Posts by Chris Garner

The typical energy resources currently in use include non-renewable sources that will not last forever. In fact, we have already used up a large percentage of the earth’s non-replenishing resources. This is having a profound destructive effect on not only our economy, but the environment. However, recent research has increased the interest in lower-cost renewable…

By their very definition, sustainable communities are cities that have purposely been designed to be healthy and resilient environmentally, economically and socially. Instead of focusing on fixing the issues one at a time, these cities evaluate the commonalities of the problems and offer integrated solutions. By using this approach, they can address today’s issues while…

Due to the impending environmental crisis, manufacturers across the globe are using new ways to create consumer products. Sustainable products are made using cleaner production methods, renewable energy and come in environmentally-friendly packaging. Most products are made from recycled materials and can be recycled themselves at the end of their life cycles. All these efforts…

Reduce, reuse and recycle — This is basically the key to an eco-friendly, cleaner and more sustainable environment. The fact is, this approach is simply not adopted by many people and this really is the primary reason why our environment is in the state it’s in today. One of the top environmental troubles today is…

This is usually a wise decision to have the correct landscaping design in your house. A residential building cannot become a home if it’s improperly decorated using the right combination of shrubs, flowers and decorative plants. Now, you just cannot allow plants in your garden appear like a shrub. There is really a world of…

Spring cleaning dates back to a time when homemakers would carry everything outside of the house when the weather conditions turned bearable. Rugs as well as cushions were beat out to get rid of the dirt that accumulated. The inside of the home was swept and also mopped getting rid of the dust and germs…