Archive for the ‘Green Home’ Category

Cleaning products can be some of the most environmentally damaging items we have in our homes. I just read a really good post that discusses what you should look for when purchasing environmentally friendly soaps, detergents, etc.

Here’s an excerpt from the post.

You can read the complete article at Eco Green Cleaning Products.

We can all set our power options to switch off our monitor after a certain amount of inactive time - however, that time is still being spent consuming electricity.

Enter the Eizo Nanao FlexScan monitors with EcoView Sense.

EcoView Sense allows the monitor to sense movement, or more accurately, the lack of movement. After 40 seconds of inactivity in the monitors proximity, it will automatically shut down.

You can read about it at New Monitor Watches You.

Regular readers will know that when it comes to environmentally friendly changes I’m an advocate of “picking the low hanging fruit”. That is, let’s start with the changes that are easy and inexpensive to implement. The changes I like best are the ones that not only help the environment, but also save us money. That kind of change is easily sustainable.

In the past I have written about the benefits of telecommuting. I have been planning on discussing how we need to also consider carpooling. After all, it doesn’t make much sense having cars heading down the road in the same direction with three empty seats.

I have always geared my thoughts towards commuting to work. What I had not spent much time thinking about was family activities.

I just read an article at RaisingAFamily.Net where Amy describes DivideTheRide.Org.

Here’s an excerpt of what she says…

What a great idea. Let’s start passing the word on about this site. I’ll be adding it to my resources section.