It’s not hard to see why people want to take precautions and use disinfectants to help ward off some of the nasty germs and viruses that are making their way around the world. Parents, educators, businesses, and doctors are using more and more disinfectants to protect their kids, employees, students, and patients from these harmful, [...]
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Water is quite simply, Earth’s blood.
(Riding the Green Wave Article, June 2009)
By Captain Tom Barry
As a kid growing up I have fond memories of the summer time when I would ride my bike around the neighborhood. When I got thirsty I would stop by my backyard and turn on the garden hose and take a few big gulps of [...]
Earth Friendly, Green Burials and Funerals - Should You Consider It?
Planning out your burial, or a funeral for a loved one, is one of those things you don’t think about very much because you hope it doesn’t happen. There is so much to be done, and in your time of grief, you just want to get it over with. However, it might be wise to [...]
Spring Cleaning–The Natural Way
by Debra Lynn Dadd
Spring cleaning goes beyond normal everyday cleaning. It’s a major project of home revitalization: to make everything new by removing dust and dirt, to make sure everything is in good repair, and to put things in order, so that you will have everything in your household in working condition for the [...]
How to Go Green in Your Kitchen
The push to be eco-friendly has gained more popularity in recent years, and methods to achieve it are simpler and more accessible than ever. And many of those methods can be addressed right in the center of your home, as your kitchen can be a big culprit in draining energy in your home.
Steps
Recycle. [...]
Reducing Carbon Footprint
As more of us begin to worry about our carbon footprint, employers and householders are increasingly realizing that sustainability” is becoming a very hot topic, both in the working environment, and the home.
Mark Austin, Marketing Director for leading home improvement specialists Hazlemere Windows, Doors & Conservatories says: “This is a subject that is growing in [...]
How to Go Green at Work
Enjoying an eco-lifestyle means living greener in all areas of your life. You may be taking environmentally friendly steps at home, but are you also doing it at work?
Steps
Conserve Your Computer’s Energy. For many people with desk jobs the computer is absolutely necessary to get things done. It is estimated that people waste [...]
Green Ocean PAPER AND PAPER WASTE FACTS
PLEASE DO NOT PRINT THESE FACTS!
Approx. 324 L. of water is used to produce 1 KG of paper.Source: Environment Canada
Average worldwide annual paper consumption is 48 KG per person with North America accounting for over 1/3.Source: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Discussion Paper (IIED, London, September 1996)Average per capita paper use in the USA [...]
Green Ocean Toxic Chemical Cleaner Facts
Since 1950, at least 70,000 new chemical compounds have been invented and dispersed into our environment. Only a fraction of these have been tested for human toxicity. We are, by default, conducting a massive clinical toxicology trial, and our children and their children are the experimental animals.
[Source: Herbert L. Needleman, M.D., Philip J. Landrigan, [...]
GREEN OCEAN FACTS ON PLASTIC POLLUTION
A plastic milk jug takes 1 million years to decompose.
A plastic cup can take 50 - 80 years to decompose.
Recycled plastic can be used to make things like trash cans, park benches, playground equipment, decks, and kayaks.
Special fleece-like fabrics used in clothes and blankets can be made out of recycled plastic bottles. [...]
