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Better Taste, Better Bottles [How to Help]

Best Reusable Water Bottles for Hiking Season Every second, Americans consume 1,500 plastic water bottles. If you haven’t managed to ditch those single-use plastic bottles for good, hiking season is the perfect opportunity for you to do so—once and for all. Not only are disposable water bottles harmful to [...]

2024-02-28T14:25:14-05:00June 17th, 2020|

Can Food Waste Be Used for Electricity?

Food Waste: The Problem Americans waste a lot of food. Roughly 133 billion pounds a year to be precise, which is about one-third of all the food produced in the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, if we piled up all the food that's not eaten throughout a [...]

2020-06-03T10:05:49-04:00June 10th, 2020|

How to Dispose of Lithium and Other Batteries

From cell phones, tablets, and laptops to power tools, children’s toys, and even wheelchairs, batteries are used to power all types of portable devices. Batteries come in two basic types: Rechargeable Batteries, which power devices such as tablets, digital cameras, cell phones, and cordless power tools and can be [...]

2024-02-28T14:21:56-05:00May 27th, 2020|

Fun Things to Do Alone

As a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, people all over the world are staying home, quarantining, and practicing social distancing as an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. While shelter-in-place orders might be removed soon, it is likely that many people will still be advised to socially [...]

2024-02-28T14:23:07-05:00April 29th, 2020|

Eco-Friendly Cleaning Tips for the Quarantine

People all over the world are dealing with the current pandemic, and most of us are spending a lot more time at home than we are used to. Although this time of uncertainty can be frustrating, self-isolation is a great opportunity to make some positive changes in your household [...]

2024-02-28T14:25:21-05:00April 22nd, 2020|

Eco-Friendly Activities to Do With Your Kids During the COVID-19 Quarantine

As a precautionary measure around the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19), most schools have shut down, leaving millions of students at home for the foreseeable future. Although social isolation is in the best interest of public health, many parents may find themselves scrambling for ways to keep their [...]

2024-02-28T14:21:33-05:00April 8th, 2020|

Eco-Friendly Hand Soaps

While the entire world is facing challenges brought on by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), disease prevention is on top of everyone’s minds. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), frequent hand washing is one of the most effective ways to prevent illness and the spread of infections and germs [...]

2024-02-28T14:03:32-05:00April 1st, 2020|

How to Refinish Wood Furniture

Looking to update your home decor? Try used and thrifted furniture. Old wood furniture is sturdy, inexpensive and, even better, environmentally friendly. Reusing existing products reduces waste and gives a piece of furniture new life, sparing it a trip to the landfill and reducing demand for manufacturing new items. [...]

2024-02-28T14:10:14-05:00March 25th, 2020|

Solar Energy Pros and Cons

“All you need is love,” the Beatles sang. Emily Dickinson wrote, “That love is all there is, is all we know of love.” Solar energy is kind of like that. Just as love is all we have, sunlight is the main source of all energy on Earth. Sunlight gives [...]

2024-02-28T14:09:37-05:00March 11th, 2020|

How to Clean Your Solar Panels

Spring Cleaning: How to Clean Solar Panels Solar panels are a great investment for your family and the future of our planet. But since they need a steady stream of sunlight in order to work, can dirty solar panels be a problem? Absolutely. You can see the difference in [...]

2024-02-28T14:22:15-05:00March 4th, 2020|
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