• 6 Tips for a Safe Holiday Season

    6 Tips for a Safe Holiday Season

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    After Santa’s sleigh rolled through Times Square and brought a close to the 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, it was officially time to unravel the twinkle lights and fill front yards with inflatable snow globes. For a month of joy and good cheer, here are some simple tips to keep your home and yourself safe…

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  • Winterโ€™s Green Home Maintenance Tips

    Winterโ€™s Green Home Maintenance Tips

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    If you live in an area that has avoided fallโ€™s snowfalls, consider yourself luckyโ€” lucky, because you still have time to get your house ready before winterโ€™s grasp really takes hold. If youโ€™re wondering what you need to do winter-proof your house (but still want your carbon footprint to remain a respectable size), take a…

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  • Feed the Animals: Donate Your Holiday Leftovers to the Zoo

    Feed the Animals: Donate Your Holiday Leftovers to the Zoo

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    With so much to do to prepare for Thanksgiving, you may not have a plan for your leftover food. With the whole family in town, itโ€™s easy to buy too much and end up with extra. This holiday season, instead of eating leftovers for a month or letting it go to waste, you can find…

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  • Eco-Friendly Holidays: Six Green Travel Tips

    Eco-Friendly Holidays: Six Green Travel Tips

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    As the clock struck midnight on October 31, retailers, advertisers and anyone else who stands to make a profit this holiday season began letting you know that Christmas and New Yearโ€™s are comingโ€”and fast!ย  At every turn, youโ€™ve likely seen emails, ads and billboards announcing deals on holiday travel. To get you prepared for all…

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  • 10 Facts About Remembrance Day

    10 Facts About Remembrance Day

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    On November 11, Remembrance Day, Canadians everywhere will don their poppies and proudly fly the Maple Leaf as they remember the many men and women who have served, and continue to serve, their country. Brush up on your history and find out more about this important holiday with these 10 facts about Remembrance Day. 1)…

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  • Eek-O-Friendly Halloween Tips

    Eek-O-Friendly Halloween Tips

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    Itโ€™s no surprise that Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Thereโ€™s candy, costumes, cool decorations and did we mention, candy? But itโ€™s no wonder that Halloween is generally the environmentโ€™s least favorite annual celebration, considering itโ€™s a day famous for toilet papered trees, endless candy wrappers and one-time use decorations and costumes. However, you…

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  • 5 Tips for a Green Halloween

    5 Tips for a Green Halloween

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    1. Recycle your Jack-O-Latern after the Holiday Instead of sending your pumpkin to a landfill, why not give Jack a second life as compost? If you have a yard, composting a pumpkin is incredibly easy โ€“ and fun! First, pick a sunny space in an area of your yard that isnโ€™t heavily trafficked. Here comes…

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  • Green Gadgets: The Latest and Greatest

    Green Gadgets: The Latest and Greatest

    You see them.ย  Theyโ€™re piled up in drawers and corners of your house and office.ย  All those gadgets, tech toys and appliances generally catch some heat for beingโ€ฆwellโ€ฆless than eco-friendly. They constantly and consistently hike up your energy bill and manage to expand your personal carbon footprint. ย  Then, suddenly, the next make and model…

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  • Tips for an Eco-Friendly Canadian Thanksgiving

    Tips for an Eco-Friendly Canadian Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving in Canada comes complete with dozens of traditional festivities – thereโ€™s the fall nature hikes, get-togethers with family and friends and of course, the delicious meal. This year, weโ€™d like to introduce you to a new Thanksgiving tradition: Going Green! With just a few simple tweaks to your holiday plans, youโ€™ll be saving energy…

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  • Sip Sustainable Wine: New York Eco-Friendly Wineries and Vineyards

    Sip Sustainable Wine: New York Eco-Friendly Wineries and Vineyards

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    As the leaves begin to change and the weather cools down, it’s the perfect time to take a day trip to a local winery or vineyard and taste some wine. Wineries and vineyards are located all throughout the country but the West Coast and Napa Valley are what come to most people’s minds when they…

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