Carbon Monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, toxic gas. Carbon Monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of the fossil fuels (gas, oil, engines, oil burners, gas fires, water heaters, solid fuel appliances and open fires). It is also formed in many chemical reactions and in the thermal or incomplete …

I know many are confused as to which is greener…real tree or fake tree.
You can find one answer here.
UPDATE: You can visit thegreenparent.com for more information on eco friendly aspects of your christmas tree!
And if you decided to have an indoor Christmas tree, you’ll want to recycle it after the …

Lately all the rave is bamboo…
you’ve heard it…bamboo shirts, bamboo towels, bamboo sheets, bamboo cutting boards. The list goes on and on.
Those who aren’t familiar with bamboo may have hard time imaging bamboo being soft when they’re probably envisioning bamboo stalks and trying their hardest to comprehend how that could …

Having a Green Home Makeover makes the perfect gift for the holiday season or for anytime of the year. Your local Green Irene Eco-Consultant can lead your family to a healthier, safer, and more sustainable lifestyle and save you money by reducing energy use. Your trained Eco-Consultant will implement proven …

It’s that time of the year, next week will be Thanksgiving. Time for family and friends to get together and celebrate. Many don’t know what they’re celebrating but they’re doing it! If you want to catch up what Thanksgiving is about visit here to refresh your memory.
Some view Thanksgiving as …

As some of you may know, we just moved into a new apartment. This doesn’t give much room for making eco friendly changes but where we can… we are improving. I just a few minutes ago installed the Roadrunner 1.59 GPM Shower Head in both the showers so that’ll …

Besides the health factor, vegetarians and vegans play a part in the environment. Many people live a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle for the health benefits, to lose weight but there are ecological reasons as well.
As per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_vegetarianism
According to a 2006 United Nations initiative, the livestock industry is one of the …

We all know it’s common sense that downloading music is more eco friendly since we can easily play it on our computers, laptops, transfer to ipod, play ipod in car, etc. rather than spend money on CD’s that most likely will not be recycled nor their packaging.

According to TheAmericanConsumer.org “the …

According to EPA here are some benefits of composting:
Compost use can result in a variety of environmental benefits. The following are a few of the most important benefits:
Compost enriches soils
Compost has the ability to help regenerate poor soils. The composting process encourages the production of beneficial micro-organisms (mainly bacteria and …

You can read the full article here, joint effort by myself and my green trendy diva daughter showing both sides of green shopping.