September 12th's Tip

Laundry: Turn the wash on your machine to cold. Most laundry loads, with the exception of particularly greasy ones, don't need hot water, and all you end up doing is wasting energy. Ninety percen…

Welcome to the September 8th, 2008 edition of All Things Eco. Be sure to Stumble the posts you like, or submit them to other social bookmarking services. Let's promote each other, as well as this blog carnival. Is ever…

September 5th's Tip

Soup Day: Food waste is a big problem and buying all your veg in a oner once a week can be a difficult judgment. One solution is to make the day before your weekly shop 'soup day.' You can make tasty soup…

Not a day goes by without some sort of interesting news on something organic or green. I have Google Alerts set up to send me news using the keywords "organic" and "eco-friendly." I wanted to try "green," but I figured I…

August 29th's Tip

Air Conditioning/Heating: You all know about turning the temperature up or down (depending on the season) about two degrees to save energy. What about when you go out? Do you really need to keep your…

Traditional gyms are energy hogs. Think about it: air conditioning running constantly trying to keep up with all the heat put out by the people working out, exercise machines sucking energy all day... But a new gym, w…