Archive for 'Reusing Ideas'

How To Go Green At Work

February 1st, 2010 – 7:12 pm Posted by Jaclyn Abergas

For a lot of us, we have dedicated ourselves to living a green life at home. But what about outside the home? What about at work? Is it easy to translate the same dedication to a green life at the office or at work?

Here are some ideas.

Top Green Tips to Start the Year

January 14th, 2010 – 8:45 am Posted by Jaclyn Abergas

Let’s start the year the green way. Here’s some green tips for different things in your life.

Using Sludge for Energy

November 17th, 2009 – 10:26 am Posted by Bea

Did you know that sewage contains 10 times the energy needed to treat it? If you think about it that way, you would wonder why we have not been actively reusing what is available in order to produce energy. With all of the talk about finding new sources of energy, such as hydrogen fuel cells [...]

Green Living, One Room At A Time

November 3rd, 2009 – 8:55 am Posted by Jaclyn Abergas

How can one practice a green lifestyle? Start at home first! Once you’ve perfected this lifestyle at home, going out will seem quite easy to still do it.

Green in Chicago

August 11th, 2009 – 8:53 am Posted by Jaclyn Abergas

Hoping to live the green life in Chicago? Here are some key green places.

Green Life in Seattle, WA

July 9th, 2009 – 6:45 am Posted by Jaclyn Abergas

Dropping by Seattle, WA? Be sure to check out these eco-friendly places.

You Renew

July 2nd, 2009 – 5:48 am Posted by Bea

I recently wrote an article about recycling your cell phone. I had mentioned that there were places that you could drop off your phone in person and that there are websites that will help you recycle your electronics.
One of these sites is www.YouRenew.com. YouRenew is a great place that will allow you to sell or [...]

Recycling Your Phone

June 30th, 2009 – 6:23 am Posted by Bea

A common practice that I have been seeing is cell phone recycling. While ten years ago cell phones were not something that most of the population had, we now see that even ten year olds are walking around with cell phones!
Some of these ten year olds are walking around with their parents’ old phones, but [...]

Thrifty Fun

June 23rd, 2009 – 9:51 am Posted by Louise

We know the three Rs of being green: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Thriftyfun.com is a Website that really allows users to take the 2nd R to its fullest potential. In the past, the word “thrifty” had a negative connotation. A packrat might be considered thrifty. Now, however, someone who is thrifty is economical and practical. On [...]

Plastiki, the Bottled Water Boat

May 27th, 2009 – 9:50 am Posted by Bea

Yes, as the title says, there is a boat made out of plastic water bottles. This boat, called Plastiki, is made completely out of plastic bottles and recycled waste products. They plan to sail this boat starting in August 2009. When it is complete, Plastiki will be comprised of 12,500 2-liter plastic bottles that have [...]