I was recently contacted by Carolyn Friedman of Surgical Technician Schools.  She has a website that assists folks in locating Surgical Technician Schools as well as providing information on how to become prepared for such a venture.  From STS:
“Becoming a surgical technician requires a clinical program that typically can only be entered once a student has completed their pre-requisites. These pre-requisites, which typically take 2-years can often be completed in 1-year thorugh a number of top online schools…”
So what does this have to do with Greening up your lifestyle??
Well, Carolyn …

I’m always excited when I hear of a new, innovative product. Now, when that product is also extremely eco friendly, I tend to like it that much more.
Many of us, especially those of us with kids, have ‘night lights’ plugged in around the house. Whether its to scare away the boogy man or simply to assist in finding your way to the washroom, or to the kitchen for a midnight snack of organic corn chips, nightlights are a common gadget found in nearly every household.
Not long ago, I …

1. Solar powered LED christmas lights. These lights are fully self sustaining, and come on automatically when it gets dark. They have a solar panel and rechargeable batteries, with various sizes of light strings. They range from $20 to $60 depending on the size of the light string.
2. Use a smaller indoor live tree to decorate. Don’t buy a cut tree or a fake plastic tree when you can just go out to the local nursery and buy a live potted evergreen. It …

I thought it might be a neat idea to begin having the friendly green bloggers of the interweb to come together and share various thoughts and ideas about green lifestyles and beyond. This will become a monthly event, and you don’t necessarily need to be a ‘blogger’ to get involved. Just keep an eye on the right hand side of GreenHomeHints.com and watch the clock. That way you’ll know how many days you have to send in your tips!!
So, the first question asked of green bloggers was …

The Ontario Ministry of Environment has launched a new website to help people green up their lives a little. Tips can be found for those who own a home, rent an apartment, or live in a townhouse. This is nice, considering most green tips really involve home owners, leaving those who rent or lease in the dark as to what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. Those who lease or rent hardly have any way of changing the bigger inefficiencies in their livingspace such as …