Forget about your common daily routine when it comes to getting up in the morning. Forget about your technological ways, and try something new. Go green first thing in the morning.
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The EPA estimates that nearly 25 billion one-use paper and Styrofoam cups are thrown away by Americans for drinks purchased at commercial establishments or drunk in the office. The sad truth is that nearly every one of these temporary vessels ends up in landfills or clogging our waterways. It’s a very troubling statistic because polystyrene literally takes hundreds of years to break down, and is made of petroleum, which is nonrenewable. Scientists have also recently discovered that carcinogenic (cancer causing) compounds leach out of polystyrene, right into your hot drink. Continue reading Go Green - Use A Refillable Mug If you have coffee every day, you’re making an environmental choice. That’s right, even a daily cup of coffee can have a real impact. Choosing fair trade and organic coffees over ordinary coffee, making your morning cup at home instead of drinking a brew from Starbuck’s or another restaurant, and the way you choose to make your coffee all affect the environment. Here are a few options you can use to go green and have an environmentally cup of java. Continue reading Go Green With Your Java Bean Samsung has come up with a new ‘eco-credible’ cellphone, the Samsung Blue Earth. The phone itself has not yet been released yet but people are talking about it. Technology is also going green! Continue reading Go Green with New Green Phones When you were a child, you were probably told to wash your hands very well, and if you have children yourself, you probably tell them to do the same. These days, washing with antibacterial soap has become so ubiquitous that most people never even question it, but there are plenty of good reasons to go green and just to stick to old-fashioned soap and water! Continue reading Why Should I Avoid Antibacterial Soaps and Go Green? For many of us in Northern climates, snow and ice buildup on roads, driveways, and walkways during the winter is inevitable. There are many options out there for de-icing, but not all of them are safe for the environment. Before you run down to the home store to pick up a bag of de-icer, consider these factors: Continue reading Green De-Icing Tips Did you know that your conventional nail polish could be harmful to your health? Go green and educate yourself about the nail polishes which you are using and finding something that is not as harmful to yourself or the environment. Continue reading Go Green with Eco Friendly Nail Polish Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions known as Green Drinks. Want to connect with with other green-minded people in your area? Continue reading Green Drinks International Did you know that the way you have goods shipped could be having a big environmental impact? Overnight shipping burns a lot of fuel per item and therefore is the most inefficient means of shipping. That means that it’s important to select regular ground transportation for your mailing needs, not rush delivery, if you want to go green, cut down on pollution and save fuel. Continue reading Go Green and Avoid Overnight Shipping As you learn to go green, you would have probably heard the term carbon footprint, but you might not have a good idea of what it means, or of what yours is. Your carbon footprint is a measurement of the effects you have on the climate, based on the amount of greenhouse gas you produce in your life. Continue reading Best Online Carbon Footprint Calculator |
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