Overwhelmed by Energy Saving Options? Start Small!
| November 25, 2011 | Posted by Phila under CFLs, energy conservation, energy efficiency, energy-efficient lighting, go green, going green, how to go green, light bulbs, petroleum, save energy, save oil |
When you’re just starting to look at cutting down those skyrocketing energy bills, it’s easy to get overwhelmed — where to begin? What’s most important? And specifically, how can you get the best return on your investment? It’s tempting to go for the big, noticeable things — the new windows, the new roof, the new… more
$10 off $25 Order @ Our New Green Irene E-Store!
Fresh Green Image is now relaunching our Green Irene e-commerce store with new green products for families and businesses! Just click the My Green Store button at right and explore our top-of-the-line products designed to help you live a healthier, more sustainable life. We’ve added hundreds of new products and created a great new e-commerce experience,… more
Spring Rain Has You Soggy & Waterlogged?
Save It for a Sunny Day!
When spring rains are beating against your windows and gully-washing down the street, you probably don’t see all that water as a treasure that you should save. But the truth is - all that water is heading directly into your neighborhood’s storm sewers, washing off precious topsoil nutrients (or expensive fertilizer, seed and other spring… more
Guest Blogger — Green Your Printing & Save Green
While my nearly-paperless office uses a high-quality inkjet for my small printing needs, I have friends who routinely spend hundreds of dollars for new laser toner cartridges. Sure, the output may be measured in thousands (or tens of thousands) of pages, but the cost of the cartridges is.…well, steep! It’s steep for the earth as… more
Raising Cash with Dead Pens
As a writer, I’m pretty particular about my pens. They’ve got to have the right feel, the right heft, the right balancing…they need to be ever-ready with the right flow of ink, with no blotting or fruitless looping before a mark appears. And they must — repeat MUST — be refillable. I have working pens… more
Do You Buy Green to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
| February 15, 2010 | Posted by Phila under buy green, carbon footprint, global warming |
I’m doing something a little different today…and I need your help. Just yesterday, I read an article on Treehugger.com about the ongoing debate: whether “greens focus too much on climate change.” After all, consuming less energy and water, saving natural resources for coming generations, living in clean, non-toxic indoor environments, and not littering the world with… more
Is the Air in Your House Worse than Smog?
| February 12, 2010 | Posted by Phila under clean air, indoor air |
That’s a pretty outrageous question to ask — after all, most of us spend a good bit of time and money on cleansers, disinfectants, air fresheners, etc., etc.! And that’s just the problem. With 80,000 chemical compounds in common commercial use, from rugs and cabinets to personal care products to household cleansers, our indoor air is… more
How to Compost in a Blizzard
| February 10, 2010 | Posted by Phila under compost, reduce reuse recycle |
So you’ve prepared a comforting, nourishing, eco-friendly veggie stew to warm you down to your toes while the blizzard howls outside, and the time’s come to dispose of the peelings and trimmings. What to do? You go to the window and peer through the white-out, trying to see the dome of snow on top of your… more
Green Candles and Guest Bloggers
| February 2, 2010 | Posted by Phila under buy green, clean air, eco friendly gifts, eco gifts, go green, going green, green gifts, green lifestyle, greening, indoor air, phthalates |
One of the wonderful things about the green business community is that, well, it is a community, sharing many of the same goals, values and certainly the same overriding mission: to care for and protect the Earth. In that community spirit, you’ll often find green businesses joining forces and collaborating in mutual support…as someone said,… more
Beware BPA Exposure, Says the FDA (At Last!)
| January 18, 2010 | Posted by Phila under Bisphenol A, bpa-free, buy green, clean water, eco friendly gifts, eco gifts, go green, going green, green gifts, Green Irene, greening, how to go green, reduce reuse recycle, safe sippy cup, safe water bottles, sigg |
Why does this look to me like another (obvious) argument against letting an industry self-regulate and self-test? Today, Lindsay Layton of the Washington Post revealed that after years of rumblings from the scientific, medical and public health communities, the FDA has finally expressed concerns that perhaps Bisphenol A — the chemical compound used to harden… more








