Paperless Bills

I have noticed that banks and other companies are going green by using estatements. It is a very good idea if you are trying to go green to turn to paperless bills. Honestly, paperless bills make life a lot easier, at least it is for me.

Lesson That Can Be Learned

The little time that I have spent creating this blog I have realized there are many valuable lessons that can be taught not only to ourselves but to our kids. If we start now and raise our kids we will instill in them the foundation needed to turn this country around and protect our enviroment. Going Green needs to start in the homes of all U.S. citzens. Our country is the big brother to all other countries and if we will start and show the rest of the world, they will follow as well.

Recycling Centers

My wife and I spent a year in Oregon going to school. One thing that I noticed the most was all the recycling centers at every grocery store. They were set up so you could receive money for cans, glass, paper, etc. Recyclingsupercite.com is a site where you can recycle all different types of electronic equipment.

My father taught me a good lesson growing up. My family and I are avid Coke drinkers. After each Coke we finished we took it to the black sack on the back porch. Every other month we would take the aluminum cans to the recycling center to get money. My brothers and I all learned a valuable lesson on recycling and saving money.

Benefits of Green Batteries

Lithium-ion batteries are rechargeable batteries mostly used for consumer electronics. These batteries are long lasting and do not have to be thrown away like regular batteries.
Lithium-ion batteries are low-maintenance. No priming is necessary for a new battery. They retain their charge for a longer time than other rechargeable batteries. With lithium-ion batteries no memory effect occurs as in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries. So, the user does not have to completely use up the battery before recharge. Their charge is retained even after a consumer stores the battery for months.
These in my opinion are the only way I will go with batteries from now on. They are definitely more practical than going out and buying tons of the typical non-chargeable batteries, and throwing them away after they die out.

Is There an Energy Star Label on Your Appliances

Lately I have been seeing labels on all new appliances I have purchased lately. Heck, the government even gave reimbursement back to people that could show the disposal of old appliances with new energy star ones. Energy star appliances will save at least a couple hundred dollars a year if used. Many people don't think that a couple hundred dollars is a whole lot of money. When you put it in terms like, it is paying for a few cable bills, a couple new pair of shoes, a few phone bills then it makes more sense to use energy star when those monthly bill come around.

Baby Products

I came across babyorganic.com while doing research for our new little girl that is on the way. What a great website that goes right along with going green. I am expanding my knowledge everyday about new ways of going green. Now I have ways to think about going green concerning the new baby on the way. Earlier I talked about Wal-Mart going green with there platic sacks, but could you imagine if diapers were required to be 100% biodegradable. I think eventually the federal government will step in and make it required that all products are biodegradable.

Bio Bags

Can someone sell these to Wal-Mart? Every time I go to Wal-Mart I don't leave that place without 5 0r 6 bags in my hand. I wonder how many bags they go through a day.

Bio Bags are a high quality 100% biodegradable. All the bags will compost once in soil in approximately 45 days but when stored in a cool dry place, have a shelf life of two years.

This is a product that I believe could make such a differnce in our enviroment. Could you imagine if all stores were required to have these bags. Maybe one day!

If you are interested here is the website to check out how you can purchase the awesome bags.

http://www.biobags.com/

Utah Evergreen Council

Helps Utahns become green by learning how to preserve water for their lawn. It explains how to make a difference just through monthly tips. In the month of May the goal is to delay sprinkling the lawn because it is still dormant through this month. Also, now is the time to see if sprinklers are watering lawn and plants not concrete. On the website it also has a very useful irrigation schedule for all the months up to Novemeber. There is also a very useful tab called the "Utah Landscape Maintance Tips" it is very descriptive on ways to effectively cut your lawn.

Enjoy, all you homeowner's that are just trying to gear up to cut your lawn for the first time this year.

http://www.greenutah.org/Maintenance.html

Research on SUU Going Green

SUU Earth Club

"Is a club that works to raise awareness within the campus and surrounding community about enviromental issues. They aim to educate students and citzens, and provide them with opportunities to be participants to in earth management. Together they are working to elevate local consciousness toward more earth-friendly practices and policies." -Mission Statement

http://www.suu.edu/orgs/earthclub/tips.htm

The link is to SUU's Earth Club website. At the website you will find many different things that will help you become greener. It has SUU events, meetings, tips and other information that will help you understand the importance of Going Green.

Why Going Green Caught My Eye

The idea of going green caught my eye in a rather different way. When I think of people deciding to go green they think of getting a wind turbine that powers the whole house. Well, that's what I use to think until one day I found myself taking a leek in the business building at Southern Utah University. There I noticed in the men's restroom that for the urnals they are waterless. Above them it says that each waterless urnal saves over 40,000 gallons of water a year.

I once heard that some of your best thinking and ideas come while in the restroom. Ever since that moment going green has always stuck in my head. So when this class required that we come up with an idea to blog about I thought Going Green was the way to go.

Mormon Church Going Green

The Mormon church is going green to lessen it's impact on the enviroment. It is launching a pilot building program to help save energy through solar panels, motion sensors, waterless tanks, etc. I think it's unique that they are structuing parking for eletric or other enviromentally friendly vehicles.

I think this is such a great example for everyone. I believe it is going to really get the ball rolling for the rest of the world to see how efficient going green can be.

Could this be a sign to the rest of the world? That's for you to decide.

Check out the article

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FC2T200.htm