MAKING YOUR FAMILY GREEN
Volume I Issue 2 - January, 2010
Our planet is at risk. With the environment a major concern for all of us, now is the time to teach children and parents alike the habits necessary to promote green living. Let’s focus on ways to make the world that we pass onto our children cleaner and greener.
Top 10 Ways to Go Green and Save Money
by Jackie Kass
Living a green lifestyle these days can also save you green. The green movement is no longer an elitist evolution. It’s now globally popular and makes perfect financial sense. What can you do to live green? What can you do to help the environment and reduce your carbon footprint? There are so many choices and options available that the average person can do that don't cost a fortune and are easy to incorporate into daily living. Here are the top ten things you can...
Green Living 101: How Do I Give My Laundry a Green Makeover?
by Rebecca Lacko
Laundering clothes with natural products rather than petrochemical detergents can help extend the life of clothes and contribute to a cleaner environment.
How to go green
Between 75 to 80% of our clothing's lifecycle impact comes from washing and drying, according to reports by Proctor and Marks & Spencer, because it takes so much energy to heat the wash, water and run the dry cycle. Clearly, there's huge potential to reduce your personal energy and...
Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Cleaners
by Trisha Gilbert
What if there was one thing you could do to lessen the likelihood that your child would get involved with smoking, drinking or doing drugs; lessen his/her chance of developing obesity; and help him/her do better in school? What if that thing was as simple as having regular family dinners together?
From 2003 to 2008 research by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has consistently found that "compared to children who have...
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