Category Archives: Eco-Friendly Company Profiles

Champion AC Review: Air Conditioning Services, San Antonio, TX

Air Conditioning Repair: Champion AC, San Antonio, Texas

Air Conditioning RepairAir conditioning systems inevitably fail — especially in high-usage climates. Some may last decades with only minor, affordable repairs, while others quickly become more costly than they’re worth. So, when does it become more affordable to replace rather than repair an AC system?

Fortunately, air conditioning experts Champion AC in San Antonio, TX have created a useful chart based on average AC lifetime statistics in South Texas to help make the call on when air conditioning repair makes financial sense. While there’s still guesswork to be done, their years of expertise and data collection are an excellent jump-off point for anyone looking for an efficient and affordable air conditioning solution. Continue reading

Fair Trade Products for Sale at The By Hand Fair Trade Shop

The By Hand Fair Trade Shop UK: Ethical Gifts and Fair Trade Products

The By Hand Fair Trade Shop UK

The By Hand Fair Trade Shop UK

Fair trade, according to definitions in places as ubiquitous as Wikipedia, is “an organized social movement and market-based approach that aims to help producers in developing countries obtain better trading conditions and promote sustainability.” When practiced to the letter of the law, Fair Trade does more than just sound off all of the important and trendy “eco-buzzwords” like sustainability. Other aspects of the Fair Trade movement include common sense practices such as paying a higher price for goods to producers, in addition to maintaining a higher level of environmental standards in production, transportation and distribution. Fair Trade, to this point, has pointed its focus mainly on the exporting practices from developing countries, though it will assuredly grow beyond this somewhat narrow scope. As such, Fair Trade agreements and principles are commonly applied to exports such as sugar and coffee, cocoa and tea, and crafts that might be used as gifts or might otherwise end up in import shops in your local neighborhood shopping area. Which brings us to The By Hand Fair Trade Shop, located online, and being organized out of the UK. Continue reading

Introducing: Organic Farm Food Database

There Is a New Way to Find Local, Organic Farm Produce

Organic Food Farms Database

Organic Food Farms Database

Web site address:  http://www.organicfarmfood.org

Summary: A new site launch seeks to connect organic growers with US consumers who believe in the health and environmental benefits of organically produced foods. The site is populated with over 14,000 small farms throughout the United States and is completely free.

New Site is Green, Growing and Incredibly Organic

Growing organic is a phenomenon that is expanding in North America. A return to the roots of our past may represent a path to the future as more people begin to realize the multiple benefits of locally grown food. One new website launch aims to facilitate the connection between those who want organic food and the farms that produce it.

The site, which launched November 2010, is known as the Organic Farm Food Database. It features a simple search form which allows you to locate nearby organic farms by city, address or postal code. The database currently has 14,667 listings which users can view through Google Maps. Continue reading

Great Reasons to Buy Organic Skincare: Moody Sisters Organic Skincare Products

Why Buy Organic Skincare?

THERE IS A FREE GIVEAWAY BELOW SO READ ON AND THEN FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS!

Moody Sisters Organic Skincare Products

Moody Sisters Organic Skincare Products

Whether we realize it or not, the health of our bodies is directly related to the health of the world we live in. With the rising health concerns of our culture, you can clearly see that we’ve neglected our bodies. Our lack of information about what we eat and use in or on our bodies is alarming and the consequences affect not only us as a society, but the environment as well.

While we have seen the many advantages of living in an advanced technological society, we also see a market flooded with manmade chemicals, pollutants and preservatives — wreaking havoc on our bodies and the world around us.

Most skincare and cosmetic companies choose to use all synthetic or chemically altered ingredients loaded with preservatives. These ingredients give you a long lasting product, which can still be enjoyable — but I relate these products to a Twinkie. There are no beneficial properties to a Twinkie, and while it may be inexpensive, last 30 years on a shelf and cause no permanent damage, it’s only mimics the purpose of food.

The same comparison can be made with organic and synthetic skincare. The purpose of skincare is to cleanse, hydrate, heal, soothe and protect your skin. When you use organic natural ingredients, the result is just that. Each ingredient has a purpose and a benefit. Synthetic products only mimic the purpose of skincare- resulting in less than beneficial products for your skin and the environment. FREE GIVEAWAY BELOW SO READ ON… Continue reading

BOBO Wrap & Lyziwraps: Eco-Friendly Alternatives for Holiday Wrapping Paper Needs

At Easy Ways to GO Green, we often get press releases that are worth sharing with our audience. The following is a press release for a couple of eco-friendly holiday wrapping and bagging alternatives, given the tremendous waste that is produced during the holiday season.

BOBO Wrap & Lyziwraps: Leading the Trend

Eco Friendly Bobo Wrap

Eco Friendly Bobo Wrap

In the United States alone, an additional 5 million (an equivalent to 25% more garbage) tons of waste is generated during the winter holidays, according to the Clean Air Council. Four million tons of this waste is attributed to wrapping paper, shopping and gift bags. In an effort to minimize these astonishing statistics are two emerging leaders, BOBO Wrap and Lyziwraps.

The Stanford University Recycling Center adds, “if every American family wrapped just three presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover nearly 50k football fields.” With that in mind, greener alternatives on how consumers can be gentler to the environment are crucial, particularly with the holiday season around the corner.

Dedicated to the production of top-quality merchandise that will encourage consumers to reduce unnecessary waste and be more environmentally conscious, both Lyziwraps and BOBO Wrap offer elegant reusable alternatives to paper and plastic. Continue reading

Cash for Mobiles.Info Site Review

What Do You Do With Your Old Mobile When You’ve Moved On and Up in Technology?

Cash for Mobiles LogoThis is a very serious question given the next couple of crucial factors: technology, especially mobile phone technology, is on a ridiculously fast development pace with new and better and more functional phones being introduced to market all the time, and second, lovers of technology demand the newest, fastest, most capable piece of equipment to suit both their needs and perhaps also their lifestyle. We’ve beocme accustomed to it. We demand it like it just always was this way. Nothing wrong with that.

So what does a savvy consumer do when it’s time to move up or over to the next best mobile phone? Surely you don’t just clear space in the bureau drawer and stow your old phones in there, watching them accumulate and slowly take over your wardrobe. Do you just bin them, in order to avoid become a pack rat? I don’t think either is a very practical or wise solution.

Why not instead try a mobile phone comparison site, where you can find out how to get cash for mobile phones when you’re ready to get rid of them? Continue reading