How to have a Green Valentine’s Day – What is Eco Friendly Green Sex?
Posted by Norman F, February 5th, 2024
Having an Eco Friendly Green Valentine’s Day or any holiday, is more and more desirable these days. How can you green your Valentine’s Day?
- Instead of a Valentine’s Day card, send a virtual Valentine’s Day card or make your own card
- Dark Chocolate has been found to have worrisome levels of dangerous heavy metals. How about some other treat?
- If you must send flowers, try to purchase flowers that were grown locally to your area or ones that are Fair trade Certified
- Why spend a large amount of money and resources eating out, when a romantic dinner is even better?
- Buy your meats and vegetables for your big meal from a local farmers market or from local sources
- Buy any new garments from a high-quality used clothing store
- Utilize reusable bags to hold gifts
- Compost any meals leftovers, flowers, cards etc.
- Give out green oriented treats like handwritten poems, homemade scents, and handmade arts and crafts.
- Observe eco-friendly romantic relations
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Eco-friendly, Safe, or Green Cosmetics, Natural Make Up, Soap, and Skin Care
Posted by Norman F, January 15th, 2024
Everyone wants to look good and feel good about their body!
- Did you know that many cosmetics that women use on a daily basis may contain toxic ingredients?
- Most cosmetics don’t even have an ingredients list on them!
It’s time people know what they are putting on their body.
Filed under: Easy, Eco Friendly, Effort, Health, Shopping, Women | Tags: animal testing, Cosmetics, Hair Care, organic cosmetics, organic makeup, Shampoo, Toothpaste, triclosan |
Last Update: 8/2/2023
Before Considering Recycling
Lets get real, recycling is the last resort for getting rid of waste. The vast majority of items do not get recycled. Plastics break down into microplastics that pollute our environment and animals. We’ve grown to understand that REDUCE is far more important.
We should instead: Read the rest of this entry »
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Happy New Year from EasyEcoBlog!
May the new year bring you lots of luck and prosperity, and more greenness! Only through education can we learn how to be eco-friendly, green. We all need to learn new ways of doing things and need to help teach our friends and neighbors how to do things the right way.
Did you know that the psychological stress that the holidays bring causes us to eat too much and automatically steer towards comfort foods full of fat and sugar?
Setting New Year’s resolutions can be a great way to focus on personal growth and positive changes.
Filed under: Cleaning, Conservation, Easy, Eco Friendly, Effort, Electronics, Energy, Environment, Green, Health, Home, Kids, Kitchen, Money, Organic, Recycling, Reduce, Reuse, Shopping | Tags: Diet, Exercise, New Years, New Years Resolutions |
Let’s face it, the harsh weather in Winter can really test your home. Winter is the time of the year to help protect the value of your home and save energy by making several adjustments. Now is not the time to remodel or repaint your home, but a time to fine tune the operation of your home. You’re basically dialing in any changes you may for Fall, and should move major fixes to springtime.
In October/November when the daylight savings time change occurs, it is time to work on your Smoke Detectors – Carbon Monoxide Alarms.
Carbon Monoxide Detector – Smoke Alarms
Healthy Food Options to Avoid Harmful Chemicals and Risks
Posted by Norman F, December 19th, 2023
Last Update: 1/1/2024
Is this Okay to Eat?
Every year it seems that a new study comes up telling us that another popular food is unhealthy or causes cancer. The latest controversy in 2015 was over processed meats and the WHO declaring that bacon, hot dogs, etc cause colorectal cancer. It seems what is good this year, is bad the next. Is Kale next?
Everyone knows about the major food groups, eating a balanced diet, and following USDA’s My Plate. Here are some healthy food options that we have read about that help people avoid harmful chemicals.
Plant Based Diets
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How to have a Eco Friendly or Green Christmas – Recycling Gift Wrap, Holiday Cards, LED Lights, and Trees
Posted by Norman F, November 25th, 2023
Having an Eco Friendly Green Christmas is more and more desirable these days. Beside losing all the gained weight, we can do the following to have a more green and healthy holiday.
How can you Green your Christmas?
- Reduce the number of trips you need to make or take public transportation
- Buy your fruits and vegetables from a local farmers market or from local sources.
- Buy organic when possible, except for product on the Clean 15 list
- Utilize reusable bags to hold groceries
- Don’t over cook or serve too much food
- Eat on real dishes and use cloth napkins
- Rent or buy your decorations from used clothing stores like Goodwill. Reusing items that you already have is even better.
- Donate extra food, money, clothing to those in need
- Compost the leftovers, fruits, vegetables, etc.
- Give out green oriented treats like organic fruit, re-purposed trinkets
Filed under: Cleaning, Conservation, Easy, Eco Friendly, Effort, Home, Recycling, Reduce | Tags: Christmas, gift wrap, Holiday Cards |
Winter Green Pest Control Tips – Ants, Organic Pesticides
Posted by Norman F, November 15th, 2023
Winter time brings on the bugs, seemingly at the same time every year. The ants in our area seem to love to visit our kitchen when the first heavy rains hit. Almost everyone has to deal with pests. Whether indoor or outdoors, we need to think about eco friendly, green alternatives to toxic pesticides. Here are some Winter Pest Control Tips that we have found from trial and error.
Access control – Finding Where Ants are Coming From
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Losing Weight During the Holidays, Diet vs Exercise and Walkstation – Multitask – Fight Obesity, Exercise while Working
Posted by Norman F, October 1st, 2023
The holidays are here! The media has reported that the average person gains 7 to 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ouch. Big dinners, more alcohol, more snacks, more finger foods, tempting desserts, and appetizers. How can we work to combat those pounds?
Small Packages of Food
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Fall coming and a chill is in the air. It is time to get prepared for colder and wetter weather. Not only can we make our home more comfortable, we can save on our energy bill.
- Conduct an energy assessment or energy audit
- Get your heater or furnace serviced or upgraded. Replace air filters on heaters and air conditioners.
- Setup your programmable thermostat
- Check Your smoke detectors and change their batteries. Install carbon monoxide detectors if you don’t have any. They are now required in certain states.
- Seal air leaks, add insulation, fix leaky air ducts. Also insulate any exposed outdoor plumbing
- Clean your gutters and drain pipe
- Tune your sprinkler system or install a Smart controller
- Take advantage of the Federal Tax Credit for Energy Efficiency for wind, geothermal, solar, and more.
- Cut back any tree branches or foliage that is in danger of falling
- Check and fix your deck for leaks, cracks, and nails in need of repair
- If you live in the North and have a lawn, it may be time to fertilize your lawn
Going green makes the cold season more bearable and easier on the wallet.
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