Tap Water vs. Bottled Water

Tap water is not only safe, but it’s often better than bottled water. Learn about the problems with bottled water and how to check the quality of your tap water. Why Tap Water Is Better Than Bottled Water Bottled water is not safer than tap water. In fact, more than half of all bottled water comes from the tap. Buying bottled water is like pouring money down the drain. Bottled water costs from $0.89 per gallon to $8.26 per gallon, compared to fractions of a penny for water ...[READ MORE]

How To Reduce Your Water Footprint

How much water do you use every day?  The answer might surprise you. A paper released online last week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that Americans significantly underestimate their water use. Curious how my friends and family would fare, I reached out via social media and posed the simple question, “how much water do you use each day?”  The results in my quick survey ranged to from 2 gallons to 300 gallons, but the most common estimate was 10 to 15 ...[READ MORE]

Keeping Your Home Clean While Going Green

If you, like many millions of people all over the world, are serious about improving the environment and lessening the footprint that you’ve these on our world so that things are better for the next generation is and you found it, you’re going to want to try and improve your efficiency and “green-ability” as best you possibly can. And while there are all different kinds of things you can do to dramatically reduce the footprint that you have and banish dangerous habits from your life forever – ...[READ MORE]

EWG's Shoppers Guide To Avoid GMO Foods

It's estimated that more than 75 percent of the food in supermarkets is genetically engineered or contains GE ingredients. And with no federal requirement that foods with genetically engineered ingredients be labeled, how are you supposed to know what you are eating? EWG wants to make sure you have the information you need to make informed choices at the store, so our researchers created the brand-new EWG Shopper's Guide to Avoiding GE Food. This new guide will help you navigate store shelves. ...[READ MORE]