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You don’t have to spend a dime on cleaners and solvents to do your Spring cleaning.  There are products in your kitchen or pantry right now that will do the job nicely and in an earth friendly way. Most household cleaners fall into the acid or alkaline region on a pH scale.  The scale ranges from [...]

For several years the EPA ( Environmental Protection Agency), most large businesses, and power companies have been feverishly promoting the sales and usage of compact  fluorescent bulbs (CFLs). They are a great way to save money and energy, while fighting global warming. The drawback is, these bulbs contain a very small amount of mercury sealed within the [...]

It’s true - you can have, do and be anything you want in life.  But, we’ve been conditioned to think otherwise. So, how do we get it? First of all, you need to know what you want and really get in touch with it.  Set aside some quiet time to meditate and take an inward journey.  Like the [...]

      One is no better than the other when it comes to the paper vs. plastic debate.  It is becoming apparent that we need to make more of an effort to reuse these products and keep them out of the landfills.        It is a fact that a paper bag holds at least four times more groceries [...]

     As of today, San Francisco is banning plastic bags, and the Whole Food Markets are requesting their customers to bring their own bags.  The choice will be paper in both places.     When it comes to cost, it is much cheaper to produce a plastic bag over a paper one. The drawback is, plastic is a [...]

     All soy starts as three beans in a pod. The beans vary in size and colors of the flowers and pods.  It is a hardy crop that grows well in temperate climates, such as the area from North Dakota to Louisiana.  In the early 1950’s the U.S. had surpassed Asia, as the leader in [...]

     It’s that time of year again when we spring forward.  Only this year, we really got a jump on it, an entire two weeks earlier.  It turns out we can thank President Nixon for the idea.  He signed it into law back in January 1974.  It’s Indiana’s first time of jumping on board in thirty [...]

     It’s not that hard to do anymore. We hear about some aspect of “green” almost daily.  Support for the idea, has become almost second nature.  But what does it all mean?      The goal to living a greener lifestyle, is to become more energy smart, earth smart, health smart, and water smart. In other words, to strive [...]

     Perhaps you have made it a goal to make your health a top priority this year.  Did you know that regular tea drinkers lower their risk of cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, and osteoperosis, as well as bacterial and viral infections?      The health benefits of tea are much greater than that of coffee.  Green and [...]

Most of us set goals as an objective to achieve a desired outcome or a desired state of affairs. In today’s world, it seems that everything is “green” or “going green”.  So, why not goal green? The thought came to me one day when I was thinking about my Mom.  She was the most organized, well [...]

Here is a list of five inexpensive things that will help you save energy and money. 1. Compact fluorescent light bulbs: It is a fact that if every American household converted five regular light bulbs to five fluorescent bulbs, the energy saved would be equal to taking a million cars off the highway for a full [...]

It is the third R in the term reduce, reuse, and recycle. It is the re-making of old materials into useful new products.  The goal of recycling is to reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials and energy usage, which then reduces green house gas emissions. By  recycling, we also lower the  amount of raw waste that [...]