Sustainable News

Are you looking for eco-friendly jobs or the latest green news on travel, architecture, cars, fashion and beauty? Tree Hugger is a comprehensive green site that can help you get informed on the environmental issues you care about. You can also look into the lives of other environmentalists by watching some video eco-tips. Tree Hugger’s readers have sent in videos showing their green habits and green hacks (renovations). You can learn how to make recycled paper, how to teach children to compost and various other ways to be more sustainable.

Climate Change Awareness

Sometimes it can be difficult to encourage your children to be eco-friendly, especially when they are resistant to do their chores. However, the EPA Climate Change is a kid friendly site that makes environmental issues fun and easy to understand. Basic concepts of weather are described such as the greenhouse effect, and animated illustrations provide a visual aid. You and your child can also take quizzes or play games such as Word Search, Hangman, Concentrate, Crossword Puzzle and Checkers. Links to additional sources are provided, so your child can complete activity books or play more interactive games.

Ecology TV and Radio

Relaxing in front of the television can give you a needed break after a long day of work, but do you really learn anything important from the reality and game shows? At least watch some television or listen to radio that makes a difference. Ecology Global Network is an entertaining and informative medium where you can your daily dose of green. For example, do you know how your belongings are made and where they go when you are done with them? Check out the “Story of Stuff” with Annie Leonard and maybe you will think twice about your consumption.

Carpet Recycling

Making renovations to your home has the potential to become an intensive and frustrating process. When you make changes, not only do you have to buy new materials, but you also have to deal with the old materials you no longer need. If you are ripping out your carpet or switching it out for a new one, consider recycling it instead of discarding it. Carpet America Recovery Effort is dedicated to recycling and reusing post-consumer carpet. You can find a Carpet Reclamation Partner in your area by clicking on their interactive map. Also, if you know the number of square yards of carpet you want to recover, you can type it in the calculator and find out how much oil and energy went into making your carpet.