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 …

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 …

Blogs Fighting Pollution With Carbon Offsetting Program
Green home hints and tips is happy to announce that we’ve offset 350 pounds of carbon dioxide through the 350 challenge that is hosted by Brighter Planet.
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Here’s our first carbon offsetting certificate!

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Energy Efficiency In The Home and Cutting Your Energy Bill
Statistics say that one of the leading causes of environmental damage from individuals is energy waste. Aside from that is the amount of money wasted on energy each and every minute of every day!
The average household wastes $300 dollars a year in energy. Whether in the form of lights, heat loss, dripping faucets or heating when the home is empty. Inefficient furnaces, air conditioners and other forms of climate control can wreak havoc on your utility bills, and have a …

Here’s something very scary and interesting.
This Peak Oil counter shows just how quickly this resource is being consumed. It won’t last forever!

Learn more about Peak Oil at EnergyAndCapital.com.

Carbon foot printing is a method of determining the effect you, or your organization, have on the environment based on the total amount of greenhouse gases you produce, which are measured in units of carbon dioxide. Many instances in day to day life generate emissions, which contribute to the overall effect of increasing global warming and climate change.
There are many online calculators to measure your carbon footprint. These provide you with a better sense of what your impact is on climate change and what parts of your lifestyle you …

“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 …

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 …