A small amount of deterrence is worth a dollar of pesticide, prevent pest naturally. Prevention is better then cure, so preventing pesticides and opting for preventing pests naturally is the better option. Pesticides have become so omnipresent today, which we often overlook or don’t notice it or have not even given a thought about them. But pesticides, which do include the herbicides and lawn chemicals which are used routinely in innumerable gardens nationwide, are causing serious health harmful effects and adverse environmental consequences. You should note that many of most commonly used pesticides, that we are using in our homes and gardens are declared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as carcinogens i.e. Cancer causing elements, yet they are used on a up roaring scale.  [...]

Home is our haven abode. This is where we spent most of our 24 hours or sometimes, all of it. Keeping it green and clean is therefore our duty. Interestingly, at home, there is lot of scope to save energy and contribute in creating a sustainable environment. Here are some ways you should adopt to adapt to green practices at homes. Save electricity There are very minute things we often tend to ignore that if we don’t, can save a good per cent of electricity bills as well as energy. You should remember to switch off lights and fans when they are not in use. There should be enough opening in the house to let natural air and light come in. Instead of spin-drying the clothes in washing machine, you should hand them out in  [...]

Most of us spent more time at our workplace during the day than anywhere else. Adopting some green habits there can go a long way in creating a green environment and creating a healthy work atmosphere too. Here are some green habits that can be adopted in workplaces. Reaching our workplace is the first step of starting a days’ work. You can start being green right from here. If there are a group of people from your office staying at the same locality as yours, car-pool to office. This saves you money on fuel, space on roads, conserves energy and gives you company to office too! Use public mode of transport over anything else. This saves a hell lot of fuel emission. Most of our works today are done on computers.  [...]