A Kids Point Of View For Being “Green”

My 11 year old granddaughter is visiting this summer.  As with most kids today, she loves the computer and knows more about it than I do.  She offered to help me with my website, so I asked her to be a guest author of my blog.  Below are her thoughts about being green. “I think [...]

August 15, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Going Green  No Comments

Looking For Work?

With the economy tanking these days, more and more people are finding themselves out of a job or with a job on an extremely shaky foundation.   One area of the job market that seems to be doing well is the green sector. As the government dumps money into the green stimulus package, more and more [...]

July 10, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Going Green, going green products, going green tips  One Comment

Going Green Advice; Ditch the Candles

If  I could impart one bit of going green advice that is easy to implement it’s getting rid of the candles in your home.  One of the worst things you could be doing to degrade the quality of the air in your home is to burn traditional candles. The lead given off by candles is [...]

March 28, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: going green tips  4 Comments

Get Off Your Butt and Lower the Thermostat

Most people don’t realize that the dial on their thermostat controls more than the temperature, it theoretically controls a household’s income and certainly impacts the environmental aspects of the home. We have all been hearing for a while now that we should lower the temperature on the thermostat in the winter, but can changing that [...]

March 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: going green tips  No Comments

No to Plastic, Yes to Steel

There is no doubt that plastics have played a major role in our lives and have significantly improved our health, economic status, and our advancement as a civilization.   But there is a dark side to the use of plastics and one going green tip is to reduce the number of plastic bottle that you dispose [...]

March 3, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: going green tips  No Comments

Going Green After the 2010 Olympics

Every wonder what happens to all the support structures that are built to sustain an Olympic venue?  Ever wonder how much of the stuff ends up in a landfill somewhere?  Well the 2010 Winter Olympics is a little different in that they made a heroic effort to use sustainable practices. One of the left overs [...]

February 28, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: going green tips  No Comments

10 Things You Should Never Buy

In order to go green you need to make some changes in your lifestyle.  Purchasing products that have a clearly negative impact on the environment should be avoided.   The top 10 products to avoid are: 1. Styrofoam and plastic wrap 2. Bleached coffee filters 3. Products that use excessive packaging 4. Any beauty product containing [...]

February 7, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Avatar, the movie sends a powerful “green” message

Avatar has become the largest grossing movie of all time, surpassing Titanic.  The message the producer, wanted to send was that we are interconnected with nature and hopes to raise the consciousness of the patrons that come to see the movie.  This is a “must see” movie for anyone who considers themselves “green” and for [...]

January 28, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Environmental Causes  No Comments

Miss America 2010 Is Green

No, Miss America2010 isn’t going to be an alien, she just better have some good answers when she is asked what  going green means to her.  Seems as though the TV host Green T, AKA Tamara Henry interviewed the 53 contestants “about what “going green” means to them.  The winner of the “Green is Gorgeous” [...]

January 21, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Environmental Causes  One Comment

Grab The Tiger By The Tail

In doing my research for this blog, I decided to encourage my readers to make “going green” a New Years Resolution.  Since animals are so important to ancient cultures and often hold hidden meanings, I decided to check to see what animal represents this year in the Chinese New Year.  As it turns out it [...]

January 9, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Going Green  2 Comments