Shovel Your Snow - Avoid the Snow Blower
Its winter time, and with that comes a drop in temperatures and the inevitable……snow storms. Most people find this to be quite the bother. Traffic slows down, pipes freeze under the arctic chill and snow removal becomes a reality.
You have the choice of marching head on into the battle with snow shovel in hand, or snow blower in front. We all know what’s easy and what might be a little difficult and tiring.  Snowblowers are about as environmentally friendly …

Brighter Planet is currently running a massive Carbon Offsetting campaign. Their goal is to give away 5,000 One Day gifts and offset 680,000 pounds of CO2. They’re close, but could use your continued support to get there.
Check out their “Brighter Planet One Day Page“for more information on whats happening with that!

There are countless ways to renovate you home.  Many of us would love to have a wonderful patio in the back yard, or possibly a large sun room to  turn into your own private rainforest!  Green and eco friendly home renovation ideas are a great way to spruce up your living quarters and outdoor areas and gardens.  Here are a few home renovation ideas that you may wish to think about if you are planning some remodeling around you home.
1.  Install rain collecting rain barrels to harvest rain water. …

Shedding Some Light on LED Christmas Lights
Most of the Christmas lights on the market now are LED. This is a great thing because they use as much as 90% less energy than conventional incandescent light strings. This alone should be enough reason for people to want to switch.
LED Christmas Lights
LED light strings come in the traditional Christmas colors, and range in price quite a bit. Some people do not like the colors of the LED lights, but personally I think the colors are richer, and more vibrant. Being a newer …

ZENN Cars Are The Way To Go!

I’m sure that you have started seeing more electric hybrid cars on the road. It seems to be the way the automotive industry is going. But fully electric cars that require no gasoline sound better to me. ZENN (Zero Emission No Noise) cars are fully electric cars and are designed for inter-city travel. Perfect for people in large cities on congested roads. This company has a strong commitment to the environment and will hopefully be the main stream way to go.
The earth-friendly future is …

Recently, I was contacted by Brian Rice from “Green and Save”, a website dedicated to helping you with home remodeling and improving your home with energy saving and environmentally friendly green items. Such things as tables outlining your return on investment with several energy saving appliances are available so that you can create your own eco friendly home remodelling plan and figure out just what kind of energy savings you can expect with your home improvement.
Here’s a screenshot of one of their tables, and below you will find links …

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 it down with hot water and repeat if necessary. If that
doesn’t remove the clog, a plunger will likely do the job after the
baking powder and vinegar …

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 …