Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Ten

August 15th's Tip

Tomatoes: Never refrigerate tomatoes. Cold kills flavor, nutrients, and texture. On the flip side, heat makes tomatoes mushy and flavorless. Ideal tomato temperature is between 55 and 70 degrees F. To ripen tomatoes, store them in a pier…
Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Nine

August 8th's Tip

Books: According to Eco-Libris, 4.15 billion books are produced in the US every year (2006 figures), which results in more than 20 million trees being cut down. If these numbers disturb you, there are some steps you can take to lowering your i…
Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Eight

August 1st's Tip

Lawn Watering: Today's tip comes from Eric at Real World Green in the form of a video. For our RSS readers and those of you who can't get the video to load, Eric lets us know that the best time for watering our lawns is in the early morning. In the mid…
Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Seven

July 25th's Tip

Electric razors: There's the obvious benefit: throwing away less disposables. Sure, you'll have to replace an electric razor once in a while, but it won't be once a week or more like with disposables. You'll also be throwing away less or no sha…
Eco-Friendly Friday Tips Volume Six

July 18th's Tip

Greeting Cards: In the U.S. alone, about 7 billion greeting cards are purchased each year. Wonder how many trees go into making those cards? I'm not sure I want to know! Why not forgo the traditional card, and send an e-card? Another benefit to e…
"Only after the last tree has been cut down… the last river has been poisoned… the last fish caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."
Indian Cree Prophesy