Need another reason to have a leftover meal of turkey and stuffing?
Over 40% of food produced in America is not eaten.
Fossil fuels are used to fertilize, harvest and process much of the food we eat. Ample gas is spent transporting food from processor to manufacturer.
Help lessen the impact by
It’s no secret that ‘organic’ just sounds better. Many people easily make the transition to buying organic produce, but we often get asked what’s really the payoff to switching to less-obvious organic products?
Let’s take wine for example (after all the holidays are coming up and for some that means ‘social lubrication’ is on the incline!)
What makes organic wine special?
Eco-friendly products have flooded the market – which is great to see! Unfortunately, you have to be aware of possible impostors – some supposedly green products have a more damaging carbon footprint than a simpler, non-green branded product. How can you tell if a product is really green or if it’s just marketing?
This Sincerely Sustainable blog post shows the ANDREA air filter as a green imposter. While the intentions of ANDREA are good – transforming plants into air cleaners – there’s a huge carbon footprint from creating this gadget (between sourcing, transportation and creating the manufacture and sale).
A better alternative than ANDREA? Mother nature’s “houseplant” – A novel concept, and it costs about $197 less than the $200 price tag.
Other ‘green’ marketing scams & questionable companies include:
Are solar panels feasible for the common homeowner? This week our guest blogger, Clayton Bedwell, shares his industry knowledge on how to calculate financial incentives for solar installations.
Over the last decade, growing concern over global warming has pushed federal, state, and local governments to legislatively encourage the implementation of clean and renewable energy sources. Pennsylvania – the Saudi Arabia of coal & natural gas – currently touts some of the most aggressive solar incentives in the country. However, these incentives won’t stick around forever and aren’t completely straightforward. Below are a few State and Federal incentives currently available – and how to easily calculate them.
