Those who are passionate about changing human behaviors to prevent global environmental change might already have solar water heaters, solar lights, and solar panels on their homes, but what does this technology really offer corporate America and mainstream consumers who still feel that technology like solar panels are too expensive and inefficient?

Quite a lot, according to Fred Krupp’s recent re-release of Earth: The Sequel.
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Yoga Pose: Uttanasa (Intense Standing Forward Fold)
By Kerrie Cason

Ut = Intense
Tan = To Stretch
Asana = Posture

Description:

Begin in Tadasana. Your feet can be together or hips distance apart. First take a deep inhale, and using your exhale, bow forward, bending at the hips. Don’t round your back — the idea is to eventually lay your stomach on your thighs. Until you can achieve this, [Read more →]

Drinker’s Guide to All Things Purified Water

Now that we know bottled water leads the way in the world of plastic pollution, it’s easier to ask — is it really that much better than drinking from the tap? And what is up with the alkaline and acid water that have become the center of much conversation and controversy?

Add to this ever-growing dilemma, the power of the people — stating in a nationwide poll that Los Angeles has the best tasting tap water, and one could see all of this as a sign of the Apocalypse. Or, it could be the fact that the L.A. water comes from the Sierra Nevada mountains. After drinking water from the tap in both Long Island, NY and Portland, OR, I just can’t imagine Los Angeles has the best drinking water! (note to readers: I’ve lived in LA nearly my entire 35 years). The following is a guide to try and sort all this water information out. [Read more →]

Defining Sustainable Land Use

Sustainable land use — I get so excited about this one. I truly believe we’re only scratching the surface and that the best is yet to come. Through land development, reconfiguration, general use, personal use, commercial use — Sustainable Land Use is one way we can all subscribe to the green way of life. [Read more →]

Defining Eco-Friendly in Practical Terms

It’s not as if we don’t know what Eco-friendly is… but then again, what exactly is it? Being environmentally aware? Eating organic? Living a green lifestyle and driving a hybrid vehicle?

It’s a back-to-basics day at Easy Ways to Go Green!

Well, sure, it’s all of those things, but these green branches reach far beyond what you can do, into the world of what you do for others and others do for you.

To define the Eco in Eco Friendly, it simply serves as a variation of the word ecology. To more importantly define Ecology: It is the scientific study of living organisms, their distribution, abundance and interaction with other organisms within their environment. [Read more →]