Need Some Go-Green Memorial Day Tips?

Before you light the grill this Memorial Day, here are some eco-friendly tips to keep in mind (from modernecohomes.com):

Napkin Anyone:

Use reusable napkins so that they can be rewashed and used again. But if you must use paper napkins, please use recycled ones.

Bio Bags:

Use biodegradable plastic trash bags to clean up any surrounding trash.

Use Soap:

Clean the grill with soap and water instead of using harsh chemicals.

Compost Scraps:

Compost any leftover food scraps in a special compost pile in your back yard.

Have a ‘Go Green’ Memorial Day!

Make it Yourself! Cleaning Product Recipes

I found a good bit of eco-friendly cleaning products in an online article. It’s great to know that I can keep my place and the atmosphere clean at the same time. If you’re a “go-green” fanatic, here are a couple of cleaning items that you can make yourself that are environmental friendly:

For an all-purpose cleaning agent:
1 teaspoon borax
1/2 teaspoon washing soda
2 tablespoons lemon juice

In a pint spray bottle, combine the ingredients. Add 1 cup very hot water and shake well to mix and dissolve the dry ingredients.

To use, simply spray on the surface and wipe off with a sponge or rag. This solution can be stored indefinitely.

For a dishwashing liquid:
1/4 cup soap flakes
2 cups hot water
1/4 cup glycerin
1/2 teaspoon lemon essential oil
In a bowl, combine the soap flakes and the water and stir until the flakes have dissolved. Cool to lukewarm.

Stir in the glycerin and the essential oil and leave to cool. As the mixture cools, it forms a loose gel. Stir with a fork to break up the gel and, using a funnel, pour into a narrow-necked plastic bottle. (An old shampoo bottle makes an excellent storage container.)

To use, squirt two to three teaspoonfuls under running water into the sink.

Surprisingly, these two products weren’t hard to make. I encourage you to try making at least one of them.

Let me know how it turns out!

Green Party

Do you want to throw a party? If you are a person who loves to keep green you will love this article! There is this article that give all you green lovers out there tips on going green when it come to throwing a party.

Here are a couple of tips:
Use the stuff you’ve got
Personalize cups
Be thrifty
Clean up green

Click here for more tips.

Green Guide To Heating Up Your Home

The days are getting colder and it is time to warm up your home. I know everyone dreads this time of year, because it means your heating bill will more than likely go up. However, try going green this winter season. get smart when it comes to heating up your home. With high prices for heating fuels and electricity stalking the nation, it’s good to know that there are some easy ways to save money.

Click here for tips and a good green guide to heating up your home.

Be Stylish and Green

Want to go green, but also want to look fashionable and stylish at the same time. Well there is a way to do both. There is an article that gives you 13 ways to keep you eco-friendly and stylish at the same time. I know it can be hard to worry about the environment as well as how you look at the same time. Well here are fun and cute tools you can use to improve the environment and your wardrobe.

Click here.

Do You Want Your Kids To Be Greener?

There’s a concept that is gaining in popularity in schools across America known as “biophilia,” where human identity and personal fulfillment are directly influenced by one’s relationship to nature. TheGreenGuide.com talks about several schools implement such programs, where children both learn about the environment as well as learn IN the environment. School kids are growing their own food, testing local water sources for contaminates, and examining solar panels to learn about solar energy. Classes still include the math, science, and social studies curricula as you’d expect, but with an new emphasis on sustainability.

Do you think your children’s schools would benefit from having a biophilia-oriented program?

Not Swapping May Be Greener

Today may turn out to be the greenest day of the week. I am finding all sorts of environmentally-friendly articles this morning! And the one worth sharing right now is PlanetGreen.com’s piece on keeping your old car. As I suspected, it is greener to keep a gas guzzler until the very end. That fact makes me a little happier with my thirsty ‘99 Grand Marquis! Full details can be found at PlanetGreen, but among the facts, they also have suggestions on how to get better mileage out of said older car, the most fuel-efficient models for 2009, and more.

Is your ride green?

Laundry Room Interactive

If you are utilizing the washer/dryer hook-ups, then chances are that you can find ways to make your laundry room a little greener. TheGreenGuide.com has thoughtfully provided an Interactive site to find ways to reduce your carbon footprint, save energy, and maybe even make your clothes that much softer. And all this without having to wring your own linens after some thorough paddling.

Do you have any suggestions of your own?

Paper, Plastic, or Pass?

We go through 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps each year. Think about this while you’re in the checkout line. Especially when only 5.2 percent of the plastic bags and sacks in the municipal waste stream were recycled in 2005.

I think it is very obvious that there are steps that need to be taken to make our environment safe.

While reading this article,  think about how making small changes when you take a trip to the grocery store can help the environment.

How you can help preserve a 100-year-old treasure

(ARA) – Yellowstone, Joshua Tree, the Statue of Liberty and Acadia – the names of some of America’s most beautiful and well-known national parks conjure images of majestic mountains, colorful deserts, crystal blue lakes and stories about our nation’s heritage.

In just seven years, the National Park Service will celebrate its 100th anniversary, and while the celebrations are starting out strong, the national parks are beginning to show their age. Threats of funding shortfalls, pollution, climate change, and encroaching development are competing with the parks’ natural and historic wonders.

Many of these threats plagued the parks 80 years ago, and are revisited in Ken Burns’ historical documentary series, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea,” which recently aired on PBS.

Throughout history and continuing today, key individuals have made it their personal mission to overcome these obstacles and keep the parks healthy. Maxine Johnston has been dubbed the “Godmother” of Big Thicket National Preserve in Texas. Johnston’s 50 years of tireless advocacy have helped to protect roughly 100,000 acres of unique, highly diverse wildlife habitat within the preserve.
In the state of Washington, Clarence Moriwaki spent years working to ensure that the stories of more than 200 U.S. citizens of Japanese descent who were transferred to isolated internment camps during World War II are not forgotten. His efforts paid off this year when Congress and the president approved the creation of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial, now part of the park syste m

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