Eco Friendly Products

Changes we can make to live more eco friendly

Eco friendly living isn’t a new trend, in fact over the years it is the concept of what comprises eco friendly living that has changed. As time marches onward and researchers are able to identify items within our everyday lives that are actually contributing to the degradation of our planet it is our responsibility as the “top of the food chain” and the causing factor for such degradation to attempt to reverse some of the damage that has been done. While certain factors like “global warming” may be more controversial as far as the validity of research behind findings, other factors such as the severity of deforestation worldwide is not as disputable. Fortunately for the human race and every other species that depends upon the planet for sustenance, there are many changes that we can make that can help to support the healing of our planet....

The Local Food Movement Picks Up Momentum

The word local is one of America’s hot new buzz words. Although the idea of buying locally grown food is not at all new, the local food movement has certainly picked up momentum in recent years and has therefore thrust the word “local” into all kinds of headlines. Forty years ago it was mostly grown hippies and environmentalists who promoted local food. College towns had food co-ops and bigger cities hosted weekend farmer’s markets. Today, politicians, white collar workers, blue collar workers, housewives, retirees, college students and people from all parts of society are getting on the local food movement bandwagon...

The Bottled Water Craze

There's been a huge surge in the bottled water industry. To the point where it seems the average person is drinking more water from bottles than from their home tap. The problem with this isn't just the proliferation of plastic waste into the environment, but the fact that in many cases bottled water may in fact be less healthy than tap water...

Compact Fluorescent: Making the Switch

The future looks dim for incandescent light bulbs, the world-changing invention introduced by Thomas Edison in 1879.

Part of the blame goes to CFL bulbs, also known as compact fluorescents. Consumers have turned to CFL bulbs to save money and energy. Supporters say that the new CFLs last longer and can provide users with substantial savings on their electric bills over the lifetime of the bulbs...

We're creating a world of plastic waste

The average grocery store goes through thousands of plastic bags everyday. At home, consumers use hundreds of zip lock and sandwich plastic bags to bag lunches, store food in the refrigerator, etc. All this adds up to an unbelievable amount of plastic waste. In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal, the United States goes through 100 billion plastic grocery bags annually...

How much water is your toilet using?

Think about how many times during a day you go to pee. The average person pees about 9 times each day. That's 9 toilet flushes, not counting the occasional #2 What does that mean in terms of water used per person per day just for going to the bathroom? If you take a look at your toilet, you may see behind the lid an indication of how many gallons per flush it uses. Toilets from the 1950s and earlier averaged 7 plus gallons per flush. Those from the 1960s were built to use 5.5 gallons, and the new 1980s toilets brought the water used in a single flush down to 3.5 gallons. Today, a new toilet is designed to use no more than 1.6 gallons per flush. Therefore, if you're using an old toilet you may be flushing as much as 63 (7 gallons per flush times 9 flushes per day) gallons of water per day...