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Riding around town on my bike, and also driving on the highways between cities, I’m constantly baffled at the number of vehicles I see with just one occupant in them. Considering the cost of fuel, and the economic situation right now, you’d think people would be very interested in finding any way possible to cut costs. Carpooling is one way to drastically cut your daily expenses, particularly if you are commuting 50 KM or more each day to get to and from work. There is usually the ability to comfortably …
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Ways to reduce your carbon footprint, including questionnaires and calculators to determine what your carbon footprint is, and how to reduce it.
Green, eco friendly, organic gardening tips to help you maintain a great, healthy garden.
Eliminate those nasty chemical cleaners from your household with these great green cleaning tips!
Every year, in the month of April (when spring is just really beginning here in Canada) there is a worldwide event that occurs. Earthday was an idea which began in 1962 and has since grown to become one of the most recognizable environmental events we have today. You can read the full history, as explained by the founder here.
Nowadays, Earthday can be considered a weeklong event, while the actual day, April 22 is when you will find the bulk of the major nation wide events occurring. All sorts of interesting …
Some students at the Uni. of Guelph have created this short mini-doc about consumers in Guelph and the women in Peru using parts of our video. They have made it in Spanish and English so both consumers
and producers can hear from each other.
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Its hard to imagine the number of harsh, toxic chemicals that go into most over the counter cleaning products. The risks to your health are many, and the risks to the environment are just as bad. Sadly, much of the wasted product is either flushed down the toilet, dumped down the drain, or even worse……some people actually dump these things into sewer drains on the side of the road. Those drains head straight to river and other waterways without the benefit of going to a waste water treatment plant. …
This is a guest post from Dan Harrison. Dan is an eco friendly minded person, and he sent us these great tips for easily becoming eco friendly.
Conserve Fuel When Driving To substantially conserve fuel when driving, take your foot off
the accelerator when you’re about to stop. Don’t acceleration to the
place you’re about to stop at, as that will use extra fuel.
Clean Clogged Drains Pour a cup of baking powder down clogged drains pipes, followed by
a cup of vinegar and let it fizz and bubble for about fifteen minutes.
Then wash …