Lifestyle is defined as “a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes”, and there are a million ways you can live a greener lifestyle without being a tree hugger.
Homes can now be a showcase for energy efficient appliances, organic foods, and altogether environmentally sustainable products.
A green lifestyle can be as simple as turning off the lights when you leave the room, or as advanced as replacing every incandescent bulb in your home with energy efficient LED lights.
One thing is for sure: it’s getting easier and easier to reduce the impact your life has on the environment.
Visit any of the links below for some new ways to live a greener lifestyle.
Going Green: What’s it Going to Take?
Everyone talks a great deal about going green. Most people will agree that it is the right thing to do. So, why haven’t more people done so? Why aren’t there low-flow toilets in every home, and a hybrid car in every garage? It is a matter...
Responsible Gardening: Mulching
Mulching is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your garden. Mulch reduces water loss from soil, which means less time spent watering your garden, and less water used. The use of mulch will minimize germination of weeds, so th...
Fighting Energy Costs with Home Solar Heating
Every time you open up that bill from the hydro company, or the gas company, or the oil bill, you see the same thing: energy costs just keep going up. Supply and demand dictates that as demand rises, so does price. And if supply should fall, ...
How the Stunning Oil Spill Photos on The Big Picture Impact the Internet News Cycle
If you haven’t heard of the Boston Globe’s blog entitled The Big Picture, you’ve been missing out on one of the best sites to pop up on the internet in the last 2 years. The premise is simple — big, solid posts with s...
Green Your Dad With a Bullfrog Power Prize Pack for Father's Day
Father's Day is only a little over a week away and chances are most of you haven't bought your Dads anything yet. Good news: Bullfrog Power and a handful of other green organizations have teamed up with Greener Ideal to give your Dad the best Fat...
Responsible Gardening – Water-saving tips
Whether you live in an area with abundant fresh water or drought conditions, every drop of fresh water is precious, and should never be squandered. By following these conservation tips, you can water responsibly and maintain a healthy lawn a...
Cell Phone Health Hazards
New technologies can often have unintended side effects, indeed, unlooked for side-effects that seem to come straight out of left-field. Cell phones have been around since 1979, when Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) set up the first cellu...
No Plastic Day – June 8, 2010
Plastics are an extremely useful class of materials. Couple that with the fact that we live in a “disposable” age, and our practice of overusing, and then discarding, plastics in wasteful ways comes at a high price. As we have pointed...
A Green Farewell: Ecologically-sensitive Funerals
While most people do not care to think about it, death is waiting for all of us. And while it can be argued that it doesn’t really matter what happens to our bodies when we’re through using them, to many people it does matter. In weste...
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