The recent G7 leaders’ summit in Germany actually had the world leaders agree that the way their countries emit greenhouse gasses is unsustainable, vowing to put a no carbon economy in place by 2100. While such promises are great and all, actions speak louder than words. Rather than wait for governments to start implementing these no-carbon measures, take charge today with a smaller carbon footprint and lowering your greenhouse gas emissions! Keep reading to see how. Inside & Outside the Home: Lighting – Look at…

There has been a recent trend when refitting or designing new buildings that involves installing these beautiful, immaculate cabinets in kitchens and rooms that include space for recycling and waste collection containers. It’s great that sustainability is designed to fit seamlessly into renovated spaces and bravo to those individuals who think green. There’s only one problem… Not a lot of designers source a Recycling or Waste liner for cabinets beforehand.  Individuals and businesses are left with these beautiful cabinets with the space for Collection Containers…

The amount of plastic bags Americans use in a year is approximately 102.1 billion with worldwide use estimated at 500 billion to 1 trillion in a single year. According to the EPA, only 13% of the plastic bags are recycled, the rest end up in landfill, trees, lakes, rivers, the ocean, even the North and South Poles Yikes. Luckily for our environment, individuals and organizations consistently come up with innovative ways to provide solutions to the ecological problems we’ve created, one of the most prevalent…

In a perfect world, Bottle Bills would be passed without little to no resistance, include every type of beverage container and be free of industry lobbying pressuring senates to rescind on inclusions of certain types of bottles (like plastic). You may think bottle bill legislation not including plastic bottles is laughable but most of these bills are over 30 years old, written into law before plastic became the beverage container of choice. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world so the landscape for bottle…

We often hear about the all the environmental problems that humans have created and continue to produce on this planet despite overwhelming evidence showing us we need to change our habits. The current recycling rate in the US is only 34.5 percent and in Canada only 26.8 percent (cue dying pack-man sound), paling in comparison to Switzerland, the current leader in recycling, with a rate of 52 percent. Luckily for us, some eco-conscious individuals and organizations are taking great strides in creating green solutions for…