An eco-friendly lifestyle can also be a treat for your wallet as many of the methods you can use to go green can result in substantial cost savings. Check out these ways to help the environment and save money. Moving into winter, gas and electricity bills are on the rise. Improving the insulation of your home means that your house will lose less heat and so you can cut down on both your heating bill and your contribution to harmful…

Sustainable Industries Magazine recently introduced its winners of the sixth annual Top 10 Green Building Products award. The winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges from more than 100 entries based upon design aesthetic, environmental performance, innovativeness, scalability/market impact, as well as value and compatibility using the…

The American Water Works Association estimates that the average American household uses 69 gallons of water per capita daily. The largest portion, about 18 gallons, goes to toilet flushing. Then comes clothes washing (about 15 gallons), showering (nearly 12 gallons), water faucets…

In what seems like a last ditch effort to gain popularity for the upcoming election, President Obama and his administration have released a national clean water plan which promises to stringently protect America’s water supplies. The plan highlights the importance of partnerships and coordination with states, local communities, stakeholders and the public to protect health and…

While President Obama and his current administration try to convince America that natural gas is a “clean” alternative fuel, environmental analysts are altogether painting a different picture. Hydraulic fracturing, or “hydrofracking”, is the process of creating fractures in rocks which ultimately allows oil and gas exploration companies to recover more product. In order to create fractures, a mixture of water and chemicals is pumped into the rock or coal formation. In time, the formation becomes unable to absorb the fluid as quickly as is being injected and the increased pressure causes the formation to crack. A proppant is injected with the chemical-based fluids to keep the…