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• Congratulations to Our August Green Giveaway Winner - The winner of the fabulous HYmini solar and wind powered charging system was Katie (AKA: Showbizkp!) Her wonderful freebie will be in the mail shortly. We would like to thank everyone who entered our August green giveaway, stay tuned for our September giveaway which will start shortly. P.S. For all those who entered the contest [...]
• Reclaimed Precious Metal Jewelry by DeAnna Cochran – Stunningly Eco Friendly! - I recently had the pleasure of interviewing an amazing local artist, DeAnna Cochran, who specializes in crafting gold, silver and bronze jewelry. At first glance her jewelry is visually stunning and very unique but don’t be fooled by the pretty looks, there is a complex and very clever process that goes into making her artwork; [...]
• Enter Our August Green Giveaway – Win a Fabulous HYmini Deluxe - This month we are giving away a fabulous solar and wind power combination charging system which straps to your bicycle to provide totally green and portable power for recharging your gadgets on the move. The HYmini Deluxe pack includes a wind-powered charger plus a mini Solar Panel attachment so you can catch some rays as [...]
• Shout Out to the Green Genius Company! - We wrote back in February about a wonderful group of individuals committed to changing the way we look at plastic bags. Our article was about the biodegradable trash bags that the Green Genius Company makes. The Green Genius Company makes a wide range of biodegradable plastic bags and has recently introduced biodegradable food storage bags [...]
• Mobile Phone Recycling – How the Process Works - Before we delve into how we can recycle mobile phones and where they go after they have been recycled, it is worth taking a few seconds to ponder the positive green effect that the act of recycling has on the environment, both immediate and cumulatively over time. Consider your old mobile phone being tossed into [...]
• High Acidity Soil Improving Our Garden! - Our front yard has lots of thriving plants, mainly roses and bushes of various types, but we noticed that the plants in an area next to our driveway had been struggling. Last year we planted five large Rhododendron bushes and four Hydrangeas. Our wonderful Mom suggested that the soil might not be acidic enough for [...]
• Method Smarty Dish – Greener and Cleaner Dishwashing! - I have experimented with several different phosphate free and bleach free dish-washing liquids but none of them really got our dishes clean. Most of the phosphate free liquids left a white powdery residue on our dishes, especially on glasses and pots / pans. Needless to say I was keen on finding a solution to getting [...]
• Go Green, Get Paid, Mobile Phone Recycling! - If your household is anything like ours then you will likely have several old cell phones lying around in a virtual technology graveyard. We have two LG shines collecting dust due to our insatiable love of the iPhone! I have seen lots o f places where you can drop off used cell phones in a [...]
• Prairie Turbines Making Wind Power Affordable - I haven’t posted for a long time so I felt that this weekend should be somewhat of a catchup session for my green blogging! A discussion around the coffee pot at work led me to today’s post topic, a company called Prairie Turbines was recommended to me by a colleague and after researching their products [...]
• Earth Day 2010 – How Are You Celebrating? - Earth Day 2010 is almost here and we wanted to know how our readers will be celebrating? The Our Everyday Earth team will be going green this Earth Day by switching off all of our electricity consuming items at home for an hour and then eating an all organic meal made from locally grown produce. [...]