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.
An Environmental Education with a 5-star location
Situated atop a 150-foot bluff in picturesque Dana Point, California, The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, is a breathtaking classroom. Classroom? Yes, this beautiful hotel is not only a resort but with the launch of its Ambassadors of the Environ...
The Perfect Potato: Food Waste in North America
Every year, approximately 50% of all the food in North America goes to waste. This amounts to millions of tons per year. Appallingly, much of this waste is over concerns of aesthetics. Producers estimate that between 25% and 40% of all pr...
In Search of our Soul: On the Very Edge of an Unimaginable Frontier: Bio-photons - Part 3
Bio-photons are the light within the nuclei of our DNA strands; they are also evidence of another sort. In the earlier parts of this essay I uncovered a glimpse of our spirituality in the process. Bio-photons offer us so much hope and promise...
How Much Power Do YOU Use?
Every month or two, we look at our power bills, and wonder “How could we have used THAT much power?” The only information provided by that bill is the total usage. What many households need is the ability to directly monitor their ener...
Genetically Modified Foods: Boon or Bane?
Ever since humanity began farming, they have been practicing a form of selective genetic engineering. Everything grown today has been affected by this millennia-long program of modification. Simply by selective breeding, by keeping the best-p...
Brooks Green Silence: A Giant Step Towards Sustainable Shoes
Everyone's heard the saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure." A saying fewer people are familiar with is, "one man's trash makes another man's shoes," but Brooks Running Shoes are about to change that with their new line of eco-friendly r...
Hemp: Sustainable Pulp and Fibre
Drive down almost any road in rural British Columbia, and you will eventually see them: Huge trucks laden with logs, looming ahead of you, or in your rear-view mirror. Glance up to the mountainside above the roads, and you’ll see giant squ...
Looking for a place to stay on your next cross country adventure? Look for the Green Seal!
Many environmentalists will argue that travel is not “green” friendly. They encourage us to stay close to home and the term “staycation” has been coined as a way to make staying at home for a holiday more appealing. As a mom of 2 kids...
Fish Farms: The Wave of the Future?
There has been a great deal of controversy lately about the practice of fish-farming, with some stores going so far as to declare that the salmon they sell are wholly from wild sources. There are a number of reasons for this backlash again...
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