Now we all know that smoking is a terrible habit. It is bad for your health and the environment. Ideally to help the plant and save your life quitting smoking is the best thing you can do for yourself. This is easier said than done!
One of the biggest peeves of non-smokers aside from the smell of someone’s cigarette smoke is the butts that they see all over the ground. Most smokers don’t think twice about tossing their butt out of the car window or on the sidewalk. I can see …

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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Canada’s First Pedal Powered Dance Party!
So, I attended the annual Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario over the weekend and saw some absolutely amazing bands! For those who don’t know about Hillside Festival, its probably one of the greenest music festivals around! I’ll be posting about the festival as a whole in a different post, so watch for that one!!
One band that I saw on Sunday night had a really neat show to announce. Mr. Something Something, as they put it, is “A little something for the body, …

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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“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 …

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 …