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www.greenhome.com is a great place for Earth friendly gift ideas. Here are our top 5:
1. Portable Solar Mobile Device Charger $50.00
Is your mobile phone always running out of juice in the middle of an important call? Fed up with your iPod battery running out while you’re out and about? Don’t fret! The solarmonkey portable solar [...]
Sure, buying stuff isn’t exactly good for the environment — all products take energy to make and ship and, thus, contribute to carbon emissions — but Black Friday is upon us, and we’ve decided to put together an Earth2Tech slant on the annual holiday gift guide. These gifts range from gadgets that are super energy-efficient [...]
Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday that is loaded with tradition, so why not start a new tradition in your family by making Thanksgiving an eco-friendly celebration from start to finish?
Here are 10 tips to help you capture the spirit of the original Thanksgiving by making your holiday celebration eco-friendly. An eco-friendly Thanksgiving will enrich [...]
Step 1:
Educate your children about where disposable items come from. For example, paper plates are made from trees. Tell your kids that if they want to save our trees they should recycle paper products so they can be reused and a tree is saved.
Step 2:
Enroll your child in a recycling program. There are many available [...]
Below are just a few of the amazing LEED Platinum Certified buildings in the US. These buildings have been build to the highest standard of sustainable construction.
Z6 House
“The Z6 House is a single-family residence that was added to a multifamily-zoned lot with an existing duplex. It has four bedrooms and 2.5 baths. The house serves [...]
Number 1 Plastics
PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate)
Found in: Soft drink, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; oven-able food trays.
Recycling: Picked up through most curbside recycling programs.
Recycled into: Polar fleece, fiber, tote bags, furniture, carpet, paneling, straps, (occasionally) new containers
PET plastic is the most common for single-use [...]
I found this in my library from a few years ago. While it was published in 2002, it is still relevant to today’s discussion on reducing our reliance on automobiles.
Excerpt from Sustainable Planet Copyright 2002.
“What will it take to make this vision a reality: to reduce driving and improve efficiency in a manner that increases [...]
