Articles tagged “Outdoors”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Turn the A/C Off in Your Car Before You Get There By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Jul 11 2008 Here's a tip that few people know. It's a way to save a little bit of gas money, and reduce pollution a bit. It's a small contribution, but it all adds up. + READ MORE

Green Your Summer: 7 Unusual Tips By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 10 2008 Now that we've launched our guide for How to Go Green: Summer, we got to thinking: what other kinds of green summer fun can we have? Here are some tips that range from fun to challenging to just plain wacky. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Simple Scouring Scrub By Leslie Billera IN Home & Garden Jul 9 2008 Everything you need to make this all-natural, mildly abrasive scouring scrub is most likely already in your kitchen. Made with baking soda, vinegar and 10-12 drops of your favorite essential oil blend (to offset the vinegar smell), this ?recipe? comes from green living expert Laura Klein of OrganicAuthority.com. + READ MORE

Green Your Yard, Part 4: Eco-Friendly Accessories for the Perfect Organic Lawn By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 7 2008 The summer season unfailingly brings a few wonderful things to mind--beaches, backyards, and barbecues. With so many social engagements happening outdoors, shouldn't the green living ideas you apply to your home extend into your backyard oasis? Naturally, you'll want it to be both easy on the eyes and the earth. To that, we've rounded up the perfect tools and accessories for a super summer yard. + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Camping Trip By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 4 2008 The Great Outdoors: It's still there, lurking at the edge of our cities, and every now and then, we load up coolers and cars and venture out to spend the night, roasting hot dogs and marshmallows. We sing songs and tell tales of phantom hitchhikers. It is usually a good time. + READ MORE

Green Your Workout! By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 3 2008 We all know that exercise is a crucial part of a healthy lifestyle, but as we saw on the G Word recently, not all exercise is eco-friendly.Consuming tons of power with your treadmill or using bicycles that COULD have been constructed out of materials that are more green are not the best exercise choices when it comes... + READ MORE

The Eco-Friendly Fisherman By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2008 Fishing is a time-honored method of obtaining food. Since the dawn of history, every civilization has had its own rituals and techniques for capturing and ingesting our piscine friends. People still fish in these modern times but mostly for relaxation. + READ MORE

Going Geothermal: Electric Geysers? By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2008 Greensburg is going through all sorts of changes in its pursuit of green.Supporters of harnessing geothermal energy believe that it could be a far more powerful source than wind and solar power combined.Basically, the idea hinges on drilling down in geyser-loaded locales in order to power electrical generators with heat + READ MORE

Deserts Have Ecosystems Too, You Know By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2008 When we think of the desert, we think of a sandy, waterless environment where the sun blazes without mercy.I would love to come out and say that off-roading is totally sweet and harmless to the environment and that all the nay-sayers are just jealous because they don't have an awesome bike. + READ MORE

Green Your Yard, Part 2: Rethinking the Backyard By Mairi Beautyman IN Home & Garden Jun 27 2008 A massive carpet of lush green grass covering the back forty is as American as apple pie. But what's the price of a conventionally treated (read: chemically assisted) lawn? And is it possible to sprout a piece of eco-conscious turf that will have the neighbors calling over the fence for your secrets? To find out, we sat down with landscape architect Richard Pete, founder of the design-build firm R.H. Pete Associates Landscape Architects in Vermont. As the previous owner of an organic lawn-care company and a board member of the Composting Association of Vermont, Pete knows all about the goods that get lawns truly green. + READ MORE

Green Your Barbeque: Choosing Between Charcoal and Gas By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 26 2008 With summer now in full swing, many of us are heading outside to do a little cooking by fire. Barbeque season has arrived, and with it, the decision about how to do it in the greenest way possible. Step 1: choosing the greenest fuel. + READ MORE

Wa$ted Episode: Everybody Gets a Car! By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Episodes Jun 26 2008 From fuel costs to lights on 24/7, the Zeller family's waste starkly contrasts with their house. On the outside, their house looks like a grandiose castle Manor, but inside, their medieval wasteful habits need a makeover. Checkout the Planet Green... + READ MORE

How to Green Your Kids Summer Camp, Part 1 By Lynda Fassa IN Home & Garden Jun 23 2008 Well, this is the week my kids have been waiting for--in the words of the great Alice Cooper "School's out for Summer!" But after two or three weeks of lolling about the house, catching fireflies in the backyard at dusk, and a few easy going play-dates, my kids (and my sanity) will need a little more structure in their days. That's why I, like so many other parents, send my kids to summer camp. + READ MORE

World's Greenest Homes Episode: Shaw By Team Planet Green IN Worlds Greenest Homes Jun 23 2008 Just outside of Aspen, Colorado, where the rich and famous come to play, Host Emmanuel Belliveau visits a 7-thousand square foot home with a small carbon footprint. World's Greenest Homes takes a tour of a home in a Boston suburb... + READ MORE

Solar Power in Strange Places By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Jun 13 2008 The sustainable building practices shown in Greensburg are undoubtedly innovative, but what you see on the show is just the tip of the green technology iceberg. Take solar power, for example - we can now use it in our everyday lives in some pretty extraordinary and surprising ways. These five solar powered products are fine examples of the ever-expanding frontier of green technology: + READ MORE

6 Small Changes That Make a Big Difference By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 13 2008 These are six small changes to add to your daily routine which prove that without much effort at all you can go green!If you live in an area that doesn't receive much sunlight, choose to buy compact fluorescent light bulbs. + READ MORE

Keeping it Green in the City By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Jun 13 2008 On Greensburg, the residents head to Chicago in their quest for green knowledge. And though the big city seems to have nothing in common with Greensburg, urbanites can make a difference in going green, too. They just have to find some new and different ways to stay green - along with doing much of the same. + READ MORE

5 Health Benefits of Green Energy Sources By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 13 2008 There is another very important reason for our search for green energy. Our health - both our own and that of those around us, including plants and animals. Today we are going to set aside gas consumption, energy efficiency, and production waste, and remind ourselves of the health benefits in using green energy + READ MORE

Groom AND GREEN your pet! By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 10 2008 Wa$ted shows you how to compost the leftovers, your spouse or roommate is busy shopping for energy-efficient appliances, and the kids are recycling like champs. Now it's time to get your fido or feline in on the action + READ MORE

Go Green With Your Sunscreen By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 6 2008 It's time to replenish sunscreen supplies for those upcoming beach junkets, mountain hikes, and lazy days by the pool.With more than 1 million cases of skin cancer being diagnosed in the U.S. each year, it is important to wear sunscreen even on cloudy days and while indoors since UVA rays can penetrate glass. + READ MORE