Are you smarter than a light bulb? If you’re using ENERGY STAR certified LEDs, congratulations! You are!! You can prove it by sharing a photo of your best LED moment on Facebook or Twitter using the #LightTheMoment hashtag. #LightTheMoment If you’re not using ENERGY STAR certified LEDs, well…the light bulb might win. That may sound […]
At Big Green Purse, we encourage consumers to shift their spending to the greenest products and services available. But another great way to use our marketplace clout is by creating our OWN green businesses. Here are 5 green business opportunities you probably never thought of but could be perfect for you if you want to […]
Hurricane Harvey has wrecked gasoline refineries all along the Texas coast, sending prices at the pump soaring to a two-year high. Higher gas prices will rule at least for the next couple of weeks, and possibly longer: we’re heading into the worst of the hurricane season now, so depending on where the storms make landfall, […]
535views Do you buy organic, sustainably grown food for yourself – but not give sustainability much thought when it comes to what you feed your pet? Annamaet Petfoods wants to change your thinking. They’ve launched “Annamaet Sustain” so your dog and cat can eat sustainable pet food without taking a toll on the planet. We’re […]
Hurricane Harvey offered a grim reminder that there are still two months left in the official hurricane season. But when hurricane season ends, there could still be tornadoes, fires, blizzards and other extreme weather events. For the next few posts, I’m going to provide lists of and links to eco friendly emergency supplies that I […]
Hurricane Harvey is not featured in Al Gore’s important new film, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” Ten years ago, when the Nobel Prize winner made “An Inconvenient Truth,” his first movie about climate change, a storm the size of Harvey was still theoretical. And there still seemed to be time to reverse the catastrophic […]
The environment is under assault in many ways, but one of the worst is the attacks on the planet at the federal level. The president of the U.S. opposes measures to stop climate change. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back laws that protect clean air and water and limit our […]
It’s a common misconception that you don’t need to worry about the air you breathe unless you’re outside. Smog, carbon monoxide, ozone, and polluting particles sometimes make it difficult to breathe outdoors. However, the air INSIDE our homes can be even more dangerous to breathe. That’s because the chemicals we use in our homes can […]
