environmentally friendly

How To Make Your Own Non-Toxic Sunscreen

(NaturalNews) Many commercial sunscreens contain toxic ingredients that actually raise the risk of skin cancer. However, natural sunscreen can get very pricey, especially if you have a large family. Here is a sunscreen that you can make at home and is nontoxic and all natural. While you are blocking the harmful rays of the sun, your skin is getting nourished with all of the wonderful natural ingredients. Your skin will look and feel better than before you started using it. It is important to ...[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]

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]

Soy Candles – The More Environmentally Friendly Choice Over Paraffin Wax Candles

Most people do not realize how much better soy candles are for a cleaner environment and overall improved health. Especially for those who burn candles regularly, the difference between paraffin wax and soy can be a pleasant change. Not only are they colorful and provide powerful scents to brighten your living space, but they are very environmentally friendly as well. Soy candles are non-toxic, produce far less soot, and burn longer than traditional wax candles. They clean up easily and they ...[READ MORE]

Green Mistakes – Why Your Efforts To Save The Planet Might Actually Be Making Things Worse

Green Mistakes - Why Your Efforts To Save The Planet Might Actually Be Making Things Worse Making the decision to go green is a great move and something that should certainly be commended. Once you consciously decide that you are going to start trying to reduce your carbon footprint and begin recycling and gardening, you will not only reduce your contribution to global warming but also encourage others to follow in your stead while saving yourself money and picking up other good ...[READ MORE]

Drinking Water Week 2013

Drinking Water Week Each year, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and an alliance of organizations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sponsor Drinking Water Week to highlight the importance of tap water and the need to reinvest in our water infrastructure. Tap water plays a critical role in the success of a society, from meeting the basic public health needs of providing safe drinking water — and adequate sanitation, to promoting dental health (through ...[READ MORE]

Safe Homemade Household Cleaners

Safe Homemade Household Cleaners Cleaning your house in the best, most inexpensive way is important. Sometimes harmful chemicals aren’t the best cleaners; there are often better, and even more effective options available. Asses the everyday products you have in your home, you may find that the cleaning power you have been looking for has been there the whole time. Baking Soda Baking soda is one powerful compound. When added to water, it can be used to conquer anything. Baking soda water can be ...[READ MORE]

Energy Saving Tips For The Summer

Energy Saving Tips For The Summer Every year, along with the beautiful weather, a barbeque every weekend, and sunburns at baseball games, comes those high energy bills from trying to keep your home cool.  Summer heat in most US climates can be difficult to deal with without spiking energy bills, but read on for a few tips on how you can lower both your cooling bill and your environmental impact. Thermostat Operation Many modern thermostats have programmable functions.  Use them to keep your ...[READ MORE]

Watch The Environment With Safe Pest Control

Watch The Environment With Safe Pest Control Controlling pests in your garden is absolutely necessary for the continued health of your investment. Plants cannot flourish if damaging pests eat the roots and foliage of your plants, or penetrate the bark of trees. And inside your home, pests can spread disease as quickly as they breed. While there are many chemicals that you can use to get rid of pests, we often wish there were an alternative. When you poison a destructive bug, it often poisons a ...[READ MORE]

Solar-Water Heating Systems: A Win-Win

Solar-Water Heating Systems: A Win-Win As non-renewable energy becomes scarcer and more expensive, the sustainability-minded of us are increasingly looking to clean, renewable sources to meet our needs. Harnessing the energy of the sun to provide hot water for domestic purposes is one prime example. Installing a solar-water heating system has many benefits. Most significantly, you’re embracing a source of renewable energy: If the sun’s shining, you’re heating your water supply, with none of the ...[READ MORE]