
From home and garden to food and health and tech and transport, there are tons of ways we can make our lives greener, and our guides for How to Go Green are here to help. Read on to start greening your life with ease, while understanding why each action is so important. Use these for guidance as you travel down a greener path...Carpe diem kids! Pick one and let's get started...

e generally run into two schools of thought on New Year's Eve: it's either an excuse for a raucous night at the bar and massive quantities of bubbly, or it's a night for amateurs that's better spent watching the ball drop with a few close friends. No matter which category you fall into, it's easy to make your Eve a little greener. Our guide will show you how.
No time of the year is more emotional than the holiday season, whether you're bursting with the joy of baking and caroling or overwhelmed with the stress of shopping and wrapping. But even with all those other factors weighing on your mind, it's possible to put a green spin on your holidays. Our guide will show you how.
There is something about sipping on a cocktail surrounded by friends that makes a party feel special. It doesn't matter what the time of year, whether you are getting into the holiday spirit, or sitting on a dock by a lake. We'll help you with lots of other ways to green your drinks, from booze to shaker and everything in between. Read on to learn how to make your cocktails tasty and green.
Beer isn't just the poster beverage for college parties, your after-work wind down, and lazy Sunday afternoons everywhere—no, beer is also a key player in a multi-billion dollar industry that reaches into the far corners of the world. Everyone loves beer—even environmentalists. So gear up, fellow lovers of libations. We're all going to have to start saving the world—one beer at a time.
With all the planning, cooking , and cleaning, the last thing you want to think about is greening your Thanksgiving, right? But this is the perfect time to reflect and reassess your holiday preparations with a nod to sustainability. We've broken it down to make Thanksgiving an easy, eco-friendly, and fun holiday for all involved.
Technology has become an essential part of daily life, from cell phones to televisions, music players to laptops. Electronics, though, have a significant impact on the environment. But don't despair. There are countless ways to green up your gadgetry—or even use your gadgets for environmental causes—and we have information tips, guides, fix-it solutions and facts all in one place to help you go green with your technology.
Yes, electronic devices are becoming a bigger and bigger part of our lives, especially as they get smaller and smaller. We use them as tools and toys to communicate, work, enjoy media, and be expressive. Being green with electronics doesn’t mean living in a teepee listening to truckers squalk on the old short-wave. Greening your electronics is a matter of knowing what tech to get, how to use it best, and what to do with it when its useful life is done. Many of these best practices aren’t things you’ll read in the instruction manual, either. In this guide we’ll tell you how to stop wasted energy, what gizmos are greener than others, and what to do about e-waste and electronics recycling. We’ll also show you some of the newest green gadgets coming over the horizon.
Almost four decades ago, a U.S. paper company wanted a symbol to communicate its products' recycled content to customers. Gary Anderson, a young graphic designer from the University of Southern California, won the design competition with an entry based on the Mobius strip (a shape with only one side and no end), now universally recognized as the symbol for recycling.
We're here to help sort things out and get your eco show on the road. Here, we bring it back to basics and break it down into bite sized chunks of simple, everyday ways to live a greener, healthier, more ethical (and ultimately more fun) life.


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