Archive for July, 2009
Eco Friendly Ideas To Rethink Your Waste
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I believe that the key to eco friendly living lies in the details. I don’t think it’s in the big overt gestures but rather it’s in the little things we do when no one is looking. Before you toss or recycle something, ask yourself if it can be reused in some way. If it’s in good condition, join your local Freecycle and offer it up to other members. Or look for eco friendly ideas to find another use for it.
For example, should you have an old shower curtain that needs replacing. There’s no need to chuck the old one out – use one of these eco friendly ideas to reuse it! Not only will you be saving it from being landfilled but you will also save money on the things that you won’t have to buy! Here are a few suggestions for use in the garden and for your kids:
Victory Gardens: An Old Concept With An Ecofriendly Spin
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It seems that in hard economic times everything old is new again and this seems to be the case with the Victory Garden, an World War I and II concept that is experiencing an ecofriendly resurgence.
In the midst of transportation shortages and depleted labor forces, the government encouraged citizens to plant gardens. With the rationing of goods such as sugar, butter, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, meat and canned goods, a garden soon became a necessity to ensure that families would have the fruits and vegetable they needed on a daily basis. A garden also represented the ability to preserve their harvest too see them through the winters. The government’s idea was that if people grew their own fruits and vegetables, it would reduce the strain on the national food supply. This was started in World War I and few kept a garden growing during the great depression. During WWII a great many new Victory Gardens sprung up again from the governments call to action. Victory gardens were part of the United States’ war effort so that those at home felt that they were involved and productive. It also served as a distraction to those who had loved ones off at war. Gardens were more than something to have in your backyard. They became social and community activities as neighbors banned together and grew gardens in abandoned fields and even on dirty rooftops. Also, neighbors grew different kinds of foods and formed rudimentary cooperatives, all in the name of patriotism.
Make Your Water Bottle Reusable
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Is your water bottle reusable? More and more consumers are making greener purchasing decisions by choosing a stainless steel bottle as the eco-friendly alternative to plastic water bottles.
Honestly, I never thought that bottled water would become the commodity it is today. It’s an industry that is still growing globally and now is in excess of $15 billion. And soft drink giants like Coke (Dasani) and Pepsi (Aquafina) are the leaders of the pack. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always enjoyed Diet Pepsi or Lime Diet Coke, but water? At least with Diet Coke there’s some kind of flavour formula behind it. With water they are just filtering it, packaging, shipping and selling it to you.
Adrian Grenier Grows An Ecofriendly Garden
Posted by: | CommentsAdrian Grenier: an ecofriendly lifestyle in Hollywood
Hot on the heels of Kelly Ripa’s garden confession, another surprising celebrity gardener has come out of the gardening closet. Adrian Grenier, star of HBO’s Entourage and the show Alter Eco, has taken living a greener lifestyle to another level and has recently discovered the joys of having an ecofriendly garden.
Grenier is espousing the joys of having an ecofriendly garden on the talk show circuit as he promotes the sixth season of his Emmy award winning HBO show. Grenier grows crops like squash, tomatoes and corn in his California garden, which he refers to as victory garden. Victory garden is an old term from the WWI & II era war effort that encouraged private gardens as means of sustenance.