug. Given this picture, it shouldn’t be a surprise that many children have no...

How To Make A Solar Cooker

We have made a solar cooker in our home and often we get questions from those we talk to who see us in the paper and on the news, who ask us how to make a solar cooker. So to help everyone, here is how you can make a very simple solar cooker....

Getting Kids More Active

The city of Vancouver had an interesting idea recently. There is plenty of talk about children becoming less active and suffering health and lifestyle effects. From rising rates of childhood diabetes and obesity to just mourning the loss of free...

Sustainable Birthday Parties

Even the most environmentally conscientious parents may struggle when faced with a child’s birthday party. Where to start? Maybe it’s just easier to do the usual things, and make amends the other 364 days of the year? And it’s all about the...

What Does It Mean To Be Sustainable?

Last week, I was on the news talking about what it means to be sustainable. While doing this interview, I began to realize that many people do not know what it means to be sustainable. So, I thought I would write today about what it means to be...

A Greener Side of Gift-Wrapping

It seems to be birthday party season in our neighbourhood - cue the balloons, glossy paper, and curly ribbons. While these items are standard at most celebrations, they are not the only options. In fact, when other people see your fashionable and...

Eco-friendly Ways to Pack Your Lunch

Do you pack your lunch every week to save money? Well, did you know that you could save even more money and reduce your waste by using alternative materials to pack your sandwiches and snacks? Plastic bags, plastic containers and glass dishware...

Green Home Updates to Help You Beat the Heat

When the weather is hot and humid, it’s tempting to blast on the air conditioning and let the cool air delight your skin. Realistically, this isn’t the most cost effective way to spend your summer, but there are ways to invest in your home,...

Ways to Control Pests Without Chemicals

A wooded backyard can be a relaxing scene, but you don’t even have to live near the woods to experience an infestation of ants or the presence of large and sometimes scary looking spiders. However, spiders are an important part of the...

Easy Green Travel Booking

Scheduling your next vacation so that it reflects your eco-friendly values can be overwhelming. First, you have to call various hotels and search their sites to see how green they really are. Oh, and don’t forget about renting an efficient...

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21 Ways to Recycle Empty Prescription Bottles

Recent coughs and ear infections in my household have left me with a pile of empty unrecycable RX bottles sitting on my kitchen counter waiting for me to figure out what to do with them. I hate to throw them away, but Wednesday’s curbside...

12 Ways to Have a Green Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is around the corner for some of us. If you celebrate it you know how non-environmentally friendly it can be. If your are looking for ways to green it up this year, here are some quick green tips to make your Thanksgiving as...

22 Things To Do On Earth Day

Earth Day is just around the corner. In case you don’t know the date, it is April 22nd, 2008. This year find new ways to celebrate Earth Day, but remember living green is better practiced daily instead of just once a year. Look below for some...

Recycle Your Shoes

What exactly to do with that old pair of shoes? If you're like most people, you probably have a couple of pairs maybe more of old sneakers kicking around the house. And if you're like most people, you probably can't figure out quite what to do...

Quick Green Tips - Part Three - Car Pollution

Did you know,one bus load of passengers takes 40 cars off the road during rush hour and saves 70,000 liters of fuel? It also take up 1/3 of road space and avoids over 175 tones of emissions a year. Vehicles are responsible for more than 25% of...

Environmentally Friendly Air Fresheners Tips

Sometimes your house smells and you need a quick cover up. Most commercial air fresheners are bad for your health as well as for the environment. If guest are coming over in a little while and you still haven’t found the source of the smell...

Install a Solar Panel

The best way to reduce your fossil fuel-derived energy consumption is to switch the energy source. Homeowners across the world are making the switch to solar panels with results that are silencing naysayers and surprising the solar panel owners...

Use Cloth Diapers

Do your baby and the environment a favour and switch to cloth diapers. Disposable plastic diapers pose an obvious environmental concern but are also worse for your baby than their reusable counterparts. As is so often the case, the choice...

Host a Clothing Swap Party

Every day you get up and get dressed, but recycling through your same old clothing can become boring and predictable. While your first instinct might be to shop for new clothes, you should consider hosting a clothing swap party instead. Not...

Clothes With A Conscience

There’s nothing worse than feeling wasteful these days. Every excess is scrutinized, from driving gas-guzzling vehicles down to the corner store to using endless plastic bags. So it is timely to find some people turning their creativity to...

Never-Iron Clothes

I just can’t get enthusiastic about ironing clothes - and don’t even mention linens. But many people carefully smooth out their garments before every use, presenting a crisp and polished appearance. After all, the rumpled look doesn’t cut...

Recycle your Clothes

Take a bite out of consumer excess by recycling your clothes. The clothing in your wardrobe like the food in your fridge is derived mostly from natural materials, like wool, cotton, leather, and so on, which needs to be generated by plants or...

Drive Less

Okay, this is an obvious one. It's getting a lot of attention these days. We've heard the statistics, with a variety of figures and percentages, but the point remains the same: the number of cars worldwide will roughly double by 2030. Anyone...

Check out Community Car Share

"If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car." They are bold words, especially coming from William Clay Ford Jr CEO of Ford Motor Company and great-grandson of the legendary Henry as quoted in an interview with the British newspaper...

A Different Kind Of Smart Car

Sometimes the pressure to act conscientiously can be a little wearing for consumers. After all, our modern lifestyle seems fraught with pitfalls - from transportation to household electronics, food and water to the containers that hold them....

Are Car Washes Green?

Well, we are getting to that time of year again and many people are beginning to look at the slushy roads and at their dirty cars, making the decision to begin washing them. For environmentalists, this creates a dilemma. While they want clean...

2008 – The Year of the Green Car…

It is that time of year - the car commercials on TV have left the 2007 models in the dust and are speeding head-on into the 2008 editions. If you’re thinking about buying a car in 2008, here are the top five greenest vehicles out there based on...

Going Green With Your Car In The Winter

My wife and I live in Alberta, and during the winter, it can often get down to -40 at night. This makes it a big problem for starting the car if we have to go out the next day. The most common thing that people do is let their cars warm up, while...

Don't Drive Through

On my way to work yesterday morning, I was perplexed to see a SmartCar join the ever present ranks of other vehicles idling in line at the Tim Horton’s drive-thru window near my work. The drive-thru never fails to irritate me—the choice of...

Questions about Going Green

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Home Green Tips

Green Home Updates to Help You Beat the Heat

Rent Green at GreenRenter for Home and Business

There’s no question that green building is on the rise. Thanks to the United States Green Building Commission (USGBC) and their ever expanding Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, more green certified...

Green Home Construction

Most people think of straw bale houses as a way of the past, built only because people didn’t have the money or the resources to build houses how we do now. On the contrary, the benefits of straw buildings for people and our planet are...

Home Improvements Retailers Going Green

For those who have changed their light bulbs, changed their electrical and water use habits, and added a compost bin to their series of trash and various recycling receptacles, or for anyone looking to take additional small steps to providing...

Homemade Toys

Every once in a while, I wish I were a kid again. Today's toys just look cool and amazing. It’s laughable to think that I once hankered after a Light Brite set when it now seems so low tech. But wait a minute, surely all those moulded plastics...

Finding A Home For Your Old Shoes: Soles4Souls

Many of the problems that face our world can be solved through the power of the three 'R's: Recycling, Reusing and Reducing. We need to recycle the things we do not use anymore, reuse the things we can, and reduce what we buy by recycling and...

Green Tips to Furnish Your Eco-Conscious Home

Furniture may be less expensive for consumers to buy these days, but the environmental impact it has is not so good. Along with deforestation, modern furniture also often contains highly toxic chemicals, which are poisonous to the earth as well...

Hey Good Looking - Tips for a Greener Kitchen

It’s six o’clock, you’re tired, you get in the door and dump your groceries on the kitchen bench. The last thing on your mind is saving the planet. However, the classic art of culinary cuisine, eco-style is not all that hard to achieve. Be...

Healthy Kitchen

When moving from traditional cleaning to green cleaning, it’s helpful to isolate each room and figure out ways to make them more environmentally friendly. The kitchen is a great room to start with because there are a lot of changes to be made!...

Some Greener Options For The Kitchen - And More

With housing prices skyrocketing, a modest renovation might be more feasible than a whole new home. Kitchens and bathrooms are popular rooms for a fix, due to their heavy use and ever-changing trends in hardware and design. It turns out that...

The Green Kitchen

These days many people are re-evaluating every aspect of their daily lives to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. One major area of focus is our homes. There are more and more homes being built or remodeled with environmental issues...

Green Tips in The Kitchen

We do spend reasonable amounts of time in the kitchen. While major appliances such as the refrigerator, freezers, washing machine are major power drains, you can also cut down power in the kitchen by other smaller appliances. As you scan your...

How to Grow an Herbal Tea Garden

Smart Choices in Your Garden

Spring is upon us, and garden enthusiasts across the Northern Hemisphere are excitedly preparing for a new season of horticulture. In the coming weeks we'll dedicate a handful of Daily Green Tips to this popular hobby. There is practically no...

Keep Your Garden Green - Without Chemicals

Hopefully your garden is blooming by this time. Even if you live in a small space, houseplants flourish in the summer, and the smallest deck or balcony can be home to a few pots. However, even the most coddled plants can play host to some very...

Grassy Gardens

According to the calendar, it’s spring, based on the arrival of the equinox. For some people, thoughts turn to tackling fallow gardens. With environmental concerns abounding, even domestic greenery is subject to scrutiny and reconsideration. ...

How to Grow a Greener Garden in 2009

Do you want your backyard garden to be greener in 2009? Maybe you want to save money by canning food and freezing vegetables. If so, try making your garden more eco-friendly. According to a survey of gardeners administered by the Garden Media...

Act Now to Rent an Organic Garden

For most city dwellers a private garden is a rare luxury, but for anyone with green fingers living in a yardless apartment or condo, there are other options to satisfy your gardening needs. Park organizations often reserve areas of parkland to...

The Truth About Organic Gardening

It is often assumed that anything labeled organic or natural will be good for the garden, but a new book from author Jeff Gillman aims to shed a little light on a few organic gardening myths. Jeff Gillman teaches horticulture at the University...

Infant Green Tips

More Lead Recalls Plague Consumers

TDI International based in Los Angeles, CA is recalling approximately 150 toy trucks due to lead contamination. It is a high speed pull-back toy that is manufactured in China. The truck is yellow, with the words "Prowl" and "Victor" on the unit...

What’s really robbing you off your tropical...

We all love a vacation to the tropics. Just the mere thought of the pristine white beaches coupled with the promise of sunny blue skies is enough to make us feel one step closer to heaven, a far cry from the hustle and bustle of our...

Organic Produce is Better for your Child than...

What is making us take cognizance of the dangers caused by polluting the environment is the toll it is taking on our children. More than four million children could be saved every year if there are proper environmental management policies in...

Swap, Don't Bin it For Holiday Clearout

With Christmas and New Years out the way, now is the perfect time to clear out the clutter; but there's no need to through out stuff that new gifts have replaced or head down the mall for stall credit, as there are several, greener options for...

Why Aren’t These Chemicals Listed?

If you are trying to be an informed consumer, this latest revelation will drive you nuts. It appears that some chemicals are exempt from labelling laws. So when we carefully read labels to be aware of the ingredients and choose what products to...

Sustainable Gifts

Just because Christmas and Hanukkah are past, it doesn’t mean that you are done with presents for the year. The calendar seems to leap from one holiday to the next, with gift-giving becoming more common for holidays like Valentine’s Day and...

Eco-Babies, Easy as 1-2-3

Raising a baby is a wasteful process. It's amazing how many diapers one baby can go through in just one day. But giving your baby everything it needs doesn't mean that you can't do it in an eco-friendly way. Babies may have high demands,...

Getting Kids More Active

Where Does Food Come From?

Day in the Park? Check out your local Arboretum

If you're looking to enjoy some of the warm summer sun outdoors with a picnic in the park, you might want to consider checking out your local city, community or university's arboretum. There you can find yourself with the opportunity to bask...

Worrying About Your Wardrobe?

Summertime, and the living is easy - for some. Typically, a change of season brings new clothing needs unless you live in the tropics. Wooly winter wear is tucked away and lighter options hang in the closet. Most clothing stores are finely tuned...

Sustainable Birthday Parties

Resolve to an Eco-Friendly New Year's Party

You’ve probably spent a lot of time figuring out ways to keep your Christmas season green, but what about New Years Eve? If you’re having a party, it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to ring in the beginning of 2008 while...

Organic Produce is Better for your Child than...

Greening your Back to School Shopping

Calling all back to school shoppers stocking-up on supplies for the coming school year, and all office managers who send out weekly orders for supplies, do you have an urge to go green (or at a very minimum green(er)? Are you confused by all...

Outdoor Schools

Much as I am a proponent of education in general, there is much to improve in our current system. Take 20 (or more) five-year-olds and close them in a small room. Put on ghastly fluorescent lights and pipe in air. Now expect cooperation and...

Make This School Year A Little Greener

The new school year begins in a few days. Why not start the school year right by helping your child and your child’s school become a little greener? Below are a couple of steps you can take to help green your school. 1. Start With Your...

Where to Find Green School Supplies

September is just around the corner and many of us already have the school supply list in hand, ready to get our kids ready for the school year and off on the right foot. This year, how about making a lighter environmental footprint in the...

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