“Every Time We Eat, We Are Essentially Eating Oil”
Is it possible that what we eat contributes greatly to our carbon footprint? Is it possible that we can cause change, and help the environment by changing our eating habits? It has been said by many respected environmentalists that “every time we eat, we are essentially eating oil“.
The idea here is that nearly all of the steps involved in the cultivation and processing of our modern foods are dependent on this single, non-renewable resource. It is believed that there is …

How To Save Energy In The Laundry Room

Use cold water to do your washes
Always was full loads
Buy eco-friendly, phosphate free laundry detergent
Dry your clothes outside in fair weather
Dry your clothes on racks inside when there is poor weather

There have been many developments in laundry soap over the last few years. Scientists have been developing laundry detergents that work very well in cold water. Water heating is a major contributor to energy use in the average household. The ability to use cold water for laundry removes a large …

How To Make A Worm Bin
Items You Will Need:

10 gallon rubbermaid container
X-Acto Knife
8 kitchen sink scrap catchers
5 pounds of Shredded newspaper
Fine Wire
Hose Washers with screens
4 feet to elevate your worm bin
Red wiggler worms
How To Build Your Wormbin

Cut 4 holes the size of your drain guards in the top of your bin
Cut 2 holes the size of your drain guards on each long side of your worm bin
Attach the drain guards with fine wire
Cut 8 holes the size of your hose screens in the bottom of the bin

Fill the bin with …

Ahh, the art of composting in your kitchen! All year long for those who live in colder climates, you can compost kitchen scraps without even leaving the house. Red wigglers devour veggie scraps and the resulting worm poop makes some of the best houseplant food you can get. Beyond that, you have a colony of little red wigglers to pass off to friends so they can start their own vermiculture project as well. Oh yeah, and for you fisherman out there…..red wigglers are one of the …

Environmentally Friendly Reel Mowers Lawnmowers
Rather than using a gas guzzling lawnmower, use a push mower
to cut the grass. Scientists and researchers say that a typical gas powered lawn mower produces the same amount of emissions as 43 cars. Thats HUGE! In north America, some 60 million lawn mowers run in succession every Saturday as homeowners tend to their lawns. Beyond that, EPA estimates that some 17 million gallons of gas end up seeping into the ground each year from spills resulting from filling lawn mower fuel …

What Is Compost?
Compost is one of nature’s purest soil amendments. You can use compost to condition your soil, as a mulch to prevent weeds and retain moisture, and most importantly, use it to avoid using commercial fertilizers which are usually derived from nasty chemicals and minerals. Chemical fertilizers can actually do more harm to your soil than good. Once you begin adding chemicals to your soil, the natural organisms that occur within the soil are killed. These organisms assist in the breakdown and availability of nutrients to …

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs – Eco-friendly and Energy Saving Hosehold Lighting
Electric lighting burns somewhere between 20% and 30% of the energy used in the average household. A great deal of the energy used to light incandescent bulbs is actually turned into heat, rather than light. Fluorescent lighting is far more efficient, and most of the energy used to power fluorescents is actually turned into light, rather than heat.
What Are Compact Fluorescents?
Compact fluorescents, or CFLs for short, are nothing more than miniature fluorescent bulbs designed to screw directly into any …