Category: Green news

(Photo from Natural Touch) from Ideal Bite: Instead of burgers and hotdogs on your next cook-out, how about soy burgers, bison beef or organic beef? Organic farming uses up 30% less energy while producing the same amount of food. You’re also ingesting less pesticide residue.

Dirty car? Keep it and your conscience clean with these tips from Ideal Bite: Turning the hose off between rinses. Using a non-toxic, biodegradable cleaner like Biokleen. Try a waterless wash kit. Better yet, go to a professional car wash that uses eco-friendly cleaners. When washing at home, chemicals from toxic cleaners can run off…

So goes former Manila mayor and new DENR secretary Lito Atienza’s latest statement in response to attacks on his green cred. Newly appointed Environment Secretary Jose Lito Atienza is so annoyed at being portrayed as a tree killer in the media, he has made a vow to plant up to 50 million trees in a…

(photos from the Daily Mail) For twenty years, Lewis Gordon Pugh has been swimming in the world’s five oceans to draw attention to climate change. On 15 July 2007, the lawyer -turned-World Wildlife Fund ambassador became the first person to swim long distance at the geographic North Pole in minus 1.8C waters. He swam 1…

I was watching The Today Show this morning and there was this segment on deciphering eco-friendly labels. If you are searching for earth-friendly forest products like lumber and paper, look for the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) logo. The FSC is a non profit organization that certifies timber companies that meet standards for sustainable forestry. Home…

Casa Sugar has a green tip right now that made me laugh out loud when I saw it: wash and reuse your plastic bags! I’m not laughing in a disparaging, derisive way, it’s just that it’s something my mother has always done, and which I’ve done a few times myself. And why not? If your…

Make a difference while shopping. You can log on to Buy Change and purchase items like soap from Afghanistan, salad dressing created by inner city children, handbags made by women and children who have escaped or have been rescued from sexual exploitation and slavery. The most interesting is the paper made from elephant poo. Due…

Be oven-wise. Stop opening it to check food. Heat escapes, wastes energy and slows down cooking. Switch it off before your meal is ready. The temperature in the oven would still be hot enough to finish cooking the food. Put a lid on it. Saucepans, I mean. It’ll heat the food quicker and you’ll use…

At work, we have a container of used pens, pencils and other writing supplies. Some of them were left behind by those who left the company. Others were randomly found in the office. I try to be good. I don’t go for the new supplies. I use black, blue and red pens (one each), one…

For fans of the musical “Wicked”, Elphaba the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West has these tips for living a greener life. And to celebrate the show’s 4th year anniversary, the Broadway company, in cooperation with the New York Restoration Project, is making a Wicked garden in Manhattan. The garden is scheduled to open on…