Living green doesn’t have to be about massive changes that make you miserable or doing without things that you love. In fact, when you live greener, you live an essentially healthier, happier life. Here is a very long list of ways in which you can make small, incremental changes to your life that make a huge impact on the environment. Our 2014 challenge to you is to adopt at least one every month. Two would be better, and three would be just awesome!
'Tis the time of year when we are thinking about trimming the tree and decking the halls with, well whatever grabs your fancy. But instead of cluttering the house (and dropping a lot of cash in the process) with over-the-top Christmas decorations, why not celebrate the holiday in a more basic, elegant yet eco-friendly manner? Here are some points to consider:
Grab your kids, classmates or colleagues and create your own upcycled or recycled Christmas tree, post a picture to our Facebook and the entry with the most likes will win a free Aquafarm Aquaponics kit.
Green living made easy with harvest-time cocktails just for you. Share your garden harvests with friends with these DIY organic cocktails. Serve in upcycled mason jar cocktail glasses to maximize badassery.
Win a cool upcycled karate belt: Greenmoxie turns their green karate belt into a cool upcycled belt for you to win. Win the belt and you win half of Nikki's ninja powers too!
To test the capacity of the Prius V hybrid, we decided to see how many Humber College sustainability students we could cram into the car and still drive around. The students had just completed their three year course in sustainable energy and building technology at the Humber College campus in Toronto.