Archive for March, 2008
Green Your Work
Your home may be green and the way you live your life may be eco-friendly, but when you step into work, your lifestyle just sometimes slip away. The greenlife.com has 10 ways to make your workplace a little greener. Of course, the easiest step to make is to recycle paper. According to the site, the average U.S. [...]
10 Ways Chapel Hill Is Helping The Environment
The Town of Chapel Hill released 10 ways they are reducing greenhouse gas emissions:
1. Carbon Reduction
The Town of Chapel Hill became the first U.S. municipality to commit to a 60 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 through the Community Carbon Reduction (CRed) Project.
2. Green Building Development
Developers are encouraged to include a “20 percent more [...]
UPS Rolls Out 167 Green Trucks
We see those big brown trucks driving along our roads and highways delivering packages to customers daily, but now those brown trucks will be green. Sort of.
UPS announced it deployed 167 Compressed Natural Gas delivery trucks. According to the UPS website, the trucks are expected to reduce emissions by 20 percent and improve fuel economy [...]
Green Your Fitness Routine
Fitness enthusiasts can make their daily exercise routines greener by taking it outside. Green Living Ideas suggests to take your workout outside instead of a gym. A walk or hike through the mountains makes for a great workout, plus it gets you in touch with the outside world. One tidbit found on Green Living is [...]
Go Green Toner Cartridges
An Oregon-based firm called Office Support systems has introduced a green ink cartridge. According to its website, for every cartridge purchased, up to $1 will be donated to American Forests. Then American Forests plants a tree for every dollar received.
Besides the dollar donation to tree planting, the company encourages its customers to recycle used cartridges. [...]
Homemade Pet Food
If you want to take the next step in ensuring that your pet eats natural food, you can try homemade pet food. Homemade Healthy Pet Food is a blog that has an extensive collection of pet food recalls, pet diet information and quite a few recipes. Here’s a recipe from the blog:
1 cup (=1/2 lb) turkey [...]
No More Plastic Bags
With some cities considering banning disposable shopping bags, new reusable bags are hitting the market. The new bags are a more eco-friendly way to bring home the bacon…and the tofu.
They have style, functionality and some even fold up small enough to fit into a purse or backpack. However, they aren’t very large, so you may [...]
Pets Can Go Green, Too!
Greenliving.com has an article on how give your pet an eco-friendly, green life. One major change is serving your pet, all natural pet food. The site suggests pet owners to look for foods that were approved by the USDA, and to avoid products that contain by-products. Or even better, as the article suggests, is to [...]
Plant A Tree For Arbor Day
March 21st is North Carolina’s official Arbor Day.
Arbor Day was first proposed by Julius Sterling Morton, a Nebraska newspaper editor, at a meeting of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture on Jan. 4, 1872. President Theodore Roosevelt officially recognized Arbor Day in 1907 and in 1970 President Richard Nixon proclaimed the last Friday in April [...]
Scrap Exchange To Hold Warehouse Fabric Sale
Durham’s non profit The Scrap Exchange will hold a warehouse fabric sale on Saturday March 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Scrap Exchange has offered reuse programs since 1991. The location is 548 Foster St. Known as an artist market place, The Scrap Exchange also offers an art gallery and even classes.
Learn more [...]
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