Nature – The Ultimate Playground for Kids

Every year parents spend hundreds if not thousands of dollars on toys and activities for their kids. While many of things are great for keeping young minds and bodies active, many of them are unnecessary. Sure kids need structured play, but they also need “free” plan and this is easy to do when the world’s largest playground is right outside your back door. Why not let them play outside? Read more..

Getting Started with Homeopathy

Homeopathy is an alternative form of medicine that has been used for thousands of years to treat everything from life threatening illnesses to the common cold. While many people used to modern medicine may find it suspicious, it is still one of the most used types of medical treatment worldwide and is steadily gaining popularity in the western world. Read more..

Organic Chemical Free Gardening

Every year, thousand of chemicals are poured into the environment and millions of gallons of water are needlessly wasted. How? By growing plants. Sure, most of this is done by large agricultural producers, but some of it is still done in personal gardens. And that means that you can make a difference by changing your gardening practices. There are many agricultural producers who have done it, and you can use the same tricks to help your own garden, and the planet. Read more..

Easy Ways to Make your Home More Eco-Friendly

We all want to do our part to protect the environment, but without a large paycheck, that can be seem difficult, if not impossible. But doing your part doesn’t have to be hard. Small steps add up to a big difference, you just have to know which ones to take. Read more..

Natural homemade beauty recipes

Nature is the newest trend in skin and hair care. For years, we’ve been putting toxic chemicals into our bodies that build up and make us feel tired and sick, regardless of whether we eat them or if they seep though our pores. And people are finally catching on that natural is better. Read more..

Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge

If you’re here because you’re looking to make changes in your lifestyle to lessen your impact on the environment and learn more so you can make greener choices, I applaud you. The small changes you make do make a big difference. It’s also important to lead by example, it’s one of the best ways to inspire and motivate change in those around you. But there’s also something else that I feel is very important, a way for us to collectively make a huge difference outside our own life and sphere of influence. Ironically, it’s also one of the easiest things to do. Read more..

Ecofont – The Environmentally Friendlier Font

Even the smallest things add up to make a significant impact, for better or worse, when multiplied billions of times over. Consider the world population that has access to technology, computers, printers, etc. Think of all the printed pages generated every day on a global scale. So now imagine, on that scale, what a 20% savings on ink would mean to the planet. Well now there’s a font that helps you reduce the amount of ink you use by 20%. That means monetary savings for you, and lessens the environmental impact of toner cartridges.
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Green Roofs – Photo Essay

If you are even remotely interested in green roofs, you’ll want to have a look at these awesome and out of the ordinary examples of green roofs. The photography is stunning, the examples are truly inspirational

Green Roofs – Photo Gallery – National Geographic Magazine

What Are Fossil Fuels

Because the supply of energy to our homes and offices is so built-in and easy to use we can take it for granted. You plug an appliance into the wall socket, throw the switch and it works. But where does the energy flowing into your home come from? How is it created? Most importantly, what’s the cost to the environment? Read more..

Furniture Slipcovers – How To Give Old Sofas a New Lease of Life

This is a guest post from Caroline Smith of www.getslipcovers.com.

I hate to think how many unwanted sofas and chairs end their days rotting in landfill sites. All too often, they are thrown out simply because their owners decide they no longer like the colour or the fabric is a bit worn or faded. It’s a shame, because so many of these items have plenty of life left in them and could easily be recycled with the help of some slipcovers. Read more..

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