Instead of using wood products to furnish your home, why not try bamboo products instead? Unlike wood, bamboo is a renewable resource that grows fast and is abundant in the tropics of Asia. Believe it or not, bamboo is commonly used to create homes, stylish furniture, flooring, blinds, and trendy decorations.
Since bamboo is easy to obtain, decorating your home with it is rather inexpensive. Also, by using bamboo decorations and encouraging others to do so as well, you are saving the forest and the animals that live in them.
Not only will bamboo decorations aid slow-growing hardwood species, but they
Bamboo or Wood Products?
by Junou Mathieu May 2nd, 2011 | Environment, Household Hints, Sustainability
How To Shift To Green
by Jaclyn Abergas June 24th, 2010 | Easy Ideas, Environment, Household Hints, Outdoor Ideas, Reduce, Reuse
An article on Yahoo highlighted a woman's transformation from a high-consumption life to an eco-friendly one by making a few instrumental changes in her life. Do you want to know how she did it? Here are a few tips she shared in the article.
1. Natural Cleaning Agents
Instead of buying the pre-made cleaning products in the stores (which are filled with all kinds of chemicals and bleach), make your own using items already found in your home. These items include vinegar, baking soda, natural soaps and lemon.
2. NO to Bottled Water
Buy a filter for the faucet or a pitcher with
1. Natural Cleaning Agents
Instead of buying the pre-made cleaning products in the stores (which are filled with all kinds of chemicals and bleach), make your own using items already found in your home. These items include vinegar, baking soda, natural soaps and lemon.
2. NO to Bottled Water
Buy a filter for the faucet or a pitcher with
How To Go Green At Work
by Jaclyn Abergas February 1st, 2010 | Easy Ideas, Environment, Reduce, Reuse
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?
Redefine commuting
Let's face it. Bringing your own car has more cons than pros. You need to worry about traffic, gas, tolls, parking spaces, parking availability and parking fees, among others. Consider carpooling with your friends or officemates. If your city has a great public transportation system, consider taking the bus or train going to work. You
Redefine commuting
Let's face it. Bringing your own car has more cons than pros. You need to worry about traffic, gas, tolls, parking spaces, parking availability and parking fees, among others. Consider carpooling with your friends or officemates. If your city has a great public transportation system, consider taking the bus or train going to work. You
Top Green Tips to Start the Year
by Jaclyn Abergas January 14th, 2010 | Easy Ideas, Environment, Household Hints, Outdoor Ideas, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Let's start the year the green way. Here are some green tips for different parts of your life.
Spring Cleaning
Remove all the clutter. Go through drawers, cabinets, inside the closets, the garage, attic and everywhere you can think of. Start going through all your things one by one. It will take some time to get through all this, so be sure to set aside time for this activity. Or better yet, get the help of a family member or a friend. Create separate piles for things you'll never use, things you can reuse and things you can donate or recycle.
Spring
Spring Cleaning
Remove all the clutter. Go through drawers, cabinets, inside the closets, the garage, attic and everywhere you can think of. Start going through all your things one by one. It will take some time to get through all this, so be sure to set aside time for this activity. Or better yet, get the help of a family member or a friend. Create separate piles for things you'll never use, things you can reuse and things you can donate or recycle.
Spring
Greening the City
by Jaclyn Abergas November 24th, 2009 | Environment
Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco, California, top the list of the greenest cities in the US. But how is that ranking determined? Which factors are considered to be placed in the list of green cities?
Air Quality
Top green cities all have less polluted air and more public smoking bans. Anchorage, Alaska, has the best Air Quality Index median at 19 and St. Louis, Missouri, has the worst at 79.
Electricity Use and Production
Green cities are highly encouraged to use solar or wind power, instead of those with unfriendly emissions. Rebates and property tax exemptions are given as rewards for the people's efforts.
Environmental
Air Quality
Top green cities all have less polluted air and more public smoking bans. Anchorage, Alaska, has the best Air Quality Index median at 19 and St. Louis, Missouri, has the worst at 79.
Electricity Use and Production
Green cities are highly encouraged to use solar or wind power, instead of those with unfriendly emissions. Rebates and property tax exemptions are given as rewards for the people's efforts.
Environmental
