Green Advice

Eco Etiquette: Is Recycling Bad For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Jennifer Grayson

I have been hearing reports that recycling is bad. That the costs of shipping, mostly the carbon emissions from them, counteract any benefit from recy...

Eco Etiquette: Can You Be An Environmentalist Without Being Vegetarian?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green


Jennifer Grayson

A funny thing happens when you don't berate your friends for not subscribing to your particular eco-philosophy and instead encourage them to make small changes: Those smaller changes lead to larger ones.

Eco Etiquette: Help, My Neighbor Is A Water-Wasting Hoser!

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green


Jennifer Grayson

Because of the ongoing water shortage in my Southern California town, we're now limited to the number of days we can water our lawns. But in the neigh...

Eco Etiquette: HuffPost Green's New Advice Column

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.23.2009 | Green


HuffPost Green is pleased to announce a new regular advice column called Eco Etiquette. eco-etiquette [ē-kō-et-i-kit] -noun : the customs o...

Environmentalist Etiquette: 4 Tips for How Not to be a Buzzkill at Your Next Cocktail Party

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green


Jennifer Grayson

There's a fine line between engagement and annoyance, and I've found that by sticking to the following code of etiquette, I've been successful in sparking people's interest without driving them nuts.

10 Creative Ways To Reuse Your Junk Mail

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green


100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent annually, which accounts for one-third of all United States mail. According to Treehugger, Americans spend ov...

Easy Ways To Green Your Kids

Grist | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green


Child-rearing may be the ultimate eco-conundrum: If you have a child, you're adding to a population that's already burdening the planet. And as you ra...