5 Essential Green Living Skills Our Grandparents Knew
Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...
Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...
planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.01.2009 | Green
Many food cooperatives (co-ops) were formed out of necessity - natural foods and health food items were not readily available at the corner grocery st...
Wendy Diamond | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living
you might have to get rid of your dog walker until times get better, so walk your dog yourself! Not only will you save money, you will get fit -- how's that for an extra perk
Lesley Stern | Posted 06.14.2009 | Comedy
Poverty doesn't have to age you if you're creative. If you have scientific tendencies, you can always grow your own botulism toxin.
Huff TV | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green
Huffington Post Green Editor Dave Burdick appeared on Dallas/Fort Worth's CBS 11 this week to discuss ways people can save money and the environment. ...
Emily Bracken | Posted 03.28.2009 | Comedy
Illegal immigrants' work ethic becomes a source of national pride. No one works so hard for so little money with such inadequate health care.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green
Every little bit counts in a strained household budget. These tips offer ways to go green while reducing costs. Tip #1: Cut back on disposable paper ...
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.12.2008 | Green
Roofs account for 25% of total surface area in most cities, and pavement accounts for around 35%. If 100 major cities covered that space with reflective materials, it could offset as much as 44 metric gigatons of heat-trapping gases.
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.09.2008 | Green
Here are four ways to keep consumer electronics from harming human health and the environment. Even better, some of them will help you save money at the same time.
Live Science | Trey Granger | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green
Whether you work in a Fortune 500 company or a one-person home office, you're going to use office supplies. Here's eight ways to go green that will al...
Bob Schildgen | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green
A higher-than-rated mpg is quite achievable. On one occasion, I got 42 mpg on the highway, simply by maintaining a speed of 55 mph and using the cruise control.
Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living
Since we are all a bit nervous about our money this year, I want to share my interview with David Bach, an expert on having more money.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green
Rather than pushing a direct green agenda, a more effective approach is to grab people where they are hurting the most, at the pocketbook.
Maura Judkis | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green
Nearly half of all food in America goes to waste. Setting aside for a minute the "finish your supper, there are starving children in China" implications of this, think of your grocery bill.
CNN | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living
Keri Rainsberger isn't rich. She works in the nonprofit world for a relatively low-profit salary. Yet, as many Americans are scrimping for every penny...
Maura Judkis | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green
Recycling may be getting easier each year, but let's face it: People are lazy. Technology ends up in landfills, when it could be deconstructed for its perfectly good parts.
Maura Judkis | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green
Conventional wisdom states that dumpster-diving is for the homeless. Freegans, however, are a small anticonsumerist group who won't allow anything use...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green
Inspired by such high-profile cyclists as Obama, Fey and Einstein, I've set to work amassing a comprehensive archive of 100 people we know, love--perhaps even despise--atop the bike.
Treehugger.com | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green
Electric Scooters We've been writing about all kinds of scooters for years, but because of high oil prices, they're now seeing a renaissance of sort...
Treehugger | Mark Ontkush | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green
While the rising cost of oil has the price of gasoline skyrocketing faster than global warming is melting glaciers, people everywhere are preparing ...
abcnews.com | Julian Kesner | Posted 06.28.2008 | Living
After a car accident left Michelle Katz, a Washington, D.C., nursing student, with persistent back pain and numbness in 1998, she consulted a neurosur...
TheDailyGreen.com | Brian Howard | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green
With water bills rising and many water tables going down, it makes eco-sense and dollar cents to conserve. Here are five painless ways to get started....
CnnMoney.com | Jessica Dickler | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living
Times are tough. The economy is weakening, consumer confidence is at a low and Americans are struggling just to buy basics like gas and groceries. So ...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living
The newest trend in penny-pinching is coming from an unlikely source: The Amish. According to The Canadian Press, Amish-run grocery outlets "are a thr...
abcnews.com | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living
In the past year and a half, consumers across the country have seen the prices at grocery stores spike, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U....
planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green