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5 More Ways to Go Green in the Yard

Get Your Garden and Yard Even More Green

We’ve already figured out you probably have a yard, and we’ve already discussed 5 practical tips to helping homeowners make their gardening efforts a little bit more green. If you’re not quite satisfied, or coming back for even more ideas about making the backyard more sustainable and eco-friendly, then read on below for some more valuable information.

Use Weed Alternatives

Instead of chemicals, try applying yet another fantastic byproduct of corn. Maybe the Native Americans were really on to something with their self-sustaining ways? Yeah, there’s no maybe about it. In this case, organic corn gluten will do wonders to help prevent weeds, especially when you couple your effort with keeping your grass at a 3-4 inch length.
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5 Ways to Go Green in the Garden or Yard

How to Go Green in an Already Green Yard

Do you have a yard? That’s nice. I certainly wish I did. If you’re a homeowner, and unless you live in a true desert climate, chances are you have a little something “green” in your yard already. However, if you’re interested in “going green” WITH your yard, consider a few of the following tips to help out the environment while improving the aesthetics of your landscaping.

Add a Little More Green to “Go Green”

Cultivating, growing and utilizing plants and trees that are native to your home region are fantastic ways to help absorb the waste that we human beings are quickly releasing into the atmosphere. Not only will trees and plants help your green efforts, but they will also bump your property value and overall yard and/or landscaping aesthetics. Double bonus for anyone interested in building some equity and value into their home. Continue reading

G-OIL™ Green Motor Oil by Green Earth Technologies

G-OIL™ by Green Earth Technologies
G-OIL Green Motor Oil by Green Earth TechnologiesAmerica’s first green motor oil is here! New from the Menlo Park-based company called Green Earth Technologies (GET), “the first biodegradable motor oil to provide complete engine protection.”

“G-OIL™,” made entirely from American-grown base oils, promises that anyone interested in “greening” up their lifestyle won’t have to pay a premium price or “sacrifice performance in the process” when it comes to their automobile.

The revolutionary product professes to keep your engine in as good a condition as leading motor oils, minus the damage to the environment and dependence on oil from foreign sources. G-OIL™ is safe to use in hybrids, gas-based and diesel fuel vehicles, and has been manufactured in a full range of weights.
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Starbucks May Not Be As Green As They Claim

Starbucks Logo

Environmentalists and patrons are in an uproar over a recent discovery that, according to corporate policy, Starbucks shops around the country waste millions of liters of water every day. Making this fact even more upsetting is that Starbucks has a demeanor of being a green business and very environmentally aware, contradicting recent findings.

24.3 liters of water are poured down 10,000 Starbucks drains worldwide due to a policy of keeping a tap running for sanitary reasons. Continue reading