Tag: Tips

  • Lower Your Carbon Footprint, Stay at Energy Star Certified Hotels

    Traveling and looking for an environmentally friendly place to stay? Check out Energy Star certified hotels. The Energy Star award, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy, means a commercial buildings actively measures and tracks its energy use and has obtained a certain score in an evaluation by a licensed…

  • Green Your Holidays by Supporting Independent Poultry Farmers

    Chicken and turkey are among the most popular and versatile foods Americans eat, but they also bring health risks to your plate. Most factory-farmed poultry is raised with antibiotics—which leads to antibiotic resistance in humans. Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to cut the budget for poultry inspections and allow big chicken companies to police themselves.…

  • 5 Easy Ways to Green Your Jewelry

    Making sure your jewelry is green is a great step toward living an eco-friendly lifestyle. You don’t have to get rid of your old jewelry, but be mindful of new purchases. Here are five kinds of green jewelry, courtesy of greenbrideguide.com.  1. Recycled jewelry uses old materials to create something new and beautiful. This means…

  • 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…

  • 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…