It’s summer, and that means trips to the beach, barbecues at the park, and road trips with the family. It may also mean rising fuel costs, which could put a damper on your summertime fun. So this season, start to adopt some gas-saving driving habits that will improve your fuel efficiency and cut your fuel costs while decreasing your greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.

Choosing greener driving habits doesn’t have to cost you a single penny, either. It’s a low-risk opportunity that could benefit you in more ways than one.

Last year several incidents involving recalled toys caused parents all over the world to stop and rethink what they are buying their children.  As a result, many families have made a commitment to buying only eco-friendly toys.  What does this mean?

If you want to get your hands on your own home solar power generator, you’re in luck. There are many inexpensive products now on the market that can help you generate small bits of energy for your home without the need for a complicated, expensive solar photovoltaic (PV) or solar thermal installation.

For many years it has been difficult convincing the general public of the importance of contributing to green/eco charities and non-profits.  After all, there are so many other worrisome issues that seemed to take priority.  But fortunately (or rather, unfortunately) the environment can no longer be ignored.  We are reaching a critical point in human history when the natural world is literally being threatened—and as a result, so is human society.  As a result, green philanthropy is experiencing a golden age.

Beautiful, custom-designed, green paper products are becoming more readily available, making your paper selection process - whether you’re planning a wedding, announcing a baby, or celebrating a birthday - much easier than it has been in years past. Excuses for not choosing eco-friendly paper products are becoming harder to come by.

Most of us have seen the gorgeous eco fashions being created by green designers like Linda Loudermilk, Stella McCartney and Bahar Shahpar.  But what if you’re on a budget?  Can you still rock the eco style?  Believe it or not, the solution is actually quite simple:  Buy Vintage.

Offices and business can reduce energy costs by making some simple yet significant changes in their building and operations. A few retrofitting projects, some rehabilitated procedures, and some energy saving technologies later, and your small business could be saving energy and carbon emissions in no time at all.

Our entire society and global economy has been built upon oil--a single energy source that is running out at an alarming rate.  Oil takes millions of years to form in the earth's crust and once it's gone--it's gone.   As we hurdle toward an uncertain future, humankind is scrambling to find energy sources which can replace the oil we need to function on a global scale.  Scientists are seeking renewable resources –energies which can be quickly replaced for ongoing use without jeopardizing our collective future any further.  There are five main sources of renewab

A great new website by the nonprofit GreenMicrofinance Center (GMfC) called GMf University Forum launched on Earth Day. GMfC aims to address environmental justice and climate change by advocating for renewable, locally-generated energy that’s affordable.

Most people are at the point where they are considering the impact that their car, their water heater, and their cleaning products.  But there are thousands of every day products that can have an impact, especially when they add up.   Take, for example, clothes hangers which are made out of either plastic or metal, neither of which is sustainable.  Conservative estimates say that 3.5 billion hangers end up in the landfill each year.  Is there an eco-friendly hanger option?