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Ten eco-friendly products (I had never heard of spudware!) and five products to avoid make up this guest article. Some of these could make quite profound changes. — Zana

Going Green With Eco-Friendly Products – Buy Products Made From Renewable Resources

By Emanuel Schroeder

Going Green is not just a trend. It’s a priority for all of us if we want to continue to live on a beautiful, life-giving planet. Thinking of ways of going green, however, is not always easy. Just because we buy organic food and recycle doesn’t necessarily mean we’re making much of a practical impact. We need to have a whole plan for Going Green. One element in that plan should be buying eco-friendly products. But how do we find eco-friendly products? Well, one way is to buy products made from renewable resources.

Buying products made from renewable resources should be a priority for each of us when going green. These types of eco-friendly products insure that we don’t use earth’s resources too quickly. We need to let our planet replenish it’s natural resources at the same rate as we are consuming them.

So, what are good eco-friendly products- products made from renewable resources? Read the rest of this entry »

All over the world, people are moving towards more sustainable living. This guest article, a list of tips for green living, comes froma man in Ireland. We are definitely all in this together! — Zana

13 Easy Green Living Tips For Everyone

By Damien Rogers

To live green means to help our environment from the dangers that are destroying it. Green living starts with each of us. Here are just few easy tips to help you get started.

1. Switch to fluorescent bulbs in areas where extended lighting is required. Though the initial price is higher than for incandescent bulbs, fluorescent lights produce four times as much light per watt, last up to ten times as long and therefore cost one-third as much to operate.

2. Consider getting a laptop. Laptops use 50 percent of the energy used by a typical desktop PC when plugged in and just 1 percent of the energy when running on batteries. Read the rest of this entry »

There’s a lot more written about simple living than about sustainable living, so I was glad to get this guest article on the latter. Of course, they overlap. — Zana

What is Sustainable Living and How Do We Achieve it?

By Paul J Martin

The answer would probably depend on the one who is speaking as there are numerous schools of thought as to the meaning of what is sustainable living. In a broad sense, sustainable living would mean embracing the principle of sustainability which is loosely defined as the capacity to endure or the ability to continue without lessening. Continuing of what? Life itself. Lessening of what? Earth’s natural resources. In a nut shell, sustainable living is adhering to a lifestyle that is fulfilling, satisfying, appealing and at the same time accountable to the environment. Read the rest of this entry »

My husband Kelly and I recently moved back to the US after living in Mexico for over four years. We have a number of Mexican friends, and from them and from observing the culture of the town where we lived, I learned a lot about other ways of living. Here are four of the main things I picked up.

1. Family matters, a lot. You can generally depend on your family. It may be as dysfunctional as any US family, but it defines who you are, what is expected of you, and who you can turn to.

After seeing this in action among my Mexican friends, I began reaching out more to my own family. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve been into simple, sustainable living for a while, you have likely heard most or all of the tips in this  guest post, but are you doing them all?  I can’t say that I do every one all the time, gotta admit! — Zana

Beginner’s Tips For Going Green – 5 Easy Things You Can Do to Get Started Now

By Tasha Enright

Does the thought of going green overwhelm you? Do you want to start living more consciously, but not sure how to begin? Are you immobilized by the seemingly enormous task of saving our planet? Take comfort and know that you are not alone. Making small daily efforts that minimize your impact on the earth adds to the collective effort, creating an effect on a larger scale. These beginners’ tips for going green shows you 5 easy things you can do to get started now! Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an article that I liked so much that when I saw it was available to reprint, I decided to! Here is Paul Chefurka, writing on what you can do and what he has done — the link takes you to the article on his website, which has a lot of good reading on it. — Zana