The market for green jobs is flourishing these days. More and more people are turning down the white-collar corner office for a green-collar job that helps the nation adapt to the growing move ever closer to sustainability. From agriculture to the energy industry to the sciences, green jobs are becoming more and more commonplace. … [Read more...]
Go Beyond Just Drinking Green Coffee! 4 Eco Friendly Ideas For Your K-Cups, Coffee Filters, Coffee Cups & More
Guess what? Green coffee is a "thing." No, I'm not talking about unroasted green coffee beans, which pack several health benefits. When I talk about drinking green coffee, I'm referring to the environmentally friendly things we can do -- from the coffee cups we choose to the coffee filters we buy for our daily cup of Joe. … [Read more...]
Attracting Bees To Your Garden: 10 Helpful Tips + A List Of Plants That Attract Bees
More bees means better chances of pollination, so you'll get more blooms in your flower garden and more yields from your vegetable garden -- as much as 3 times more! That's right, the more pollinators you have in your garden, the better your harvest will be. Here are 10 environment-friendly ways to attract bees to your garden, plus a list of specific plants that attract bees. … [Read more...]
Dreaming Of A Green Honeymoon? A Newlywed’s Fun Tips For Having An Eco-Friendly Honeymoon
When Mark and I were planning our September 2012 nuptials, we made every decision with the question of “how much unnecessary waste will this produce?” looming in the back of our minds. The result? We had our wedding invitations designed like postcards to cut back on paper, featured caterers that used locally grown ingredients and decorated with potted plants instead of cut flowers. So when it came time to plan our honeymoon, it only made sense that we would want our romantic trip to be … [Read more...]
10 Ways To Green Your Evening Routine
If you look at the 3 articles in this series (8 Ways to Green Your Morning Routine, 5 Ways to Green Your Daytime Routine, and this one), I think one thing clearly stands out. While “greening your transport” or “greening your diet” may look like individual green actions on the surface (i.e. the same as “greening your wardrobe”), these cover actions that you do not only once a year, not only once a month, not only everyday even, but a few times a day. So, the point is, they add up to a lot. … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Green Your Daytime Routine
I started a little series on ways to green your daily routine before the holidays started. And then I got caught up with holiday-related posts for a long time. Now that things have calmed down again, though, I’m coming back to this. The first piece was on how to green your morning routine. So, naturally, this one is on how to green your daytime routine. … [Read more...]
10 Green Christmas Gifts For The Ladies
Following up on last week’s Green Gifts for Guys post, here’s one for the girls. Of course, most of the items on this list could go to guys as well (and same with the previous list)... but these are items that came to mind for the ladies, in particular. … [Read more...]
8 Ways To Green Your Morning Routine
We often focus on things, products, or stuff when we write about going green -- disconnecting them from people’s daily lives a bit. I think this limits the degree to which people incorporate green practices or green products into their lives. So, rather than just randomly create a list of some things you can do or buy to go green, I thought I’d focus such a list around the story of your day a bit. … [Read more...]
Want To Live Green? Start With Your Food… Eat Greener Today!
Alright so you’re looking for a way to live a little greener, eh? Well why not start with the stuff that allows us to keep living in the first place? That’s right, I’m talking about food. It seems like sometimes we search and search for new, unique ways to live green and we forget about the most obvious way. You might be asking, “what does it mean to eat greener?”. What I mean by eating “greener” is to eat food that is organic. But why is that important? … [Read more...]
Warning: You Consume WAY More Toxic Food Additives Than You Think!
Relax, it's not like the average American ingests 10 pounds of toxic food additives each year... You only consume 9 pounds! via WeightLoss.org … [Read more...]
