If you feel like you’ve been stuck inside in the Texas heat this summer watching too many hours of Directstartv, take our suggestions for ways you can help offset your summertime carbon footprint here in Houston. Every little bit helps!
Bathe Your Dog: That’s right, use water! Plug your bathtub while you take a shower to reserve the water. Don’t worry that it’s soapy! Fido won’t mind the extra suds and you’ll get to repurpose your wasted water. That’s smart thinking.
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Many people have wondered if window cleaner is in fact, safe for their homes. There are actually some alternatives in cleaning your windows, if you do not like the chemicals that window cleaners have in them. N these chemicals are not good for your home. Window cleaners are okay to use if you do not use them all of the time. If you use them every once in a while, it should be fine. Window cleaners can be made with vinegar and water, as a home remedy, and have a positive effect on the windows (continue your reading )

Clean Green Journeys is a solution in the city of Houston, Texas, that is used to help businesses reduce their waste and improve the quality in the work area for all staff employees. Green Cleaning is an amazing way to making it a positive and healthier experience for everyone involved in a business. Healthy employees, means less sick days. Better indoor environment will help prevent poor air quality, help employees have a healthy immune system, which means less sick days. Also Clean Green Journey will help improve the everyone’s level in comfort while working in (continue your reading )

In this day and age the environment’s natural resources are being depleted by overconsumption. There are too many people and not enough resources. The high price of gas and oil is a front page headline on every newspaper across the world. Societies are looking for new methods and alternatives to generate power; the use of solar and wind energy has increased over the years as communities not only seek to reduce their carbon footprints, but become less dependant on foreign imports.

The means to a greener and more sustainable life begins (continue your reading )

Out of all the drains in your house, your bathroom drain is probably the one that sees the most action and the most problems. In addition to soap and water, the bathroom sink drain has the majority of substances or objects flushed down, from hair gel and strands of hair to toothpaste to jewelry. Fortunately, the drain contains a P trap, or curve-shaped pipe, that becomes a catchall for the jewelry. Unfortunately, all the other gunk, like toothpaste, you push down that drain every day can eventually cause problems. Additionally, when the toothpaste does (continue your reading )

Baking Soda can be used for many things, baking, brushing your teeth and cleaning. It works great to get odors out of carpets or furniture that can not be washed conventionally. You can put a box of baking soda in the fridge or freeze to remove unwanted smells from left over food or the odor of a fridge or freeze that has been off for an extended period of time and left closed. You can sprinkle a small (continue your reading )

Almost everywhere you look, there are references to green living. This is a wonderful development, that over time will pay big dividends to the health of our planet. There are several things you can do that will help with this cause, and protect the future of our environment.

Consider Compost

Yes, it sounds gross, but once you get started, you will realize the benefits. Composting your leftover food can be done easily, and then reintroduced into the earth it came from. This helps the soil stay rich, and (continue your reading )