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 are ways to reduce your waste and still have silky smooth legs, underarms or face.

When you’re shopping for razors and skin care products for shaving, it’s important to look for eco-friendly alternatives. This is just another way you can help reduce the amount of plastic going to landfills, especially if you’re shaving ...

The loss of species on this planet is a major environmental and conservation issue. Global warming, in many instances, is increasing the rate of extinction for various groups. In addition to global warming, direct harm from human populations, including deforestation and hunting, are to blame for numerous other species being on the brink of extinction or already gone.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently released their Red List of endangered species. For this year’s ...

Urine can be a challenge to deal with, especially if your soft fabrics are saturated in it. However, if you have children or pets, there’s no doubt that you’re going to go head to head with this cleaning nightmare. Fortunately, instead of treating the problem with stain removers and odor absorbers that contain harsh chemicals, you can learn how to take care of the urine in a more natural way.

Eliminate Odor in No Time

When you’re perusing the store aisles for an odor eliminator that works on urine, you need to find one with enzymes. These ...

In 2004, the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency developed  a program entitled the Smartway program. This program is directed towards bus and trucking companies in order to have them change to clean diesel and upgrade their systems. The program gives loans to such companies, and in 2009 $20 million has be doled out.

A recent announcement by the EPA regarding ships has caused many to urge such a program be created for ships to convert to low-sulfur diesel. The ...

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 product for the job. Instead you can create new uses for regular household clutter. Below are some examples to help get your brain working.

Compact Disks
Old compact disks that you no longer need can be turned into a variety of cool things. For example, you can turn them into holiday ornaments, driveway ...

           

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 fertilizing before the ground is frozen. This means cleaning up, fertilizing, and taking care of perennials.

 

            The first thing to do to prepare your garden is clear it of all plants, debris, and leaves. Old ...

Last weekend, the World Solar Challenge kicked off in Darwin, Australia. The race consisted of 38 entries of solar-powered vehicles. All in all, the participants would race 1,900 miles between Darwin, Australia and Adelaide, Australia. The race began on October 24th of this year.

While the race has been held every two years since 1987, this was the first year non-solar powered vehicles participated in their own race. The Eco Challenge featured commercially available vehicles ...

Oil spills can be absolutely devastating on the environment, especially the aquatic life that comes in direct contact with the oil. While numerous spills occur on practically a daily basis, some are exceedingly worse than others. One such spill that has become a major issue is occurring off Australian waters at this very moment.

On August 21st, an oil rig approximately 150 miles off the coast of Australia developed a leak. The major issue in this instance is that the leak has yet to be fixed ...

An increasing amount of evidence is mounting which further demonstrates the disappearing sea ice in the Arctic. It is well known already that the Arctic is warming at a greater pace than the rest of the world, particularly three times faster. This year was the third lowest recorded ice cover in the Arctic.

The Artic is facing a number of melting issues, including the melting ice exposing more and more sea. The greater the amount of sea exposed the more the sea temperatures increase ...

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 GE foods such as the ones listed above. The Campaign, a grassroots movement that supports labeling GE foods, estimates that 70 percent of U.S. and Canadian food contains GE ingredients. If you knew that a food was genetically modified, would you still buy it?

GE foods are specially designed to have desirable traits like a resistance ...