Is Your Carpet Toxic?

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Many people love their indoor carpeting and look forward to having brand new wall to wall carpeting installed. Did you realize however, that no matter how clean you keep your rug, even if you steam clean [...]

Video: Build a Worm Composting Bin

This is a great video that will show you just how easy it is to start a worm composting bin. What you need:

Red Composting Worms
Rubbermaid Bin
Worm bedding such as old leaves, grass clippings or shredded newspapers

You can put it under your sink, feed it anything compostable, do your part to save the [...]

A Floating, Plastic Garbage Dump

“We haven’t yet learned how to factor the health of the environment into our economic paradigm. We need to get to work on this calculus quickly, for a stock market crash will pale by comparison to an ecological crash on an oceanic scale.” Charles Moore
Did you know that there is a body of garbage floating [...]

Green Kitchens are Happy Kitchens

The kitchen is a great place to start going green because traditionally a kitchen is capable of gobbling resources faster than you can say “carbon footprint”. Start with energy star rated appliances, use the light of the sun more than the switch, eat fresh and raw and compost the scraps. That is just [...]

Worm Composting Tips

“This is a fascinating, fun, and easy way to recycle your organic kitchen wastes. Worm composting, or vermiculture, requires very little work, produces no offensive odors, and helps plants thrive. Only a few things are needed to make good worm compost: a bin, bedding, worms, and worm food.” Worm Composting - Earth911.org
Author: Duong Vicki
You may [...]

How to Design an Eco-Friendly Kitchen

by Ian and Jo Ludlow
Home owners who are remodeling their kitchens are increasingly seeking environmentally friendly kitchen design ideas. Kitchens are responsible for around 40 percent of a home’s energy consumption so not only does an eco friendly design help on a global scale but it can also seriously reduce a family’s electric bill.
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Composting Food Scraps Makes the Earth Happy

by Duong Vicki
Not too many people realize it, but composting is one of the best ways to return your resources back into the earth. In a way, composting is our way of saying thank you to Mother Earth for providing us with the resources needed to feed ourselves and our families. Simply put, composting is [...]

Biodegradable Utensils Are Great For Composting

By Duong Vicki

Summer means barbeques, family gatherings, picnics, beach parties, and even more barbeques! Summer is the time of year that all your good dishware and silverware stay in their cupboards and drawers and you utilize nothing but disposable plates and cutlery. But did you ever consider how much waste that adds up at [...]

Top Ways To Green Your Home

by Real Estate Advisor
A green home is one that is eco-friendly and is at harmony with the environment. You can help the environment by making your home greener. Here is how you can do so by adopting a more energy-efficient and earth-friendly lifestyle.
Read the following top ways to green your home.

1. Upgrade to greener [...]

Sit on Your Compost with the Composting Bench

by Duong Vicki
For some, figuring out where they can start composting can be a bit of a challenge. After all, there are a few things one should keep in mind, like how far the compost heap should be from their home, how to keep it hidden away from nosy neighbors and prying eyes, and how [...]