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5 Tips For Eco-Friendly Fishing

5 Tips For Eco-Friendly Fishing

If you talk to any environmentalist long enough, you are sure to get a warning about how food is going to run out. There is a growing concern [...]

“Bicing” In Spain Is Part Of Their Green Transit System

“Bicing” In Spain Is Part Of Their Green Transit System

Bicing is the name of a new bicycle project in Barcelona, Spain. It is part of the mass transit system and helps you to get to your place of employment or elsewhere in a climate friendly way, with almost no pollution, noise or traffic congestion. It is Barcelona’s Green transit system. [...]

New Green Projects, Programs & Resources For The USA

New Green Projects, Programs & Resources For The USA

Have you ever wondered what your particular state and county in the United States of America is doing to be green or become more sustainable and help the environment? Here is an inclusive list by state and county, with links to those programs and resources, that are environmentally friendly and their plans to add green projects to that state. [...]

Gardening Old Farm Land For Sustainability

Gardening Old Farm Land For Sustainability

Your suburban home is probably sitting on old farm land, an old orchard site or a once productive forest.
Here in the United States we are loosing nearly 3,000 acres a day and many times the land lost is some of the most fertile land we have for growing food.[...]

Suburban Hedge Garden: An Environmentally Sustainable Option

Suburban Hedge Garden: An Environmentally Sustainable Option

Since most of us do not have a forest or an estate in the country, a Suburban Hedge Garden provides many of us with an environmentally sustainable option, to maximize the capabilities of our suburban property, to provide food and shelter for wildlife, food for the table and even sequester a bit of carbon from the atmosphere for centuries [...]

Green Savings: Living Off The Grid

Green Savings: Living Off The Grid

Going Green does not have to be a costly experience.  There are ways to live off  the grid and still have Green Savings.  Initial costs of getting set up to run your home or vehicle can be kind of costly, however in the long run you will have plenty of Green Savings.
There are people who live off the grid [...]

The Green Benefit Of Skylights In Your Home

The Green Benefit Of Skylights In Your Home

We are always looking for ways to be more green in our homes and businesses.  On way is to think of ways to light your home or business in both a sustainable and economical way.  You would be surprised with the benefits of installing skylights in your home or business.
If you installed 3 or 4 skylights [...]

How To Build A Sustainable Bamboo Fence

How To Build A Sustainable Bamboo Fence

Bamboo is a material that can be used in hundreds of applications where wood was used.  It is considered both sustainable and renewable because of it’s quick growth rate and durability.  Bamboo can be used for fencing, flooring, boat building, fly fishing rods, wall paper, bridges and hundreds of other uses. Bamboo has also been [...]

Top Ten Things You Can Do To Be Greener

Top Ten Things You Can Do To Be Greener

1.  Eat food grown locally.
If we can eliminate some of the fuel costs of having our food brought to us from all over the country and the world, we can bring jobs back to the United States. Our farmers will be happier and we will feel better for doing our part. The only reason grocery stores [...]

Sustainable Living In Devon England.

Sustainable Living In Devon England.

A group of people in Devon, England have gone back to nature and are using a few solar panels. The people are practicing permaculture which maximizes soil use and reduces ecological damage.[...]