healthy environment for your pet

How to Create and Maintain a Healthy Environment for Your Pet

Having a pet is a great responsibility and requires commitment, care and dedication. Establishing a healthy and safe environment for your pet is an important part of that commitment. Creating a world for your pet that is comfortable and secure, as well as promotes a good lifestyle and well-being can be achieved by following some […]

Dispose your pet’s waste responsibly | Tuesday Tip

According to the EPA, the most sustainable way to dispose of dog poop is to flush it down the toilet. Composting of pet waste is possible, but do your research first, especially if you are producing vegetables or fruit to eat. 

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Lessening Your Pet’s Impact on the Environment

There are many things you can do in your everyday life to make a positive impact on the environment. But, when you look down at your four-legged friend, you probably don’t often think about the impact they could be having, too.  While pets aren’t littering with plastic or using fossil fuels to get from point […]

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How To Be An Eco-Friendly Pet Owner

Incorporating sustainability into your life as a pet owner can be challenging. Every single action we do for our fur buddies may have possible repercussions to the environment. Fortunately, here’s some great news, there are a few simple steps you can take along the lines of eco-friendly living to significantly reduce your ecological footprints. Just follow […]

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How Dog Food Can Reduce Your Pet’s Carbon Footprint

Animal lovers and pet parents can’t imagine life without their little furry buds. However, even as more families are welcoming pets into their homes, environmentalists are consistently raising concerns about the alarming growth in their pet’s carbon footprint. Studies indicate the meat ingredients in pet foods alone contribute close to 64 million tons of carbon […]

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How to Care for Your Pet in an Environmentally-Friendly Way

We love our pets and their undeniable ability to calm us, make us laugh and feel generally well. But what is their impact on the planet? Like humans, they too have an impact on the environment. Small changes by many pet parents can make a huge impact on reducing the carbon footprint of pets. In […]

5 Musts for a Biofriendly 4th of July

Image by Edgar Zuniga Jr. On July 4th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved and officially adopted, thus declaring the independence and separation of the United States of America from Great Britain. So, with the 4th of July only a few days away, Americans everywhere are getting ready to celebrate their Independence Day with […]