Tag: easy ways to save the environment
Tips for Going Green at Home
Going “Green” is the cool thing to do these days. Anyone can do it. Everyone should do it. Here are some simple tips on how one can go green that will benefit the earth and your pocketbook: Turn off the lights when you are not in the room. One can start doing this at a [...]
Alternatives to Plastic
Did you know that within a year after the release of the movie “The Graduate”, plastics manufacturing companies experienced a boom? The actor who said the line “Just one word…plastics” told his nephew later he wished he’d invested in plastics had he known the effect that one simple line would have. In fact, plastics have [...]
10 Going Green Facts That Will Make Your Head Spin
Get a custom going green tips every day by taking our Going Green Assessment! Green Fact #1: In 2008, the United States consumed 99 Quadrillion Btus (British thermal units) of energy, mostly in the form of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas, and oil. One Btu is equivalent to the energy released by burning [...]
Idling’s Invisibile Woes
Check out our most popular article on Going Green Facts! Letting a vehicle idle may seem a harmless, innocuous activity. After all, it’s usually just for a few minutes and the engine is barely using any gas, right? Well, this issue is actually far from minor as all of that idle engine chatter consumes a [...]
Make Your Own Green Cleaning Products
Household cleaners one can make at home have been found to be less toxic than popular supermarket . These cleaners are made from more natural products that are just as effective at germ-killing, easier on the pocketbook, and safer to use around your family. The Green Guide from National Geographic has indicated 8 basic ingredients [...]
Get Money for the Stuff in Your Closet
Are you a pack rat? Do you need money? If so, there is good news for you: there are ways one can get rid of a lot of stuff one simply does not need and get money for it. There are quite a few companies that pay a person just to recycle his or her [...]
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