Four Window Cleaning Tips to Help Save Water (and the Environment)
Windows are your gateway to the world, but what should you do when that gateway is smudged, gunky, or just plain old dirty? Yes, window cleaning is one of those frustrating but ultimately necessary activities we have to partake in as homeowners and renters, made even worse by the fact it feels so inherently wasteful. […]
How To Conserve Water And Prevent Contamination At Home
All life depends on water. Unfortunately, contaminated water harms us and our environment. At the core of this contamination is human error; we disregard the effects of the toxins we’re exposed to every day. Industries pour poisons directly into drainage ditches, rivers and oceans without a thought, and wastewater ends up in our groundwater. Why […]
Drought or No Drought: Water Conservation Choices You Should Be Making
As World Water Week comes to a close, I thought it would be good to provide a little more information and tips about water conservation choices you should be making…regardless of whether your area is afflicted by drought or not. Here in California, we are experiencing a severe drought. With 2013/2014 state rainfall totals estimated […]
Water and Energy Conservation Tips in Honor of #WorldWaterDay
World Water Day is a time when people can not only bring up the topic of water, its scarcity and how it relates to our energy sources, but it is a time when people can ban together to do something about it. Water plays an intrinsic role in our world. Not only do we need water […]
5 Tips to Reduce Your Water Footprint
In energy conservation, we always hear about ways to lower our carbon footprint. Don’t get me wrong, reducing our carbon footprint is essential in making efforts to preserve this fragile environment, but we should also mention our water footprint just as much. The average American household wastes roughly 159 gallons per day, whereas across the […]
Reduce: The Importance of Cutting Down Waste
Image by Alex Proimos / Creative Commons One of the most important steps, albeit one of the most simple, that any one person can take to curb their environmental impact is to reduce. The importance of cutting down waste, which starts with reducing consumption, is something people often overlook. Now the minimalist takes this to […]
Conservation: Daily Routines We Could Stand To Improve
Image by joinash For the sake of conservation, there are probably a wide variety of daily habits and routines we could amend and in some cases do without. Just because our parents taught us to do it and their parents taught them to do it, doesn’t mean we need to follow suit. Conservation has to […]
What Can I Do About Climate Change?
Image by biofriendly When it comes to lowering your carbon footprint and doing something about climate change there are many actions each of us can take. Now, you may ask yourself, “I’m just one person, what can I really do?”. As far as I’m concerned, it’s going to be people just like you and me who are going to be […]
Disney Donating One Million: Project Green
Image by Giles Douglas Most of us are trying to do our part, no matter how big or small, to help the environment and make our lives a little more “green”. Any little bit helps and when it comes to kids, they like to do their little (or big) part to help. They want […]