No matter where you live on this planet, even if it’s Calgary, in the heart of Canada’s largest beef producing province, giving up meat is a great way to help protect the environment. In fact, a recent scientific analysis found that avoiding meat (and dairy) is the single biggest way to reduce one’s environmental impact. How? [...]
More and more people are realizing that the impact they have on the planet and environment is a lot larger than they had initially thought. We tend to think that since we are just one person, we don’t make much of a difference either way, so it doesn’t matter what you do. This is far from [...]
Watch any film from over 30 years ago that featured a junkyard, and you’d, at one point, probably see a gigantic pile of old tires. These days, these used tire stockpiles are quite rare, or at least they never really reach the sizes they once did. Why is that? Simply put, tires are much easier to [...]
If you’re a business owner, your responsibilities include your workers, office, and nature. Aside from taking care of your office, taking care of your employees is also as important. One way of doing this is by allowing third-party companies to provide a healthy vending snack delivery. Furthermore, workers spend plenty of time in their office spaces, [...]
Homesteading is not a new practice. It’s actually an old practice – the way our grandparents and great-grandparents used to live. It relies on the notion of self-sufficiency, which means that the point of it is to make you as independent of other people as possible. Sure, it takes some work, but many say that it’s [...]
The clothing industry can use your help in keeping the environment safe — and your style can still shine while you're making eco-friendly choices. Each year, new trends don't seem to slow down, so you may feel like you can't catch a breath to start living green. This endless cycle of fast fashion is precisely why [...]
Gardening can be an amazing adventure. Watching those tiny seeds sprout into thriving plants could be considered its own reward for your time, patience and persistence, but enjoying the spoils of victory definitely takes the experience up a few notches. Having said that, few things are more disheartening than watching helplessly as a garden wastes away [...]
At any given moment, your cozy apartment may be home to toxins and chemicals that are harmful to your health. Did you know the air indoors is often many times more polluted than the air outdoors? The four walls of a home can do a great job keeping chemicals and pollutants trapped, sometimes allowing it to [...]
This holiday season, step away from your usual wrapping routine, and explore different, more exciting and eco-friendly ways to wrap gifts. This year, try furoshiki. If you’ve never heard of it, furoshiki is an ancient Japanese practice that uses a cloth or fabric to wrap or transport items. Though primarily used to transport goods and treasures [...]
During the holidays, many people get excited to go shopping. After all, when else do you have an excuse to buy gifts for your loved ones — and maybe yourself too — all at once? As consumerism ramps up in the festive months, it can be easy to forget the impact your buying habits have on [...]
Decking the halls is a big part of the holiday season. But prepping your home for the most wonderful time of the year can be difficult if you lead a green lifestyle since so many of your former go-to items are unlikely to fit in with the way you live day to day. Fortunately, you're not [...]
As the world continues to age, it becomes more and more apparent that the human race is not going to be able to continue relying on fossil fuels and similar resources. Also, the use of certain materials can be damaging to the environment. Because of this, scientists and researchers are striving to create alternative ways of [...]
For those truly dedicated to natural living, shaving can be a foreign and out-of-place concept. Those women and men preferring to go completely natural, sport their body and facial hair proudly. However, the societal norm, at least in western cultures, is to perform some regular hair-removal grooming. While hair removal as a grooming tradition has been [...]
Being aware of our daily habits is important to improving our quality of life and the quality of our community. There is a stigma that making a transition to a less wasteful, more environmentally conscious lifestyle is a difficult endeavor to take on. We are made to believe that living an eco-friendly lifestyle will cost us [...]
In an effort to become more environmentally friendly, several Texas breweries have taken steps to reduce their impact on the planet. Since breweries require an enormous amount of energy and water to operate, interest in creating a great product while remaining environmentally responsible has skyrocketed in the area. Visit these three eco-friendly breweries to see for [...]
Feeling over-stimulated with computer screens, mobile devices, copiers, coffee machines, and phone calls? They are noises that have become as common as breathing, but no less distracting. As humans, we still need that occasional, clear breath of fresh air. We still need the sun to warm us and the vitamin D we soak in our skin. [...]
The western Australian city of Perth, often referenced as a Wild West city, is setting itself apart and standing out due to its work to become a sustainable city. With the environment in mind, innovative construction techniques are being implemented to provide greater infrastructure and “green” buildings, all of which are contributing to the city’s shift [...]
Dazzled by the latest haute jeans, fancy purses, and clunky sneakers, we often forget that sometimes style comes at a very high price both for our own and our environment’s wellbeing. It may be an issue that has only recently started to gain more publicity, but fashion, especially the fast kind, has a profound impact on [...]
Global warming and climate change are rapidly altering the earth and life on it -- and not in a good way too. Sea levels are rising, islands are disappearing, and many animals are losing their habitats. These phenomena have left -- and continue to leave -- a painful mark on human lives. Rising temperatures are drying [...]
Managing a modern household is no easy task. Often, the most difficult thing to do is to reset your family members’ priorities, especially if it means changing up their daily habits. Understandably, this applies to the idea of becoming more eco-friendly inside the home. Having a “greener” home constitutes several different choices, from teaching your kids [...]
A decade ago, the idea of living a "greener lifestyle" was usually saved for more of the hippie type, the environmentalists out there who were hyper-aware of what kind of footprint they were leaving behind. Well times have changed, and here in Birmingham, people have never been more conscious of how they live their lives in [...]
As scientists continue to study the effects of climate change and how humans are impacting the planet, it can be easy for us to assume there is nothing more we can do. But that’s where we are going wrong, while the most dramatic changes take place on governmental scales, there are so many ways we can [...]
The increase in both travel volume and frequency proves that there is a need to think green and plan our vacations in a more earth-friendly way. A few decades ago we would spend just a week or two away, either road tripping or camping. Now, it’s all about weekend get-always, city-breaks, long-haul flights to exotic places. [...]
One of the most significant costs to maintain a home is electricity which is why solar panels are ideal solutions for homeowners. It does not take much to understand why solar in Los Angeles markets are larger than any other United States city. When it comes to calculating the benefits, it can be difficult to compare [...]
