Live Green
Rent Your Textbooks and Help Plant a Tree
Summer is ending and now it’s time to go back to school. But before you decide to spend all the money you made from your summer job on textbooks, have you ever considered renting them instead of buying them? Before going to your school’s bookstore I suggest checking out Chegg.com. This site is a textbook [...]
Think Green While Playing Basketball
My family and I have a pretty important bball game coming up this Saturday. Team Alta Loma is taking on Team United (my dad’s co-workers) and I hear they’ve been practicing. I’m a bit nervous because I feel out of shape.
Funny how my brain works because this thought came up while trying to think of [...]
Happy Earth Day!!!
April 22nd is Earth Day, the day when everyone becomes a little bit more eco-friendly, a little bit more in tuned with mother earth. So as a tribute to this special day I will be putting up posts related to living green each day for the coming week. I might even watch this movie:
Green Battle: Laptops vs. Desktops
If you’re planning to buy a new computer, consider getting a laptop or a notebook instead of a desktop. Laptops require fewer materials and less energy to produce than desktops and use a fraction of the electricity to run. If you choose a laptop over a desktop, you’ll save an average of 220 kilowatt-hours per [...]
Going Green While Dining Out
I met with an old friend today and we decided to eat out for lunch. Then I wondered if there were ways I can be green while eating out. I then decided to check The Green Book for some interesting tips/facts:
Use fewer napkins–everywhere
There’s no need to grab a huge stack of napkins from the [...]
The Green Book
My cousin and I went to Academy of Sciences today and prior to leaving we decided to check the gift shop. In it they had a section where they sold eco-friendly items and I came upon this book called The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time [...]