About Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez

My love for coins and numismatics began when I was 11 years old. I primarily collect and study U.S. coins produced during the 20th century. I've also been studying meteorology and watching weather patterns for years. I enjoy sharing little-known facts and fun stuff about coins, weather, travel, health, and living green with others.

How To Recycle Toys

I grew up relatively spoiled, I must admit. Though I was raised in a middle income household, my collection of toys looked fit for a prince, and boy did I enjoy playing with everything in my room. However, as time rolled on, I, like all boys of a certain age, stopped pulling the wooden train sets, LEGO blocks, and Tonka trucks off the shelf. Eventually, I outgrew the toys that catered to my early imagination. Years later, as my closet space grew scarcer and scarcer, I decided I wanted to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simple Ways To Go Green Tagged With: green kids, recycling, reusing / repurposing

Effective Natural Weed Killer Recipe That’s Cheap To Make And Easy To Use

Spring is in the air, and we all know what that means: weeds are in full flourish. Normally, I would just take a couple hours once every weekend and proceed to stoop down and yank these weeds out while tending to my housekeeping duties. This year, though, I have decided to try something different: natural weed killer. Why did it take me this long to abandon the back-grinding ritual of pulling weeds by hand? Honestly, I don't know! But what I do know is that I didn't care to spray weed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simple Ways To Go Green Tagged With: gardening, home improvement

4 Cool Ideas for Recycling Glass Insulators from Telephone Poles and Power Poles

Remember when telephone poles had colorful glass insulators atop their cross arms? These days, most telephone poles have either silicone or ceramic insulators, and many people are recycling the obsolete glass insulators as communications and power companies continue updating aging lines. Old insulators, which are bell shaped and used to suspend phone lines and power lines from supporting poles, have long been a popular item to collect, especially among many who grew up seeing vivid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DIY Ideas, Home & Garden Tagged With: home improvement, LED, lighting, recycling, reusing / repurposing

Awesome Recycling Project: Buy an Old Traffic Light and Turn it into Game Room Décor

Want to go green with a fun recycling project? How about red, yellow, and green? When I was eight years old, my dad bought me an old traffic light for my birthday. He and I later painted it, fixed it up, and got it working again. It soon became part of my bedroom décor and almost 25 years later still adorns my home. At the time, he bought it for me because I had a love (and still do) for traffic lights. But, beyond being one incredible birthday gift, it also reminds me that municipalities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lighter Shades of Green Tagged With: decorating, gadgets, lighting, reusing / repurposing

5 Easy Tips for Going Green in Your Car

Everyone’s going green these days, even in the car. The advent of flex fuel, environmentally friendly cars has helped millions of Americans go the extra mile in keeping our planet a little greener. While I’m trying my best to stay eco friendly, I haven’t currently the financial means to go buy an electric vehicle, and frankly I love having ample horsepower under the hood to play around with. However, there are many other ways that I can be environmentally responsible without having … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Travel / Transportation, Home & Garden Tagged With: cars, recycling, reusing / repurposing, shopping bags

Taking a Shower the Green Way: 3 Simple Tips to Make Showering More Environmentally Friendly

Green living extends to our daily shower habits. If you think about it, we use a lot of water and other resources when we take a shower each day. In fact, roughly 25% of indoor household water consumption goes to taking shower; a 10-minute shower uses about 40 gallons whereas a bath takes around 37 gallons. I never even realized just how much water I was using bathing and showering until I took an environmental studies course when I was in college. So, as it would seem, living a green … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simple Ways To Go Green Tagged With: cleaning, conservation, home improvement, water

4 Fun Ideas for Recycling Clothes

When I’m cleaning out my closet (which is a task I don’t do as often as I should!), recycling the clothes I no longer need or wish to wear is something I do to try and stay as environmentally friendly as possible. Sure, there are many clothes that I will donate to shelters and charities, but my rule of thumb is this: if a piece of clothing is too worn for me to wear, it probably is for somebody else, too. So, recycling the clothes that have seen better days is not only the responsible … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simple Ways To Go Green Tagged With: clothing and fashion, recycling, reusing / repurposing

Poo Paper – Get the Scoop on Elephant Dung Paper

My girlfriend and I were at the local zoo shopping in a souvenir store there one day when we spotted poo paper, recycled paper made from elephant dung. As the first anniversary since our initial date was that weekend, I bought her the pad of elephant poo paper as a gift (hey, I’m a romantic, and it was our paper anniversary!). Of course, poo paper serves as much more than a unique first anniversary gift. Using it is also a creative way to live green with products that are made from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Products, Home & Garden Tagged With: paper, reusing / repurposing

Staying Green at the Office: 5 Tips to Adopt Environmentally Friendly Habits at the Workplace

Adopting green office habits can be simple if small steps are taken each day. photo by Phillie Casablanca on Flickr.

Nearly everyone these days is trying to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle, and those efforts can extend to staying green at the office, too. Adopting more eco-friendly habits, even when clocking in your hours at work, can be especially easy if your efforts include small changes that add up to green results. There are many little things you can do around the office to stay green while earning your green, so here's a green checklist of 5 simple things you can do to help keep our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home & Garden, Simple Ways To Go Green Tagged With: conservation, recycling, reduce