Showing posts with label green. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green. Show all posts

Tuesday

Green Home Products


Green home products are products with no impact to the planet during production and when disposed. Excellent green products always decrease carbon footprints, decrease carbon emission of greenhouse gases and conserve energy. Green home products have zero toxicity or pollution.


Green home products are biodegradable and recyclable. Most eco friendly products are easy to dispose and most are made from recycled materials. Since they are made from green by products that means they have zero toxic levels.


Anyone who wants to go green should start by buying green home products so you can save the planet from all the pollution and toxins brought by using non- eco friendly products. Look at the landfills and you will see the danger we face if we do not change our lifestyle.


Remember that green home products are good for the planet and your family’s health. Why spend years buying products that will make you sick? Going green at home is very easy and valuable thing to do. Buy green products today and create a better tomorrow for everyone else.

Friday

Green Life-Deadly Danger Under The Sink

Do you know your children face incredible danger from the home cleaning products you store under the sink? Those colorful spray cleaners can be a serious temptation and sometimes deadly especially for toddlers. Remember it always happens in a blink of an eye.


Just look at the number of children treated for injuries related to house cleaning products-from 1990 to 2006 more than 267,000 reported cases of children under the age of five who received treatment for injuries from household cleaners.


Children end up in the emergency room all the time from ingesting dangerous chemicals found in household, cleaners especially bleach which is found in almost every home.


The child’s first reaction to the taste of the yucky household cleaner is taking a deep breath which sends the chemical to their lungs and that is where the chemical becomes dangerous.


Consider those brightly colored household cleaner bottles and sprays dangerous because children will confuse them for juice or something they love to eat. Spray bottles are especially dangerous because most parents forget to lock the nozzles.


The most dangerous household cleaners are those no longer in their original container so it is for the safety of your children if you can keep all cleaners in their original containers or label the spray bottles and lock them up. The brightly colored and the sweet smelling housecleaners are especially dangerous especially those that smell like lemon or any other fruit since children are likely to confuse these deadly solvents for fruit juice. Learn more about the dangers of household cleaners to your children


The toxic levels in most household cleaners is alarming, just read the side panel of your household cleaning product and you will realize you have poison in your home. The best way to avoid all these is to get home cleaning products, which are non-toxic especially if you want to enjoy living green.


Natural cleaners are always safe and incase your child does accidentally ingest them the damage will be minimal although you should always be careful with any type cleaner. Green cleaners are widely available now although you still have to buy them from reputable companies where products are never tasted on animals and are always green-Learn More

Thursday

Green Life-Ways To Help Your Children Go Green At Home And School

Children pick up information fast especially when they start school where they become increasingly aware of the wider world beyond home and the neighborhood. So teaching your children about the benefits of living green will help your understand more about the environment and the importance of eco friendly habits at home, school or in the community.


Teach your children the basics of a green lifestyle and they will not forget especially when they become responsible adults. Creating a generation, that value good healthy, excellent environment is a step towards saving the planet.


Lessons To Last A lifetime


Recycling


Teach your children from the beginning the importance of recycling by setting up a simple system with bins for glass, newspapers, metal and plastic. They can also learn to recycle for profit or charity. Also, remind your children to donate or sell toys and clothing before buying new ones. The system will help your home stay organized and your children happy.


Turn Off Water


From the beginning, teach your child to turn off the water when brushing teeth. Explain to them the importance of water conservation because wasting water means wasting energy and the natural resources.


Turn off The Lights


Teach your children the importance of turning off the lights when not in use. Also unplugging their games systems, television etc when not in use. Teaching your child these basics will lower your utility bill and you will be instilling a lifetime habit.


Teach your children these green life basics and you will set standards for the future when everyone will be more involved in protecting the environment.

Learn More about the products which are exellent for a green life

Tuesday

Green Life -Avoid Supplements Containing The Following Ingredients

The consumer report for September lists the different ingredients found in supplements and the reasons why you should avoid them.


What is Aconite?


Aconite is normally used in traditional medicine of India and China. The herb is considered hot and toxic and so it is prepared in small doses.

Aconite also known as aconiti tuber, aconitum and radix aconiti

Normally people use supplement-containing aconite to alleviate inflammation, joint pain, wounds and gout.


Any supplement containing Aconite has possible dangers of toxicity, nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, respiratory-system paralysis, heart rhythm disorders or even death. According to the latest report from the consumer reports published recently for the September edition.


The report goes on to warn about the dangers of using supplements with aconite as one of the ingredients. There are also other ingredients found in supplements that might be dangerous to your health.


Bitter Orange also known as aurantii fructus, citrus, uranium, zhi shi -the ingredients from bitter orange are suppose to help with weight loss, nasal congestion and allergies.


The possible dangers related to bitter orange are fainting, heart-rhythm disorders, heart attack, stroke or death. So if you have bitter orange in any of your supplements please read the consumer report for September.


I was concerned when I saw aconite and bitter orange because I had products with those ingredients and thank God, I never used them. I actually did not like the taste so they were in my medicine cabinet until they expired. I did not know the dangers but something told me they were nasty.

Anyway, here is the rest of the list:

Chaparral, colloidal silver, coltsfoot, comfrey, country mallow, Germanium, Greater Celandine, Kava, Lobelia and Yohimbe.


Check all your supplements for the above ingredients and go to consumerreports.org for more information. You are better of being safe than sorry.


I did switch from the products with aconite, bitter orange to some I actually like the taste, and I am happy to say they have undergone rigorous scientific tests anyway click HERE for a list of some alternatives. I also need to tell you they are natural and green so check them out and let me know what you think, you are free to email me using the form above.

Saturday

Green Life-Grow This Sugar Substitute-Stevia

What is Stevia?


Stevia is an herb that is much sweeter than sugar and almost calorie free. Stevia was grown in Paraguay and Brazil for centuries. Stevia was first introduced to the market by a Japanese food chemist but it did not gain interest until the late 1980’s.

The advantage of Stevia is that you can actually grow it with your other herbs and you will enjoy pure health because it does reduce blood sugar, blood pressure and good for your immune system. You will also gain benefits and protection from cancer, heart disease and stroke.

The large companies will soon be using Stevia to sweeten beverages and that is good news for those who are seeking healthy alternatives. I do not drink soda and I think when Stevia is finally used to sweeten soda I will go back to drinking soda for right now I am better off without the unhealthy soda.

Stevia is actually 15 times sweater than sugar yet is also healthy. So grow your own Stevia and you will not regret. Actually growing Stevia is not complicated at all as long as you buy the plant from the herb section in your local store. Do not buy the seedlings because they do not germinated well but a Stevia plant will thrive in your backyard especially if you live in Florida or California.

One other advantage you have is that Stevia has the approval of FDA as a supplement and so you should not have trouble growing and using
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Friday

Green Life-Ditch Plastic For A Fashionable Reusable Grocery Bag

Despite the call to end the use of plastic bags many stores, still bag groceries and other purchases in these wispy baggies swearing to change to reusable bags if all the customers can bring their own bags or buy their store brand reusable bags. The store brand reusable bags are expensive some going for $4.99. Why not sell them for $.99 so more people can start using them.



It is not only grocery stores of course. Those petroleum-based bags have become so prevalent; US consumers alone throw away 100 billion plastic bags a year. Can you imagine what this is doing to our planet?



Actually, you can make your own reusable bag using old t-shirts, tablecloths, shredded plastic bags or even crochet/knit your very own.



You can watch Martha Steward for inspiration on how to make you own reusable bag. The idea is to start so in the end we will reach the goal of making sure no plastic bag will affect the marine wildlife ever again. Remember experts estimate 100,000 marine creatures die every year after ingesting bits of plastic bags.



You can also buy simple fabrics from Wal Mart and if you can use a sewing machine great otherwise you can just saw them by hand. Very easy and this can be a great project for your kids. The most important is to get started and together we can solve the problem who plastic bags everyone. Good for you, good for me and the planet.