Last year Men’s Health magazine ran a series of Eco Tactics which included practical advice on conserving water, using less electricity, managing your waste, avoiding fast food, managing your transport and making Earth-wise travel arrangements. The six-part series is now available to download as one pdf. The Tactics are nicely illustrated and user friendly; in [...]

We all know that we should use compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) because they consume less electricity, but the following calculations help to drive this point home: If you use 60-Watt incandescent bulbs and burn them for 3 hours a day using electricity that costs an average of 35c/kWh, then each bulb will cost you R1.89 [...]

Before you go out and spend vast amounts of money on reams of wrapping paper decorated with the same-old Santas or snowmen that appear every year, take a look at Wrap Art. This site is full of illustrated ideas on how to wrap your gifts creatively using bits and pieces that you’ve got lying around [...]

Recycle. You’ll save 1 100 kgs of carbon dioxide per year by recycling just half of your household waste. Every bit counts. Source: ClimateCrisis.net People who looked at this item also looked at… Clean and green Japanese ecofriendly gift wrapping Chillies brave the storms Archives About Related items Make a change: Green tip #4 Make [...]

If you’d love to live a more sustainable lifestyle, but don’t have a clue where to start, the City of Cape Town has published a little gem of a book that is exactly what you need. It’s called the Smart Living Handbook and it explains the hows and whys of things like recycling, energy efficiency, [...]

Don’t throw away glass containers such as bottles and jars. Glass is not biodegradable, but it is 100-percent recyclable. The energy saving from recycling one bottle will power a 100 watt light bulb for almost an hour, a washing machine for 10 minutes, a TV for 20 minutes or a computer for 25 minutes. People [...]