Posted by: tyent On February 8, 2013 4:07 pm
Here is a list of our top 5 favorite blog posts of 2012. Enjoy!
Water bottle waste: Why you should ditch the plastic
Debunking alkaline ionized water myths
Posted by: tyent On December 21, 2012 3:03 pm
FIVE QUICK TIPS FOR HOLIDAY PLANTS
The holidays are coming up fast, and many of us are buying plants to decorate the house for this time of year. Two of the most popular holiday plants are Christmas trees and poinsettias.
Here are some ways to help keep your plants healthy and make them last through the holidays and beyond.
CHRISTMAS TREES
Posted by: tyent On November 21, 2012 3:18 pm
Can you believe Thanksgiving week is already here? With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it’s the perfect opportunity to go green with your holiday festivities. The holidays can create a lot of waste in households across the U.S. For example, imagine all the potential for thrown-away food and decorations.
With Thanksgiving two days away, we’re sharing five of our favorite tips for a green Thanksgiving celebration, in keeping with our ever-present efforts to go green with our products and everyday lives.
Buy local for the turkey and other feast accoutrements. While you may not be able to get every item you need for Thanksgiving from a local farmer’s market or co-op, you can at least get your veggies and …
Posted by: tyent On November 1, 2012 5:17 pm
Is going green a primarily at-home practice? No! For those of us who travel often, it’s important to go green on the road as much as we attempt to go green at home. In fact, it’s easy to go green when you’re away from home and away from your regular habits, if you follow a few simple guidelines.
Today, we’re sharing a few of our favorite tips for keeping your travels as eco-friendly as possible.
Keep Doing What You Already Do at Home
While some green practices from home (like composting) don’t translate to travel, the majority of them are easy to continue when on the go. Try these green habits even if you’re at a hotel or on an …
Posted by: tyent On October 19, 2012 1:49 pm
October 31 is supposed to be spooky, that doesn’t mean you need scare away the environment. While you’re taking care of the earth during the rest of the year, don’t neglect Halloween! Go green on Halloween with these helpful household, decorating, and costume tips.
Use the whole pumpkin. Pumpkins are the go-to Halloween decorative symbol, but do you typically throw away the innards? Bake a pie with the insides, bake the seeds to a crispy crunch, and compost the shell when you no longer want to decorate your porch with a seasonal ghoul or goblin.
Walk, don’t drive. Instead of driving to other neighborhoods for trick-or-treating, stay close to home and walk from house to house to cut down on …
Posted by: tyent On September 27, 2012 2:11 pm
While it’s always admirable to show the world you’re a clean freak, your incessant cleaning could actually be harming the environment. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) states that certain cleaning products are associated with health and environmental risks, including damage to water bodies, poor air quality, and increased pollution. You can read a lot of material about the negative effects of cleaning products on the environment, but at Tyent, we’ve arrived at the conclusion that the green-cleaning way is the better way.
How to clean without these harmful products? Here are a few eco-friendly suggestions to implement into your cleaning routine. (Thanks to Apartment Therapy for the resources.)
Cleaning grout and grime: For floors and tiles, safe and nontoxic baking …
