The bloodsuckers of True Blood have returned to HBO for their fourth season and you may or may not be inviting these vampires into your home on Sunday nights.
But, if you’re like most Americans, you may be surprised to learn that you are entertaining about 40 energy vampires each day that are feasting on 10% of your electricity.
Fortunately, fighting off these energy vampires is soooo much easier…
Einstein famously suggested that “if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years to live.”
Yikes!
Considering that the average number of US bee colonies failing to survive the winter has risen from an average of 10% a year to over 30% a year, you can imagine why scientists are becoming concerned.
And this Colony Collapse Disorder isn’t just a problem…
If you’ve ever spent weeks deciding on the perfect upholstery fabric to recover your favorite piece of furniture, perhaps you’ll want to steal Pamela Bell’s idea and next time just save yourself the headache.
Faced with the same dilemma, a year of indecision, and party for her daughter filled with bored young girls, she spontaneously decided to hand out fabric markers and let the girls have…
The Dirty Dozen has a new leader this year. It seems the apple has replaced celery as the most pesticide-contaminated fruit or vegetable on the Environmental Work Group’s now-famous Watch List.
And considering the USDA’s new My Plate replacement to the food pyramid recommends filling at least half our plates with fruits and vegetables every day, it would be wise to keep this Dirty Dozen list…
As graduates nationwide march across stages at their commencements, I’m thrilled to discover one company that is helping them to do it with green eco-style.
Oak Hall Cap & Gown has found a way to divert over 7 million plastic bottles from landfills with their Greenweaver line of graduation gowns made of 100% post-consumer plastic.
Each eco-friendly gown is made from molten plastic pellets derived from about 23…
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