Sustainability starts with you, from the smallest change you can make in your own home or office can have a huge effect further up the chain. Simply by buying the right products you can help you and your family save heaps of money, and also help the environment through these purchases.
Christmas: The Season Of Compassion And Giving Another Perspective
As the weather turns cold and daylight becomes shorter our feelings of compassion for our fellow man begins to glow as the Christmas season approaches. Many of us donate toys and money to organizations that provide gifts and holiday meals to the sick, poor and elderly and some of us volunteer precious time to these charitable institutions.
Saving the Planet and Looking Good Doing it
This article tells the reader available products to help conserve the planet while looking stylish.
How To Build With Cobb
The tradition of earth building is again enjoying a revival in North America. People from all over are looking for building methods which use ecological and sustainable resources. Cob buildings meets these standards. It is an easy to learn technique using locally available resources a mixture of clay, sand, straw and water to build the walls. Cob walls are extremely durable, lasting for centuries, and create no pollution or disposal problems. Cob structures are well suited to a variety of temperate climates. They can withstand earthquakes, won’t catch fire, are energy efficient and inexpensive to build.
How paint can affect your family’s health – and what you can do about it
The allergic and toxic problems associated with traditional paints and the benefits of new, ecologically-friendly alternatives.
What Makes A “Green” Home?
While “green” has become quite the buzzword when it comes to home building and design, what exactly it means isn’t always clear. There are a few standards for eco-friendly homes, but the term “green” doesn’t have a universal definition beyond being a color made by mixing yellow and blue. So how does a consumer know when a home the builder is calling “green” is actually built with an ecological focus, or at least enough of one to justify its price?