Green Options

Summer is coming and that means the bugs are going to start buzzing. However, if we're not careful about how we keep our kitchen, the flies and ants start coming inside. That's where the tip from Green Options reader Chloe comes in. She says, "To keep your compost bin from smelling and attracting fruit flies indoors, keep your container inside the refrigerator until it's full enough to take it outside to the composter."

We know that the children are our future. We know we need to teach them well, and with good values, so that they will grow up to appreciate the earth. But sometimes it's tough to see how to put that into action. This past weekend, I got a glimpse into how it can work.

We'd never thought of it this way, and maybe you hadn't either. Once again, it's a simple tip: chop your veggies small. The smaller the piece, the faster it cooks. That's right, it's another energy saver!

Put a lid on it! No, we don't want you to shut up. You should know by now that you have to take us quite literally! Today we're talking cooking, stove tops, and of course, lids. Read on for the simplest tip on how to cook faster, and with less energy!

You know you're in hot water when you get your electric bill every month, but did you know that if you stopped using so much hot water, you'd help yourself and the environment? Today we're asking you to adjust how you wash your clothes - and it's going to be easier than you think.

Kids love to draw and color. In fact, we don't think we've even met a little kid that wasn't excited to sit down and knock out a couple pieces of art. The thing is, they love to do it so much that we wind up with stacks and stacks of this priceless stuff. Kids can go through several sheets of paper in a single sitting, and we all know that they don't sit down that [...]

We've talked about Junk Mail before, but today we wanted to highlight a specific piece of junk mail: catalogs. These aren't actually junk, because at some point you probably requested it to arrive to your home.

Email is the greatest; in fact, we don't know how we survived without it. It's an environmentalist's dream - all of our communications are digital & tree-free! But that's not true, is it? Many of us are still in the habit of printing out our emails, just in case we want to reference it later. This is almost never necessary, and a new trend has sprouted on the internet to combat it.

It's Earth Day weekend, so get on out there and celebrate this greenest of holidays! Atlanta: Arms Around Atlanta sounds like a blast. It's all going down at Grant Park on Saturday & Sunday. Boston: Clean Up the Charles on Saturday, April 21!Chicago: Check out Green Festival happening all weekend long! Green vendors & organizations galore! Dallas: Run, don't walk to downtown today for EarthFest from 10am - 2pm. Denver: [...]

Today's tip is so easy, we hope you do it four or five times in the next couple of hours! Our tip today is to say "Thank You." There are thousands of people across the world that dedicate their day to green issues. Many of them do it on a volunteer basis or for very little money. They do it because it is their passion.