Coming from a great site: Invitesite.com , who’s invitation kits are starting to make news, features invitations like the photo below made out of milkweek recycled cardstock. It comes with a matching envelope and is 100% post-consumer recycled material. The company has a wide selection of recycled cards and envelopes. Invitesite lets you print the […]
Earth Friendly Moving provides a great new concept for people who want to move but don’t want to find cardboard boxes that they’ll just scrap later. the RECOPACK [REcycled ECOlogical PACKing solution] is an earth friendly, reusable, DIY pack and move solution that can save you time and also help the earth. The RecoPacks are […]
The most recent enviro-news in the London area is the concideration of adding green composting bins to the collection. Right now the city is debating on what to change to the garbage/recycling/compost situation. As much as I love the almost random day of the week to put out my garbage (which has led me to […]
Right now in London we’re in the tail end of the beautiful season of fall. Most trees are bare, while some (like in my own yard) still have green leaves thanks to warmer weather this past month.
With fall comes the dreaded “raking of leaves” where unfortunate kids get made to bag up all the leaves […]
I’ve seen lots of ideas on how to conserve energy, which saves you money. Everything from buying water-saving nozzles to windows that redirect heat. What I am going to hopefully explain in this post is how much energy you can waste by just having things plugged in. Those little red lights that show that the […]
No, the title isn’t a metaphor for the glory days gone by, or for short, funny stories that will uplift you. I’m talking about real, honest to goodness chickens. And why would there be chickens in the backyard? Well for the eggs of course!A new idea thats been brought about in the green world is […]
So this is the start of what i’m assuming will be a multiple part blog on my experiences trying to make my house more environmentally friendly. I’m going to look into everything from solar power for lighting and heat, to building my own garden watering reservoir. I’m mainly doing this in the London, Ontario area […]