Green Your Packaging Routine
Packaging tends to be very wasteful when you think of the oversized cardboard boxes, plastic tape, packing peanuts and bubble wrapping…not to mention the wrapping paper, bows and ribbons if you are sending a gi...
Setting Up a Recycling System in Your Office
Offices go through tons of paper, plastic bottles, ink cartridges, and pens, and lots of office equipment ends up in the land field when no longer needed. Setting up a recycling system at your company can help ...
White-Nose Syndrome: Why It’s Killing Bats
By TreeLiving Bats in the United States are under threat from a lethal fungus. White-nose syndrome is killing native bats in their millions, with five and half million casualties to date. The epidemic is spre...
What is Car Sharing?
By TreeLiving Staff What do most cars do all day? The answer is that they sit around doing nothing, waiting for their owners/drivers to get back. That’s harmless enough – at least a parked car isn’t guzzling ...
What is a Smart Meter?
By TreeLiving Technology that has damaging environmental effects has been a major cause of some of the ecological problems we face today. But eco tech solutions c (more…)...
How to Make Your Cell Phone Last
By TreeLiving These days the cell phone is more than just a basic phone. It’s a mini-computer, organizer and even a tiny games console. Making sure they are well looked after is the smart thing to do, not onl...
What is a Gluten-free Diet?
By TreeLiving We all know that eating healthy food, with lots of fruit and vegetables, is one of the secrets of wellbeing and longevity. But what constitutes healthy food seems to keep changing, with both new...
June 22, 2012: Take Your Dog To Work Day
By TreeLiving It’s ‘Take Your Dog to Work Day’ on Friday June 22nd and what a great idea it is, too. The inspiration for this ground-breaking workplace innovation builds on a study that showed the positive eff...
Why Plastic Shopping Bags are Bad
There are some environmental issues that are controversial, and others that are pretty much clear-cut. The ecological impact of plastic bags is one of the latter. (more…)...
Green Summer Ideas for the Whole Family
By TreeLiving Summer is a great time to be green and make the most of the beautiful outdoors. Green summer activities are healthy and fun for the whole family, and will help kids appreciate the beauty and wond...