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Chemical Free Lice Remedies

C Going back to school means more possibilities for your child to bring home colds and other germs. When lice strike your household, it can be a battle to rid your family’s hair of them. Although there are products designed to combat this...

Natural Skin Care at Home

Beauty fanatics, listen up! The prices of quality skincare products can be outrageous, especially if you’re purchasing anti-aging potions and lotions. These items are also not always packaged in the most eco-friendly way, and they can contain...

Sustainable Shaving Products

How often do you shave? If you shave every other day, this means every year you’re shaving 183 times. If you shave once a week, you’re shaving 52 times in a year. Either way you’re using a significant amount of razor blades. However, there...

Turn Ordinary Household Items into...

The ordinary items that you have lying around your home can be turned into useful tools if you put on your thinking cap. Reusing or using these items for the first time can save you money, because you don’t necessarily have to buy the exact...

Fall Garden Prep

Autumn is a busy time of year with a lot of things to prepare for the coming winter including your garden. It is important to get a head start on spring planting and...

What Are Genetically Modified Organisms?

Corn, soybean, rapeseed (canola), flax, alfalfa, sugar beet, squash and papaya are commonly genetically engineered (GE) foods, and you probably eat them without even knowing this. Currently, our government doesn’t label commercially available...

Winter Proofing Your Home

Winter seems to be approaching very quickly and that means it’s the perfect time of year to start thinking about cold proofing your home. There are plenty of things you can...

Saving Money & Electricity in the Laundry Room

How many times a week do you use your washer and dryer? If you have a large family, you might need to wash clothes and bed sheets several times. Your laundry room appliances can cause a significant increase in your electricity bill. When you’re...

Boost Your Refrigerator and Freezer's Efficiency

Your refrigerator and freezer could be wasting a significant amount of your electricity, but there are ways to boost these appliance’s efficiencies. In comparison to upright freezers, chest freezers are between 10 to 25 percent more efficient....

Tricks and Treats

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays of all time, but this year got me thinking about all of the waste and environmental damage that comes along with Halloween and most...

Eco-friendly Mascara Tips from Application to...

Is mascara one of your essential makeup products? Depending on what brand of mascara you use, you’re probably applying chemicals near your eyes. Some brands of mascara also test their products on bunnies…do you really want to support...

New Ideas for Going Paperless

Anyone with a concern for the environment is constantly looking for little things they can do to make a positive change by minimizing negative impact. There are tons of good...

Greener Ways to Manage Your Cold & Flu Symptoms

When you’re under the weather, does a trail of sickness seem to follow you all over the house? Maybe Gatorade bottles litter your kitchen and tissues are scattered across your bedroom floor. With the threat of H1N1, the cold and flu season...

Promote Your Business in an Eco-friendly Way

Do you have a brick and mortar business? Even if you have an offline business, it doesn’t mean that you can’t promote and market it in the online world. This can be an effective strategy, which can potentially save you money in the long-term...

Steps to Better Indoor Air Quality

After you have detected the types of indoor pollutants you have in your home, what do you do next? Assessing your is the first step so now you can move onto the second step, which is to improve the air quality within your living space. Below...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

How to Green your Bedroom

It’s your sanctuary, it’s the place you sleep, read and hopefully get a lot of snuggling done. Your bedroom needs to be the most calming, relaxing place in your home. It should not be filled with invisible chemicals that can cause fractured...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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Homeowners Beware: Septic Tanks Need Care

As a homeowner, did you know that it’s your responsibility to adequately treat your sewage if you have a septic tank? A septic system is an underground tank in your yard that you should have been told about if your home uses a well. According...

Dog Nail Care at Home

Do you shy away from clipping your pet’s nails? If you’re careful and learn how to do it properly, there is no reason why you can’t clip your dog’s nails at home. Although you will have to buy clippers, this will save you money in...

Secure & Eco-friendly Home

Setting up your outdoor and indoor house lights with timers is a basic step to preventing crime. When there are lights outside the entrances of your home, there are fewer areas for burglars to hide or stake out your home. Also, a couple indoor...

Home Building: Hire an Environmental Consultant

Building an addition, designing a complete renovation or simplifying your home are challenging projects to do by yourself. Building or creating a more efficient house requires specialized knowledge as well as some creativity. Although you...

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...

Winter Proofing Your Home

Winter seems to be approaching very quickly and that means it’s the perfect time of year to start thinking about cold proofing your home. There are plenty of things you can...

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...

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...

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...

Fall Garden Prep

Autumn is a busy time of year with a lot of things to prepare for the coming winter including your garden. It is important to get a head start on spring planting and...

Wildlife Garden: Checklist for September

When you have a wildlife garden, there are some tasks you should complete during the month of September. For instance, you need to mow the meadow/wildflower lawn, harvest any remaining fruit, plant evergreens, clear annual flower beds and collect...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Natural Medicine: Affordable, Effective &...

It seems like everyone is taking pharmaceuticals, and although they are effective, these drugs are finding their way into our drinking water. In 2008, an Associated Press investigation showed that mood stabilizers, sex hormones, antibiotics, etc,...

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 Living: Fresh Eggs from the Backyard

Have you ever imagined raising chickens in your backyard ? Even if you were never a farm-loving person or exposed to farm animals much in your life, it doesn’t mean that you automatically lack the ability to raise chickens. In comparison to...

Summer Solstice Resolutions

The start of a new year is the traditional time to take stock and make some changes. Spurred on by the calendar - going from one year to the next - turning over a new leaf is another form of renewal. However, winter is a hard time to make...

Summer Reading

Sitting outside or in the park this summer with a good book can get you inspired to do something positive for the world around you. If you have children, they are probably in a summer reading program, so why not create your own program based...

Tuning Out Telemarketers

They seem to come in waves - those inconvenient phone calls that often plague dinner time. At least three times a year, there are clusters of calls requesting donations to charities. Typically, the causes are worthwhile - from research into...

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...

Tackling the Medicine Chest

Now that it’s the new year, it’s time to face difficult tasks that you were meaning to accomplish in the previous year. Over the years, many different products can accumulate in your medicine chest. Maybe you are afraid to throw them away...

Lights Out – Family time, energy-free

If you’re working to educate your family, especially your kids, about the impact that their toys and electronic equipment have on the environment, here’s a great suggestion: have a monthly family ‘black-out’ night. The basic idea is to...

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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