Grow Your Fresh Air With Houseplants
As we made are homes and workplaces more energy efficient and air tight, the quality of indoor air greatly decreased. Use these houseplants to remove indoor air toxins. Plants are ordered by their ability to remove chemical toxins, how easy they are to grow and their resistance to pests.
Areca Palm [...]
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GreenDrinks – People Sharing Ideas in 600 Cities
The concept is quite easy to understand… people get together once a month to talk about a common interest, “green” and share a cold beverage at the same time.
Per the International Website: These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed [...]
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Freecycle – Keep It Out of the Landfill
Freecycle – keeping good items out of the landfill. The idea is very simple – have something you no longer need? Give it away for free, to someone who needs it. And with the use of the internet and Yahoo Groups, the whole exchange has become very simple [...]
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Green Building Myths
There are many myths about green buildings and constructing a “green home”. Let’s take a quick look at a few of the more popular misconceptions.
A Green Home is Ugly
For the vast majority of “green” homes, you can not see anything different from a traditional home. Most of the “green” features went into the [...]
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Hand Sanitizer vs Soap
Which works better against H1N1 and other germs and bacteria? In an informal study, it was found that alcohol based sanitizers worked the best, to eliminate germs and bacteria. You need to use a sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol and use enough sanitizer that it takes 15-20 seconds before it dries.
Soap [...]
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You Make It – You Clean It Up
Toronto:October 28, 2009
New waste diversion rules proposed by the Ontario government will put the cost of cleaning up products and packaging, onto the companies that make them.
Companies have long been riding on the coattails of the Blue Box recycling program. They have no incentive to design and manufacture [...]
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VOC in Paint or Stain – Volatile Organic Compounds
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency rates paint among its top five environmental hazards.
Indoor air studies have found that the level of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, present while paint is drying can be in upwards of a 1,000 times higher than levels outdoors.
VOCs have been linked with [...]
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Slow Food Movement
I attended a Slow Food festival a week ago and it was really good. So what is slow food you ask?
Slow Food, as you might guess, started out as a rebellion against a well known fast food chain, that was moving into Italy. The idea behind slow food, is to take your time [...]
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