Everyone does it and so do our pets. When walking your dog, please pick up with a biodegradable poop bag so your dog's waste doesn't live in a…
It burns less carbon to transport food from a local farm/market to your table than it does from overseas. If you live on the coast, choose a local,…
Throwing away paper products like napkins and paper towels is such a waste — filling up landfills and taking trees. We bought cheap and attractive…
Baking soda cleans, deodorizes, softens water and scours (say goodbye to Comet!). Vinegar cuts grease and removes mildew, odors, some stains and…
After a large meal at home, opening up the tap to rinse away food residues can seem like the quickest way to flush the remains down the garbage…
Dishwashers have become much more efficient over the last decade, with new EPA Energy Star-rated machines using as little as three gallons per load…
Most people can handle sealing jobs if they have good quality caulk (i.e, not too watery) and learn to handle a caulk gun. Weather stripping is…
Slowing from 65 to 55 mph may boost your fuel efficiency by 15%; cut it to 55 from 70, and you could get a 23% improvement….
Toilets can be the greatest water waster in a home, and inefficient toilets can use up to 20 gallons a day. But if the toilet is leaking water, the…
Using less water in the shower saves you the expense of heating it while also helping stave off drought, a serious problem, particularly in the…
