Green Living

Storing Food the Green Way Food storage is a top priority for everyone who loves home cooking. It is also a thing of concern for those who love to buy food,mostly in large quantities, perhaps to serve them for a week or a month. Knowing the right way to store food will bring about the…

How To Cut Down On Water Consumption   Water dominates our ecosphere. It occupies up to 70% of the Earth [1]. Yet, much of it is not usable. We need clean water to survive as living beings, as well as sustain our environment. Water makes it possible for human activities to occur and this makes…

Home Insulating 101 Insulation helps protect the home against adverse weather conditions, especially in regions where the climate is colder. It is also important in reducing energy bills as insulation offers a non-electric method of retaining heat inside your home. However, it is possible to over insulate and under insulate your home. The benefit of…

Food Packaging – How to Reduce Waste Food packaging contributes significantly to the domestic waste we produce. This domestic waste includes all types of plastic, foam, glass containers, and cardboard boxes.   Several stores still use plastic bags to package their food items when there are eco-friendly alternatives like the use of paper bags or…

Energy Saving Habits to Develop We’re often inefficient in our electricity consumption and may see saving energy as an expensive and time-consuming strategy. We could be wasting energy unintentionally and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions [2]. Energy-saving should be a lifestyle, everyone should adjust to the habit of switching off appliances, light bulbs, and fans…

Eco-Friendly Shopping Tips Whether for essentials or personal indulgences, we all need to shop from time to time. When shopping, just a few people put the environment into consideration, which shouldn’t be so. The use of plastic shopping bags is the order of the day, and this contributes to the plastics we see everywhere. Plastics…

Eco Green Living Tips for Beginners We can all choose to live sustainably for an indefinite period. Without contributing to the damage of our environment, and without depleting its resources. Green living aims to achieve a healthy environment by making green decisions when it comes to our everyday living. What do we purchase? What do…

Composting 101 Composting can significantly reduce the amount of wasted food that is thrown away [1]. It is one of the most important alternatives for organic waste. It can be used for the recycling of garbage into useful products and it is also used to overcome the increase of waste.   Composting means the degradation…

5 Easy to Grow Herbs Growing a herb garden is the perfect place to start if you are new to gardening. You can plant several herb types with different purposes such as homemade skincare products [1], aromatherapy, teas, and majorly cooking. A touch of fresh rosemary or basil on your veggies, pasta, and roasted meat…

5 Efficient New Sources of Energy Our world is experiencing a growing need for energy. This is due to the everyday invention of new technologies and equipment that need energy to function and better the human standard of living. Also, the ever-increasing population size of the world has pushed energy demand to its limits. There…