You know, sometimes when you write a blog you wonder if you’re really making a difference. You come up with ideas, you do research, you write your posts — but you always wonder if any of it really has an impact.
And then something happens that convinces you that the writing is all worth it. And […]
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About ‘freecycling’ and The Freecycle Network
Freeycling is a worldwide grassroots movement of people banding together to recycle items by giving them away for free.
While there are a number of different freecycling groups around the world, the […]
How Should I Talk with my Kids about Global Warming and the Environment?
This weekend we’ve been doing a lot of family activities. We watched a movie together Friday night, worked on homework today, have a barbecue planned for tomorrow, and I made sure to spend some individual time talking with each of the kids […]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has got a lot of cleaning up to do.
Recently, Walmart has been pushing a wide range of ‘green’ initiatives. They’ve been focusing on the environment very big, very public way.
One of their biggest initiatives is their effort to sell 100 Million Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs — one for each of their […]
Did you know that you can recycle old cell phones and have a charity benefit from your efforts?
Cell phones contain trace metals such as copper, gold and lead. Tossing old phones into the garbage could result in these materials being lost forever — rather than being reused. Companies exist, such as Japan’s Dowa Holdings, […]
At Green Options today they’re passing along a story from Engadget on the ‘Greenbox’ — an aftermarket deice for cars that claims to capture most of the greenhouse gases from cars to keep them out of the atmosphere.
The idea is that you’d attach the ‘greenbox’ to your car and it would capture the gases as […]
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Here 25 of the best resources we’ve located on recycling plastic grocery bags.
Well, in keeping with our core value to “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse”, we’ve actually provided info on all three of these. All are important.
Learn: Learn about the problems caused by plastic grocery bags:
Here are some resources for learning about usage […]
