Tag: Living
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Save Water and Money by Replacing Your Shower Head with a WaterSense Model
One simple and fairly inexpensive home improvement can reduce your household water use by thousands of gallons per year. All you have to do is replace one older, inefficient shower head with a new WaterSense-labeled model. [caption id="attachment_311803" align="alignnone" width="500"] Showering accounts for nearly 17 percent of residential indoor water use, or about 30 gallons…
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America Recycles Day Challenges You to Reduce Your Daily Trash
The average American produces 4.4 pounds of trash every day. And just 35 percent of it is recycled. Keep America Beautiful (KAB) hopes to increase the percentage of waste being recycled through its annual America Recycles Day, which is Friday. The observance is aimed at promoting recycling awareness, commitment and action. [caption id="attachment_311774" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit:…
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New Grocery/Restaurant Model Could Reduce Food Waste
By Kristina Chew A mountain of food goes to waste every year, discarded because (in the case of fresh fruits and vegetables) an item is deemed too ugly or because we note that the expiration date has passed. A recent report from the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and the Harvard Law School describes the “current food labeling regime”…
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That Fresh Smell Coming From Your Laundry Is Hazardous Chemicals
The warm, scented air drifting from your washer and clothes dryer may give a comforting impression of freshly washed clothes. But it’s really serving up a brew of toxic chemicals. One study analyzed captured gases from washers and dryers using scented detergents and dryer sheets and found more than 25 volatile organic compounds—including seven hazardous air pollutants—coming out…
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5 Amazing Places to Visit Before Climate Change Alters Them Forever
Some of the world’s most amazing sights are gradually disappearing because of climate change.. Here, courtesy of Fodor’s Travel, are five places that are on the brink of disappearing or changing forever because of pollution. If you’ve thought of traveling to these destinations, you might want to see them soon. 1. Antarctica—The frozen continent of…