Ecosimply

Your Eco-Friendly Day

[caption id="attachment_1110" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Drinking Coffee"][/caption] On a typical day, how eco-friendly are you? Few of us wake up with saving the planet on our minds ... and the truth is, we've often got so much going on in life that it's easy to let our eco-friendly habits slip. Maybe we ...

Are Your Eco-Friendly Resolutions Doomed to Fail?

[caption id="attachment_1143" align="alignnone" width="492" caption="Cans in Recycling Bin"][/caption] Like many people, you might have a personal list of shalts and shalt nots for 2010. Alongside resolving to lose weight (after the excesses of holiday fare) and to save money (after the horror of your credit card statement), you may well have ...

Green Party Tips

[caption id="attachment_1126" align="alignnone" width="492" caption="Pine cone table decoration"][/caption] It's holiday season, and that means ... parties! When you're hosting a gathering, it can be easy for the costs to mount up - to your wallet, to the planet, and even to your sanity. Here are some ways to have a great ...

Enjoying Christmas - Without Destroying the Planet

During the busy holiday season, sticking to eco-friendly principles might be the last thing on your mind. You may well have developed great green habits in the office and during your daily routine at home - but Christmas often brings up challenges that you may not have thought through. Of ...

Dealing With Environmental Indifference

Does being eco-friendly sometimes feel like yet another "should do" on your long to-do list? Do you find yourself struggling to make consistent efforts to recycle, to conserve water and to be mindful of the environment? And do you sometimes feel like it's just too much effort? This isn't a guilt-tripping ...

Eating Less Meat – Benefits For You and the Planet

Pop quiz: Does a meal count as "dinner" if it doesn't involve meat? For many of us, especially in the west, meat is seen as a key part of dinner, if not lunch and breakfast as well. Here in the UK, "meat and two veg" is still some folk's conception of ...

Growing Green Kids

[caption id="attachment_1063" align="alignnone" width="492" caption="Child Holding a Luna Moth"][/caption] If you've recently woken up to green issues, you might be struggling to get your family to take an interest. Perhaps you've come home from work to find all the lights on again, and paper and cardboard is still getting thrown in ...

Good Green Gifts

[caption id="attachment_1043" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="Tiny Christmas Presents"][/caption] Does Christmas creep up on you every year? Do you find yourself struggling through the mall with an ever-increasing armful of gifts, trying desperately to find the right thing for everyone? In the midst of a present-buying frenzy, most of us don't stop to ...

Green, Beautiful and Irresistible Stationery

[caption id="attachment_1030" align="alignnone" width="492" caption=""colour pencils" by lilit"][/caption] How eco-friendly are your office or school supplies? If you're a bit of a fashionista, you might be attached to your perfect notebook or your gorgeous collection of pens ... even if you know they're zero percent recycled. Eco-friendly stationary isn't all about dull ...

Avoiding Disposable Products –- What Are the Alternatives?

[caption id="attachment_994" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Image by by walknboston"][/caption] When was the last time you used -- and threw away -- something disposable? Even if you're trying to be eco-friendly, I'd bet that you've used something disposable in the last day. It could be: Contact lenses Tissues A razor Batteries A coffee cup ...