Making life greener one step at a time
Take a look at the list of "What's here" to the left of this message for an overview of what's featured in this lens.
Or just look around the lens and see what interesting tips, tricks or information you can pick up.
Happy Hunting!
Green Consciousness
Shop Green
If you've got green, why not buy green?
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Shop Green!
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These days, it's easy being green. We've tons of choices, from the food we eat to the homes we build and furnish to the vehicles we drive and the fuel that powers them. Got green? Buy green! Photograph courtesy Free Nature Pictures
How to...
A short list of my favorite "how to" guides from all over
- How to go green at work
- 10 Ways to Go Green at Work (also available in PDF format)
- How to go green with your electronics
- Being green with electronics doesn't mean living in a teepee listening to truckers squalk on the old short-wave. Greening your electronics is a matter of knowing what tech to get, how to use it best, and what to do with it when its useful life is done.
- How to green your tea and coffee
- Here's a quick spin through some of the finer points of green coffee and tea connoisseurship from TreeHugger
- Other Green "How-to" Guides from TreeHugger
- In-depth articles to help you get your green campaign off to a solid start.
- How to Green Your Car
- Top 10 tips on greening your car from Yahoo!
Do you have any additional simple, earth saving tips to share?
epsilon wrote...
If you want to combine social networking with the green life, these websites are excellent places to begin:
- http://www.worldcoolers.org
- http://www.2people.org
- http://www.gusse.org
- http://www.zaadz.com
- http://www.dotherightthing.com
Enjoy! :)
Posted January 09, 2008
Want to green your gifts?
Here are a few guides to help you choose that perfect gift
- CNET's Green Gift Guide
- CNET editors have rounded up the best tech gifts money can buy, and there's something for every size wallet. From the ridiculously expensive to the really cheap, there's something for every wallet level here.
- Yahoo!'s Guide to Green Giving
- This Yahoo! guide also includes a lot of other useful links.
- TreeHugger: 2007 Gift Guide
- Treehugger's Gift Guide for 2007 for almost every imaginable category. For help on gifts for everyone from the Epicurean to the Geek, this is the place to go. The page also has links to previous gift guides from 2005 & 2006.
Here are some other "green" lenses you might like
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Green Technology for Homes Headquarters
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Green Technology for Homes This group is to promote lenses that showcase how technology can help to lessen the impact of living spaces on the environment. This can include energy conservation, non-toxic and biodegradable products and green construct...
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Alternative Energy -- Moving Electrons!
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Let's eliminate Oil Dependency! With Oil now Passing $100 a barrel, it's Time to Kick Butts and Find Alternate Ways to Provide for our Energy Needs! BKSJYJHDAYDU Okay, so the price dropped a bit. Big deal. You can probably guarantee that the price wil...
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The Non-Electric Life
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Electricity is clean energy right? One of the greatest things ever invented, and the power behind all sorts of modern conveniences.
In My Opinion
Flash Your Green!
Here are some other useful links to explore as you go green
- Go Green Initiative
- The Go Green Initiative is a simple, comprehensive program designed to create a culture of environmental responsibility on school campuses across the nation.
- Co-op America: Economic Action for a Just Planet
- Co-op America is a national nonprofit consumer organization, promoting environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic justice through marketplace strategies including green living, responsible shopping, fair trade, green business, corporate social responsibility, and socially responsible
- BeGreenNow: What can you do about global warming?
- A good primer on global warming, it's effects on our world and what you can do about it.
- Department of Energy
- The Department of Energy's website contains a plethora of helpful tips on conserving energy and being a better friend to our Earth.
Go Green For More Green
This week's featured article
The costs associated with going green have long been a significant barrier, but 2008 marks a time when costs have significantly shrunk and going green is more affordable and more admired than ever. So, you've heard the hype and you've seen even the Fortune 500s jump on the bandwagon. If you're committed to making this year the year that your company gains a foothold in environmental responsibility, the following tips will help point you in the right direction (and don't worry, no tree-hugging required!).Read more...
Mirror, mirror on the wall....
...who's the greenest one of them all?
Would you consider yourself a "treehugger?"
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYay!
sonia5880 says:
Thanks for the great advice!
If you want to also read more about how you can easily help save our environment, save energy and save money here are my Eco Friendly Solutions.
Posted September 01, 2008
pouch says:
I like to think I am. I think people can help the environment, save money and it doesn't effect their quality of life!
I've just written my first lens, it's on the importance of buying recycled products.
Please check it out and let me know what you think!
http://www.squidoo.com/pouch
Posted January 21, 2008
epsilon says:
Sort of... I think the best scenario is when it saves me money AND it makes a good environmental impact. This is the "perfect scenario" and is why "the green life" is becoming so exciting because it's getting more and more beneficial to be a tree-hugger!
Posted January 09, 2008
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