How Many Refrigerators are too Many?
A Simple Way to Save Some Energy Did you know that refrigerators and freezers use about a sixth of all electricity in a typical home – that is more electricity than any other single household...
View ArticleGlow Sticks Not So Green for Halloween
Halloween, concerts, college parties, goodie bags- glow sticks, glow sticks everywhere. Glow sticks are pretty cool -no two ways about it. Every time my kids score a glow necklace or bracelet there...
View ArticlePlastics 101- Get to Know Your Plastic
In today’s world life without plastic is hard to imagine. Plastic is everywhere-packaging, toys, bottles and personal care products. There has been buzz for many years about the safety of plastic. In a...
View ArticleGroovy Green Livin GIVEAWAY and Product Review: Rotorcaps
“In trash we shall find treasure”. That’s the tagline for a super cool company that recycles bottlecaps collected from Philadelphia bars and transforms them into unique pieces of jewelry. Rotorcaps...
View ArticleRESULTS OF THE ROTORCAPS GIVEAWAY
A big THANK YOU to everyone that entered the ROTORCAPS pendant GIVEAWAY. The contest closed late last night and the random drawing was held-thank you to my husband for his phenomenal random drawing...
View ArticleHappy America Recycles Day-Celebrate by Using Less
That’s right; November 15th is America Recycles Day. Since 1997, communities across the country have celebrated this day as a way to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling and buying products...
View ArticleGreen Battery Guide for the Holidays
This year I had a few goals in mind when buying gifts for my family: Keep it simple Buy gifts without a lot of packaging materials Use my reusable bags as much as possible Try to buy things that don’t...
View Article10 Ways to Green Up Your Holidays
The Holidays undoubtedly challenge our “greenness”. Reduce, reuse and recycle can get pushed aside while we succumb to overeating, overspending and overdoing. With some effort it is possible for the...
View Article20 Quick Ways to Reduce What’s in Your Trash
Every year people get rid of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds...
View Article6 Surprising Things You Can Recycle
Do you recycle? Recycling allows us to reuse materials, which in turn conserves natural resources. It also saves water and energy, improves air and water quality, lowers pollution and greenhouse gas...
View Article9 Simple Steps to Recycling
This post was written a week or so ago, when it was still hot and sunny in the early morning and I could pull myself out of bed for a workout. Now that fall has hit it’s not so easy and the early...
View ArticleOne Click Away From Removing Unwanted Junk Mail from Your Mailbox
Do you come home everyday to find stacks of junk mail and unwanted catalogs in your mailbox? In our house the junk mail ends up in the recycle bin before coming through the door. What a waste of...
View ArticleTwist onto a New Yoga Mat
Yoga’s big-and it’s getting bigger. Some estimates show that there are more than 20 million people in North America who are practicing some type of yoga. Whether you are an experienced practitioner or...
View ArticleGlow Sticks Not So Green for Halloween
Halloween, concerts, college parties, goodie bags- glow sticks, glow sticks everywhere. Glow sticks are pretty cool -no two ways about it. Every time my kids score a glow necklace or bracelet there...
View ArticlePlastics 101- Get to Know Your Plastic
In today’s world life without plastic is hard to imagine. Plastic is everywhere-packaging, toys, bottles and personal care products. There has been buzz for many years about the safety of plastic. In a...
View Article20 Quick Ways to Reduce What’s in Your Trash
Every year people get rid of billions of tons of trash. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the average American produces about 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, or a total of 29 pounds...
View Article6 Surprising Things You Can Recycle
Do you recycle? Recycling allows us to reuse materials, which in turn conserves natural resources. It also saves water and energy, improves air and water quality, lowers pollution and greenhouse gas...
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