by Marina Hanes

Eco-friendly Gift Giving

Even though the holidays are behind us, you still have to think about the gift giving events that are coming up. Mother’s Day is in May, and you might start receiving invitations to bridal and baby showers, birthdays, graduations, etc. What are you going to use to wrap all of those presents? According to the Sierra Club, if every family in the U.S. wrapped at least three gifts in reused materials, 45,000 football fields could be covered with the paper that was saved. Fabric Wrapper creates eco-friendly gift bags, wrapping paper and other products from reusable fabric material. Plus, 1% from every purchase is donated to environmental organizations. See fabricwrapper.com.
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by Marina Hanes

Groove into Green

So you have celebrated the New Year, now what are you going to do to improve your life? First, check out Groovy Green for some ideas. This site was originally created to shed light on some of the environmental issues in Ithaca, New York. However, this site now covers national and international news and discussions on sustainable living and renewable energy. With January being all about New Year resolutions, check out this site so you can learn how to compost or start your own garden. The site is full of pictures and videos that will guide you in your green projects.
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British model, Keeley Hazell is not only gorgeous, but she’s eco-friendly too.  Keeley just helped the Sun Newspaper give away over 4 million energy saving lightbulbs and the model is a staunch activist for saving the planet with more eco-friendly practices.  She also finds time to model Green bikinis too.
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I think by now we all know that cell phones work by involving radio waves “made up of electromagnetic radiation propagated by the antenna.” Logically, this has raised many questions regarding potential health risks to cell phone users.

While no one has a concrete answer on how to Green our much needed cell phones, there is now an earth friendly answer to recharging them which goes by the name of the Solio Solar Charger. These green chargers give you unlimited power because it uses the always available renewable resource of the sun to power your electronic devices from cell phones to GPS systems. The Solio is also considered a hybrid, accepting power from either the wall socket or the sun, storing this energy within Solio’s internal rechargeable battery. Solio then uses this energy to power your gadgets at the same rate as if they were plugged into the wall. Last, but not least, the Solio is designed to hold it’s power up ton one full year. Talk about fun in the sun!

This eco-friendly charger will run you about $119.99, plus tax and shipping. If your interested in picking up one of these Green Gadgets, you can check them out here.

Green-Zen.com

The phrase “green air conditioning” is one of the most ironic statements I have ever made. However, one cannot expect to live comfortably during the summer months without it.  Now that we are in August, one of the hottest summer months, I though I would post some tips on how to save the planet while still cranking up the AC. Try a setting 10 degrees cooler than the day’s high temperature. You’ll save 3 percent on energy costs for every degree raised over 72 degrees. Or raise the temperature setting even more and turn on a fan. And be sure to draw the blinds and curtains during the sunniest and warmest times of day.