Recycling is more than cans and bottles: here are some creative tips to make sure you are making the most of your household waste.
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Garden Recycling: Reusing Your Trash To Grow Food
For those in colder climes, Winter is the perfect time to start preparing for your next growing season. One thing you may want to start considering: how can you take [ … ]
5 Steps To Going Paperless When You Aren’t Used To Digital
When you spent your whole life thinking of books, mail, and news in terms of paper, going paperless can be difficult. Here are some tips.
4 Ways Retirees Can Reduce Waste At Home
Figuring out how to reduce waste can reduce your retirement’s impact on the environment, and save you money in the process. Here are four tips.
Paper From Plastic Bottles: An Environmental Win?
Mexican start-up Cronology has developed a technology for creating paper from recycled plastic bottles and minerals that’s 4 times cheaper than normal.
Paper Recycling: All the Facts [Video]
Paper recycling isn’t just a greenie feel-good practice: it has significant environmental and economic impacts, according to this video from ISRI.
How to Upcycle Cereal Boxes into Hanging Wall Files
Before you toss those cereal boxes into the recycle bin, give this upcycling project a try, and then organize all that paper laying around.
New Global Paper Vision Asks #WhatsInYourPaper
Today, an international effort to transform paper production – the Global Paper Vision – kicks off with a social media event, #WhatsInYourPaper
Ten Ways to Conserve Water and Paper
Water and forests are among the most precious natural resources on the planet. Unfortunately, they are consumed at an increasingly fast pace. Learning to reduce our consumption is crucial to the preservation of these vital resources. Here are a few simple tips to help you save on water and paper daily.
What’s the Return on Investment (ROI) for Sustainability?
As the cost of unsustainable products like plastic, oil, gas, and coal continue to rise, projects with positive environmental effects are now having better and better ROIs… and that’s true for both large corporations as well as sustainable investments you make in your home and lifestyle.
5 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Cut Flowers
Want to celebrate a friend’s or family member’s accomplishment, or say “I love you” to that special someone? While cut flowers are the gift of choice in these situations, there are alternatives that don’t involve damaging or killing plants. Here are five options.
Paperless Living: Digitize Your Way to a Decluttered Mind
Paperless living doesnβt just save trees from getting chopped down, it saves the mind from getting stressed. Here are some way to get rid of – and stay rid of – paper and clutter.
We Can Reforest the Earth
Protecting the 10 billion acres of remaining forests on earth and replanting many of those already lost are both essential for restoring the earthβs health.