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Green Air Freshener Ideas [Infographic]

June 29July 6Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged air freshener, baking soda, candles, cloves, coffee, diy, essential oils, green, lemon, oranges, palm tree, potpurri, vinegar, vodkaLeave a comment

by the team at Chadwicks

A fragrant home is a happy home so rethink how you tackle the stink – commercial air fresheners are full of chemicals. Instead, go green and make your own natural air fresheners with a few of these easy alternatives.

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Reuse the Banana Peels [Infographic]

June 10June 10Posted in FoodTagged bananas, compost, eco, fertilizer, food, green, Health, peels, polish, reduce, repurpose, reuse, tips, vinegar, Waste2 Comments

by Sustainable America

Have you ever thought about where all those discarded peels end up? Yep, with the rest of the trash at the landfill, where they produce methane gas, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide, as they rot. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, uneaten food accounts for 20% of methane emissions, which are a major contributor to global warming.

As it turns out, those peels don’t have to be trash. Eating the cooked peel along with the banana’s flesh is common in many Asian recipes, and as we peeled away the information, we found lots of other fantastic ways to use banana peels, from fertilizing tomato plants to making banana vinegar, as well as tips on helping bananas stay fresh and using overripe bananas. Here’s a handy infographic with all the ideas. Help us protect the peels!

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All-Natural Kitchen Tips [Infographic]

March 13April 1Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged baking soda, clean, cleaning, dirty, easy, food, hacks, kitchen, natural, odorless, simple, smelly, store, tips, tricks, vinegar4 Comments

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Cost-Efficient Ways to make your Home more Eco-Friendly [Infographic]

February 20March 27Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged aerosol, air quality, air-dry, airlfow, alternative, appliances, avoid, bake, bamboo, bath, bathroom, bedroom, big difference, blinds, bugs, bulbs, carbon footprint, carpets, ceramic, cfl, chemicals, clean, clothes, coffee, cold, compost, concentrated, conventional oven, cookware, cool, cost, cuddle, daylight, detergent, dishwash, eco, eco friendly, efficient, energy, energy star, energy-efficient, environmentally, essential oils, extension leads, fertilizer, fire pit, fix, flush, food, full load, garden, generate, glass, green, grow, heater, Home, homemade, houseplants, kitchen, laundry, leaks, light, living room, logs, low energy, low-flow, mattress, microwave, money, multitask, native landscaping, non-toxic, open, organic, paints, pesticide, plant, polyester, pre-rinsing, razor, recycled, reduce, refrigerator, repurpose, responsible, roast, room, save the earth, sawdust, scents, scraps, shave, showerhead, silicone, small things, soap nuts, spider plant, standby, sunlight, tap, temperature, thermostat, tips, toilet, toilet paper, transport, turn off, tv, unplug, vinegar, warm up, warmth, wash, water, ways, windows, winter, wood, woolLeave a comment

Originally Published on Huffington Post

Let’s face it: Reducing your home’s negative impact on the planet will likely require a huge amount of work.

But solar panels and temperature-regulating walls aren’t the only ways to help your household adopt more eco-friendly practices. There are a ton of easy — and fun — ways to conserve energy.

Luckily for us, UK-based magazine Good To Be Home has some clever ideas on other ways to do it.