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Eco Tuesday: Green Travel Tips

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Tips For Green Travel When traveling by car: Reduce your speed to 55 mph from 65 mph to increase your fuel efficiency by as much as 15%. For a 23% improvement, instead of driving 70 mph try 55 mph. Increase your fuel efficiency on the road by making sure to inflate your tires to the proper level. If possible, travel close to home...the less you drive, the less … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Green Travel Tips

Eco Tuesday: Carbon Monoxide Detector

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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 decomposition of many organic materials. Dangerous amounts can … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Carbon Monoxide Detector

Eco Tuesday: Recycling your Christmas Tree

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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 holidays. Some really good information on Earth 911 Treecycling, check … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Recycling your Christmas Tree

Eco Tuesday: Bamboo

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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 possibly be soft enough to be a shirt or towel. I … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Bamboo

Eco Tuesday: Green Irene

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Having a Green Home Makeover makes the perfect gift for the holiday season or for anytime of the year at shuttercraft.co.uk you will find the best Shutter styles to suit any taste. 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 … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Green Irene

Eco Tuesday: How to Green your Thanksgiving

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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 the day they can start putting up Christmas trees, decorations and then of course … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: How to Green your Thanksgiving

Eco Tuesday: Vegetarian & Vegan

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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 largest … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Vegetarian & Vegan

Eco Tuesday: Composting

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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 fungi) which in turn … [Read more...] about Eco Tuesday: Composting