10 Eco-Smart Laundry Tips
The washer and dryer you use may be cleaning out more than just your clothes. Shrink your energy bill and help the environment by making a more eco-friendly laundry cycle a part of your greener home.
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How to Get Fresher Food Into Your Diet
Fresh, flavoursome food is one of life's great joys. Make informed food shopping choices and reap the healthy dietary rewards.
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8 Eco-Friendly Shopping Strategies
Shopping green and spending on sustainable products can make an important contribution to protecting the planet and conserving its resources.
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10 Energy-Saving Driving Tips
Cut fuel consumption and air pollution by making these energy-saving changes to the way you drive.
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12 Water-Saving Secrets
Reduce water waste around your home by putting these easy-to follow tips into practice.
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How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient
Transform your home’s energy profile and save on electricity and heating with these 10 handy tips for making your house more energy efficient.
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Quiz: Are you energized for green?
Take our quiz and see how plugged-in you are when it comes to saving energy and knowing about alternative energy.
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Earth Day Quiz: Learn How to Save the Planet
Take our "Save the Planet" quiz to find out how you can reduce, recycle and reuse...and save money, too.
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Raising Eco-Conscious Kids
Environmental concerns are now, more than ever, at the top of our society’s list of priorities. Previous generations played a role in the current state of the globe, and it’s up to future generations to fix it.
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How to Start a Vermicompost
A vermicompost is a compost bin that uses worms to break down organic waste. If that sounds gross, don’t worry: Vermicomposts are odour-free and help keep your kitchen scraps out of landfills. Here’s how to start one up in your home.
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6 Green Resolutions that Lead to Happiness
Every year we plan to make changes to our lives for the better. But what about doing something to help out Mother Earth? Here are six resolutions that'll make you and our planet that much more healthy.
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Top 10 Tips for Green Living
No one can stop global warming alone. We need to work together for tough clean energy laws—and we also need to take every steps to reduce our impact on the planet. Read on for ten green tips from renowned environmental activist Tzeporah Berman.
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4 Ways of Looking at a Bicycle
The bicycle is a means of recreation for most North Americans, but in other parts of the world, bicycles have come to mean much more. Production of bikes is outstripping that of cars, and the bicycle is gaining as the most popular mode of transportation around the world. Discover how bicycles are changing—and changing lives. Imagine these perspectives.
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Environmental Art: Running the Numbers
No one captures the excesses of western society as vividly as world-renowned photographer and environmental activist Chris Jordan. This lawyer turned artist documents the debris of North American culture with intricate work detailing our mountains of waste. His images are beautiful and staggering, giving the viewer pause at the wastefulness of modern life.
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How to Compost
Ready to get even greener and cut the amount of trash you haul to the curb every week in half? Composting is an eco-friendly option you can do right in your own backyard. For 31 years, Vancouver's City Farmer has been showing people how to compost. Here's their step-by-step guide to creating your own compost.
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