Are Wood Burning Stoves Ecologically Sound?

Wanting to get away from using fossil fuels to heat your home is certainly a good idea. The high cost of fossil fuels, plus the idea of using a non-renewable energy source to warm your home is unattractive, so finding viable alternatives such as heating with wood can be a good idea – if it’s done... Read More

Can’t Afford Organic?

For many, the desire to eat organic is squelched by the lack of ability to pay higher prices for organic foods. This is a terrible situation to be in – choosing between what you can afford and what is more healthy. So what should you do if you find that you cannot afford to have only organic foods... Read More

Disposing of Hazardous Household Chemicals

Even green households sometimes have something hazardous lying around. Motor oil from your latest oil change, leftover oil based paint, coolant, brake fluid, even car batteries. It only takes one gallon of improperly disposed of oil to contaminate a million gallons of groundwater! That’s why it’s... Read More

The Impact of Wind Power

Whoof, whoof, whoof. It’s a very low frequency sound, similar to the sound of waves hitting the shore. Steady as a heartbeat, maybe increasing or decreasing now and then. Other than that, there’s not much to hear. This is the sound of a wind turbine – Those huge behemoth windmills that collect... Read More

Desalination to Create Fresh Water

The growing scarcity of fresh water around the world is becoming a bigger and bigger concern with each passing year. More than one billion people living in arid countries are already feeling the effects of fresh water shortages, and even in the U.S. worries about lack of fresh water in certain areas.... Read More

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