Author Archive for greenTmom
GreenTmom is a contributing author and editor with Green Earth Friend. She researches and writes on environmental issues, green living and green energy.
Happy Earth Day 2010!
Happy Earth Day 2010 to everyone! Earth Day, Apr. 22, a day to celebrate the environment. The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 to promote the ideas of ecology, encourage respect for life on earth, and highlight growing concern over pollution of the soil, air, and water.
Green Spring Cleaning
Green cleaning is a term that describes a growing trend in favor of using cleaning methods with environmentally-friendly ingredients and chemicals to preserve human health and environmental quality. Green cleaning techniques and products avoid the use of chemically-reactive and toxic cleaning products which contain various toxic chemicals, some of which emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) causing respiratory and dermatological problems among other adverse effects.
HGTV Green Home
The new 2009 Home and Garden TV (HGTV) Green Home has been built. The Green Home has many eco-friendly and green features from a Green “Living” Roof to Energy Star appliances. You can enter to win this home right here on our Green Earth Friend Weblog or go directly to HGTV Green Home Sweepstakes. [...]
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch stretches from the coast of California to Japan, and it is estimated to be twice the size of Texas. Scientists believe it is the world’s largest garbage dump which happens to be in the Pacific Ocean, not on land.[...]
Give A Little Green On Earth Day And Beyond
Happy Earth Day to our readers from the Green Earth Friend team!
We wanted to share with our readers a special green campaign, introduced to us by Julia Barmeier, who works for GlobalGiving, an online marketplace for philanthropy that connects donors directly to international grassroots development projects.
She reads this blog and thought our readers might be interested in a [...]
Earth Day Contest
As Earth Month kicks off, a nonprofit group called GreatNonprofits has launched their 2009 Green Choice Awards in an effort to identify the best organizations working towards environmental sustainability. The focus of GreatNonprofits and their Website is to offer a way for everyday people to review their experiences with nonprofit groups — similar to resources like [...]
A Green Traditional Irish Dish Of Colcannon
Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish that has been around hundreds of years and consists of a classic combination of potatoes and cabbage. It is filled with vitamin and mineral nutrition, and has a richness of flavor that is creamy and satisfying.[...]
Catlin Arctic Survey Of Shrinking Polar Cap
Leading Polar explorer Pen Hadow, will be departing in February, to do an in depth investigation into the shrinking Polar Cap. This pioneering survey is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will be a year round event. [...]
Green Inauguration For President Barack Obama
Today marks the greenest inauguration in history. The 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, will take office today. Food and drinks at the event will be organic. Vegans will be fully taken care of and all the garbage from the event will be recycled and composted. That should [...]
