Eco-Friendly Restaurants and Shops in San Francisco
by Jaclyn Abergas April 28th, 2009 | Easy Ideas, Outdoor Ideas, Shopping, WebsitesCongratulations on living green! It's not easy to practice this lifestyle in modern times. In fact, what makes it harder is the loss of control outside your own home. It's easy enough to do it inside the house because you can control all the factors needed. You can segregate your own trash, grow your own food, reduce and reuse things and limit use of electricity.
But what about when you shop or eat out?
The bad news is that not a lot of shops and restaurants practice a green lifestyle just yet.
The good news is that there are places that contribute to
Being Green with the Dogs
by Valerie Mae Diola December 9th, 2008 | Easy Ideas, Outdoor Ideas, PollutionFor those of you who have dogs at home, where do your dogs relieve themselves, and where do you put their waste? Don’t you know that instead of throwing your dogs’ feces in the garbage, you can make fertilizer out of it?
We are renting a house with a spacious yard full of fruit-bearing trees and grass. My dogs can’t access the yard easily because there’s a bamboo fence. So, what they usually do is they relieve themselves in the grassy area of my garden which is
Grow a Veggie Garden
by Valerie Mae Diola October 21st, 2008 | For the Kitchen, Outdoor IdeasEvery time I see a pumpkin, I remember not Halloween but my grandmother. She used to grow her own veggie garden with lots of pumpkins in her backyard. She used to make pumpkin soup. Now that I’m living far from her, I wonder if I can grow my own veggie garden, too. Here’s what my granny told me:
- Place your vegetable garden near a water source and with access to sunlight. Vegetable crops need a lot of water and sunlight everyday.
- Plant
Grill Greener! Eco-Friendly Barbecue Tips
by Michele August 27th, 2008 | For the Kitchen, Outdoor Ideas
Nothing says summer more than a barbecue! It is important that you be kind to the environment when you go outside to fire up the grill. Read on for some eco-friendly tips for your next barbecued feast!
-Charcoal briquettes give off plenty of carbon monoxide that is bad for the environment. Combine that with lighter fluid, and you are now affecting the ozone at ground level. Try lump coal instead. It is better for the environment but still gives you the smoky barbecue taste you love. Another option is hardwood charcoals. In this case, make use of an electric fire starter
-Charcoal briquettes give off plenty of carbon monoxide that is bad for the environment. Combine that with lighter fluid, and you are now affecting the ozone at ground level. Try lump coal instead. It is better for the environment but still gives you the smoky barbecue taste you love. Another option is hardwood charcoals. In this case, make use of an electric fire starter
