Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Chemical Free Swimming Pools
Thursday, June 25th, 2009It took it’s time, but the hot summer weather is finally here. That means we are going to want to have some pool time to cool off. But if you are concerned about all of the chemicals in traditional pools, then check this out. There’s a trend sweeping Europe which is now making it’s way [...]
North America’s Most Bike-Friendly Cities
Monday, June 23rd, 2008With oil prices ever-rising many people are turning to the bike for their daily commute. Some cities are much more desirable than others when it comes to bicycling due to the availability of things like bike share programs, bike corrals for commuters, well-maintained bike trails, and bike lanes and boxes. California did quite well in [...]
Greening Your Cleaning by Deidre Imus
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Greening Your Cleaning is full of valuable information about how to protect your health by going green with your cleaning routine. Deidre Imus convinces the reader that the chemicals we use to clean our homes, can cause serious illnesses and that modern day cleaners contain a toxic soup of carcinogens, neurotoxins (they attack the body’s [...]
Scorecard Measures Companies Impact on Climate
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Environmental reports have a tendency of being full of doom and gloom which I feel has a negative net affect on the real problems at hand. So instead of focusing on the negative aspects of climate impact, Climate Counts has taken a refreshingly positive glass-half-full approach to climate impact with their annual scorecard reports. Climate [...]
TONIC – Clothes with a Cause
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I wrote previously about my successes in ridding my mailbox of unwanted junk mail using GreenDimes. Well, it’s been over six months and my mailbox is still thankfully very clean. It turns out the good folks at GreenDimes who helped me clean up my mailbox have another venture called TONIC that sells clothing in order [...]
