Welcome to the November 9, 2009 edition of tips for green living. We have some great submissions that I hope you’ll enjoy! for the newbies Condo Blues gives us 8 Steps to Reducing Household Trash posted at Condo Blues. Chris presents Green homes explained posted at Home I Own. While a little out of our usual prospect, I did find [...]
I have allergies. So do my Husband and my child. We also have a long-haired dog and live in Southern California where the change of seasons is marked by the sudden strong winds of dust and brushfires. So it should go without saying we love HEPA. Our vacuum, which is used every other day, has a HEPA filter. Our central [...]
Welcome to the eighth Tips for Green Living Carnival! I know it’s been awhile, but we are back and boy, do we have some great contributors! I’d like to start with a blog I love and am so honored they entered our carnival! Wise Bread sums up our mission with the post What is Simple Living and Why Should I [...]
Long has been my struggle in trying to find an automatic dishwasher detergent that 1) I can ethically feel good about and 2) actually cleans the dishes! I’ve gone through half a dozen brands with unsatisfactory results – and there really aren’t too many non-toxic dish detergents out there to begin with! While the conventional brands clean really well, the [...]
So often when I first tell someone about this blog, people want to know the most important and/or easiest thing they can do to live “greener”. I smile and tell them it is so much easier than you think: walk, bike, or skate – don’t drive.
It not only makes sense but has a ring of poetic justice to it too: maybe the American dream is what is indeed killing America.
Suburbia. Suburban sprawl. The Suburban?
So I’m browsing the articles over at Simple Mom when I come across this article in her green and frugal living section about washing your face with natural and cheap homemade cleansers. A cleanser like oil. Yes, you read that right. I too did a double-take.
This week’s product came to my attention many moons ago via email. I can’t tell you how long I let that email sit in my inbox marked “To Do” so I could share it with you people! So what is it? It’s a SwissBike… The amazing folding bicycle! Lightweight, easy to store, and commuter-friendly as it folds up into a [...]
I live in Southern California where summers easily reach 100-plus degrees fahrenheit so for me, I say air conditioning is a necessity as I prefer not to spend a majority of my days taking a siesta to beat the heat.
Unfortunately, as an apartment-dweller, Energy Star efficiency isn’t always available to us. Sometimes it is just that horrible fifteen-year old window unit in one room. So how is a person supposed to beat the worst of the summer heat?
Once upon an early-90s jingle, kids were taught to “Reduce, reuse, recycle and don’t pollute!” by a singing cartoon. It was cute and kind of clever, but it may not have quite hit the message home. What that catchy tune didn’t explain was the importance of doing things in that order – reduce, reuse and then recycle.
But why that order?
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