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Ten Tips To Cut Home Energy Bills
Ten Tips To Cut Home Energy Bills The secret to reducing your monthly energy bills is following the latest tips to cut down on your household’s everyday consumption, according to the Department of Energy. 1. Use the latest lightbulbs. Lighting-related costs add up to about 10 percent of your electric bill. Reduce your lighting usage [...]
Common Negative Effects of Globalization on the Planet
Common Negative Effects of Globalization on the Planet While there are certainly many benefits associated with a growing global community; including increased awareness of and communication with other regions and cultures, opportunities for businesses to expand, and the potential to spread societal advances and goodwill across the planet; there are also quite a few drawbacks [...]
Healthy Tip: Try Meatless Mondays
Healthy Tip: Try Meatless Mondays There’s a new initiative, called Meatless Mondays, to help you improve your health. By eating plant-based foods in place of meat just one day a week, you can help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. In fact, a recent Harvard University study found that by replacing [...]
Add Some Life To Your Plate With Healthful Recipes
Add Some Life To Your Plate With Healthful Recipes For those people looking for a better-for-you change to their eating habits, the Mediterranean Diet, frequently touted by dietitians, includes foods that can boost overall health and even help prevent some diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Olives and olive oil, the main sources of [...]
Knowledge Is Power: The Importance of Environmental Education in Schools
Knowledge Is Power: The Importance of Environmental Education in Schools If you’ve ever watched an episode of Little House on the Prairie or The Waltons, when it came to the kids, if there’s one thing that didn’t need to be a concern, it was when it came to the importance of environmental education. The children [...]
Eco-Friendly Backyard Prep for Summer Fun in the Sun
Eco-Friendly Backyard Prep for Summer Fun in the Sun The air is warm, beaches are crowded, road trips are underway, and school is out. This could only mean one thing: summer is finally here! Summer is the perfect time to educate your kids about making environmentally conscious decisions and you can start right in your [...]
Top 5 Eco Family Activities for Summer
Top 5 Eco Family Activities for Summer The warm weather is upon us, and with the kids out of school (or soon to be leaving the halls of learning behind for a couple of months) you may be racking your brains to come up with a few new ways to keep them entertained so that [...]
Too Much Sun Can Be Dangerous For the Eyes
Too Much Sun Can Be Dangerous For the Eyes While many people are concerned about effects of the sun on their skin, experts say they shouldn’t lose sight of what the sun can do to their eyes. If the eyes are exposed to excessive amounts of UV radiation over a short period of time, a [...]
The Pros and Cons of Solar Oven Cooking
The Pros and Cons of Solar Oven Cooking It’s (almost) officially summertime. This means longer days, grilling out and perhaps making the eco-friendly move to invest in a solar oven. If you’ve been considering it for a while now, but you’re not sure if it’s the best move, the “long story short” version is “Yes, [...]
Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Your Car and Take the Bus
Top 5 Reasons to Ditch Your Car and Take the Bus Let’s be real. If there was a choice between driving our car and taking the bus, there aren’t too many of us that would choose the latter. That’s because, most times, when we think of riding public transportation, a lot of cons come to [...]




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