For people who use real Christmas trees, the question comes up each year—should they switch to artificial? Our general rule is that reusable is better than disposable, but in this case, it’s not that simple.
The consensus (based on at least one peer-reviewed study) is that real trees are the way to go.
From Canada comes the rather amazing story of Cansolair, a company that reuses soda cans to make solar panels. Once installed, this soda/solar unit can provide up to 30% of the heating for your house. All this in the cloudy, foggy Labrador region. All without adding another CO2 particle to the environment. Maybe Coke knew it was onto something when they introduced this new flavor last year.
Check out this video to see how it’s done.
The World Environmental Organization has made available a recycling database that provides advice on how to extend the life of pretty much any household item you can think of. Given our economic circumstances, this could be useful for saving more than the environment.…
Eco-friendly moving? According to the New York Times, it’s already here. Best of all, you won’t have all those UHaul Boxes making your new place look like a warehouse for the next year or so.
They also stack a lot better than the random boxes you get from the local liquor store.
For those of you in the Boston area, check out Rentacrate, located in Waltham, MA. For everyone else, go to GreenMovers.com to see if there’s an ec0-friendly moving company near you.
