3 Tips to Get Comfortable Riding Your Bike to Work

  Leaving your car behind and riding a bike instead is a great way to reduce pollution, while saving money and staying fit at the same time. If you have have a relatively short commute, consider replacing your seatbelt with a helmet. You may be thinking that when you’re dressed up in your business suit, […]

5 Tips for Increasing Personal Environmental Motivation, from Visiting Botanical Gardens to Reading Sci-Fi

There are many ways to help the environment. For example, we’ve written extensively about reducing pollution and promoting community activities that will raise eco-awareness. From collecting money for Greenpeace to getting a compost bin, there are many options. Often, the only thing that stops people from getting out there and DOING something is lack of […]

Three Ways to Help the Environment with Your Morning Cup of Joe

Recently we discussed ecofriendly disposal of coffee grounds. Here are some more ways that your caffeine fix can have a conscience: 1. Get rid of the disposable paper cup! Although paper beats styrofoam, most mainstream disposable coffee cups are still no good. Nina Spitzer writes, “Most paper cups have a thin coating of polyethylene resin […]

Sneaky Little Tricks to Help Save the Environment

Image by natdiaz (Flickr). Are these tricks sneaky? Yes. Are they little? Certainly. Will they help you save the environment? Absolutely! So does it matter that they are sneaky and little? Nope. What matters is that these are things that you can do no matter who you are or where you are. All you need […]