If you’re thinking of Valentine’s Day, a few common things probably come to mind: love, affection, roses, boxes of chocolate, the color red and recycling. Hold on a minute – recycling? OK, recycling may not be a mental image associated with February 14, but as is turns out, some parallels can be drawn between Valentine’s … Continue reading
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Brilliant Closet Lifehacks
Reclaim your closet no matter how tight or tiny it is. Get the most out of your space and uncover the closet of your dreams with these brilliant closet lifehacks that will maximize every inch of your wardrobe space. 1. Before you begin your closet makeover, survey what you’ve got in stock. Start by taking everything … Continue reading
Clean and Green Eco-Friendly Ways To Clean Up After The Holidays
Valentine’s Day cards are already lining the store shelves; Christmas themed commercials have stopped playing, and everyone is back to their routines. It’s safe to say the holidays are over, and it’s time for some clean up, a process that can cause quite a bit of stress and anxiety. Streamline the process and help the … Continue reading
Renew Your Green Commitment this America Recycles Day
America Recycles Day, November 15th, is a nationally recognized day dedicated to looking at recycling with new eyes. Not only are we reminded to keep recycling; we’re encouraged to think beyond the commonly recycled items and improve our recycling portfolio. Since 1997, Americans have been using the day, which was established by Keep America Beautiful, … Continue reading
World Rivers Day Brings the Importance of Rivers Into Your Stream of Thought
Rivers have always been the key to the sustainability and advancement of mankind, and there’s a holiday once a year to raise awareness on why they remain important. World Rivers Day is a celebration of the world’s waterways. The holiday, held every last Sunday in September, is to promote the value of our rivers, striving … Continue reading
4-Transforming Solutions for an Eco-friendly Back-to-School
Giving your Back-to-School preparations an eco-friendly twist can make the end of summer more exciting as you set up for a successful year that is organized by efficiency! We all know this time - cherished since we were old enough to load up our backpacks with Lisa Frank folders and those brightly-colored smelly markers. Fall … Continue reading
Spring Cleaning Happiness
Dusting the winter cobwebs away doesn’t have to be a dirty game. In addition to sprucing up your space, spring cleaning can add lightness to your life by clearing your mind and helping you establish fresh habits all year round. After all, once you’ve gone through the effort to whip your rooms and closets into … Continue reading
Season’s Greenings
From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, household waste increases by more than 25 percent, and this extra trash — mostly food, shopping bags, product packaging and wrapping paper — adds up to an additional 1 million tons of waste a week that’s sent to U.S. landfills, according to the EPA.
Conserving our Heritage: The Western Plains and Wild Mustangs
The arrival of Spanish Conquistadores in the 15th Century on land that is now part of Mexico began the most enduring American symbolism and mythos that endures to this day: the wild mustang. Today, thanks to urban sprawl, farmland development, and cattle grazing, much of the land these wild horses thrived on has been part … Continue reading
Australia legislation change prompts second look at reducing carbon footprint
The Green community took a hit Thursday when Australian government repealed a carbon tax on the country’s worst greenhouse gas polluters, dubbed an “appalling day for Australia” by one of the tax’s supporters. The Senate voted 39 to 32 to remove the 24.15 Australian dollar tax per metric ton of carbon dioxide, approximately … Continue reading
