Published on June 27th, 2019 | by Sponsored Content
Now there is a free service that enables anyone who pays a power bill to access clean energy and save money - without commitments, fees, installation, or changes in how you get your energy... Read More →
Published on June 25th, 2019 | by Sarah Dephillips
Here at Green Living Ideas we’ve been doing a series on zero waste living. The upcoming segment of our series will talk about easy steps that ALL of us can take to reduce our waste. It’s [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 21st, 2019 | by Sarah Dephillips
We’ve been doing a series here at GLI about zero waste living. So far, we’ve covered the definition of waste, why it’s a problem for our planet, and some things business and industry can do to [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 21st, 2019 | by Sponsored Content
It’s easy to see why solar energy has been hyped as the ideal means of electricity generation, and the energy of the future. It relies on the ever-abundant energy provided by the sun (so it’s infinitely sustainable), it’s completely clean (with virtually no pollutant byproducts), and there aren’t secondary risks involved like there are with nuclear energy. There are just a few things needed to make it perfect. ... Read More →
Published on June 18th, 2019 | by Sarah Dephillips
Biomimicry, or biomimetics, is when humans look to nature to learn how to solve problems sustainably. According to the Biomimicry Institute, “Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 14th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Cradle to cradle manufacturing is a style of making things that keeps the future in mind. In response to the dominant model of manufacturing which uses the cheapest goods and designed for the dump (planned obsolesce [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 12th, 2019 | by Lilian Koiuchi
2019 finds us more socially and environmentally aware than ever – with good reason. We should continually look to improve our spaces and our health. Unfortunately, our homes can often shelter harmful chemicals. As we become [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 7th, 2019 | by Sarah Dephillips
We often narrowly define waste as things we throw in the trash can. But as we explored in an earlier article, waste is really anything that nature can’t break down and reuse in the life cycles [&hellip... Read More →
Published on June 4th, 2019 | by Sarah Dephillips
There’s no denying that golf is a popular leisure sport in the United States and Europe. Golf courses are often criticized by environmentalists for their use of water, fertilizers, and pesticides. Sure, one could argue, golf [&hellip... Read More →
Published on May 30th, 2019 | by Sarah Dephillips
We throw the term around enough – waste. We waste time, waste space, waste money. But the kind of waste we want to focus on here is a noun, not a verb. The kind of waste [&hellip... Read More →