conservation, go-green, products, tech conservation … Conserving Energy In an effort to find out where our electricity is being spent, we purchased a Power Monitor by Black & Decker. It displays the electricity use in the home. It looks like a huge headset but for an electric meter. It has a wireless…
Environment, go-green Environment … Saving Electricity My husband was looking up the wattage of common items around the home and stumbled upon this site Saving Electricity. Some of the information seems a little outdated, but there are signs of current information being added and some of the information is probably…
Environment, go-green, health, organic Environment … Can one person make a difference? For the past week, I have had a one line phrase repeating in my head whenever I get into my routine duties like washing dishes, laundry, and cleaning the cat box: “Can one person make a difference?” It all started with a…
Environment, go-green, outdoors Environment … The Neuton My husband’s, step mother’s mom just bought a new electric lawnmower and absolutely loves it. It is so quiet that she says, “the only thing you hear from it are the blades spinning”. Now that is what a…
color, Environment, go-green color … Tribute to Color: Green April 22nd is Earth Day. I consider myself a conservationist and an environmentalist and I would not be doing my duty if I did not mention Earth Day on my blog. Green is the color most associated with Earth Day so I thought I…
Environment, go-green, health, organic, products, stores Environment … Earth-friendly Products Over the past couple of months, I have been asked a couple of times which earth-friendly products I use, so I thought I would share my knowledge and experience. Most of the earth-friendly products we buy for household and personal care are made by…
Environment, go-green, outdoors Environment … Compost Pile I am continuing to be more environmentally friendly and I am always looking for new ways to improve. Back in October 2007, I decided the next step would be to compost bin. My anticipation was that our trash would decrease and not smell bad…
Environment, go-green, products Environment … No More Plastic Bags... Almost In the news recently there has been news of many countries and cities banning and taxing the use of plastic bags. I am very excited to see that some places are taking action. We have to reduce our dependence on oil and this is…