With the increasing amount of news stories about living a ‘greener’, more ‘eco-friendly’ life, it is easy to get lost in all the information given about this topic. Fear not, it is easier than you think to become more ‘green’,…

I used to get a really bad headache every evening after dinner. Headache pain like someone was tightening a vice grip around my head. Nothing seemed to help. So I decided to do something creative and found the cause of my headaches.

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have released a study (29 July 2009) stating that “organic food has no nutritional or health benefits over ordinary food”. The basis of the study was that consumers were paying…

The majority of our domestic rubbish ends up in a landfill site. and we are rapidly running out of future landfill sites.

Much of the rubbish that goes into these sites is vegetable peelings, cardboard, shredded paper and garden waste –…

A few weeks ago I saw a commercial on TV for bug spray – a pressurized can full of a chemical capable of killing all manner of crawling critters including cockroaches. Now anyone who has lived in a high-rise will…

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Many are familiar with what this catchy little phrase means but how many people are actually incorporating this mantra into their lives? As times change people are always on the go or not truly thinking about…

Styrofoam, also known as polystyrene, is a plastic that can be found everywhere but unfortunately is also very hard to recycle. You may have already discovered that your recycling company won’t take it, like most. The reason for this is…

Here are six simple tips to help you to Go Green and save money at the same time. In part two of this series we will focus primarily on saving energy using our transportation resources.

First, the most obvious tip. Walk…

Here are eight simple tips to help you to Go Green and save money at the same time.

Buy locally produced food as often as possible. You will be helping the neighborhood economy, and you will be helping to shrink the…

Most coffee lovers when presented with so many different blends to choose from don’t usually question the origins of their favorite beverage or what is the environmental impact of their favorite brew. But today there is a growing awareness of…