SanJoseGreenHome

We love our electronics, don’t we?  There seems to be hundreds of new and improved gadgets hitting the market every day.  Today however, the headaches of recycling computers and the…

Although we may be disciplined shoppers, able to go into any store and spend only a few minutes there, picking out what we need, purchasing it, and then leaving, the…

The drawbacks of traditional landscaping are evident everywhere these days.  They include air (lawnmowers, transportation) and water (fertilizers and pesticides) pollution, harm to biodiversity, consumption of natural resources like water,…

The big companies like Whole Foods, Safeway and even out own Trader’s Joe’s would never skew the truth… or would they?  When we are purchasing organic foods, green clothing, and…

When most people hear about “Greening” their San Jose home they automatically think solar panels. While it is true that getting off the grid is fun and rewarding there are…

Yes, making your home more energy efficient actually pays.  When Congress passed the financial bailout bill late last year, it included a range of federal tax credits and cash gifts…

San Jose officials are deciding this week whether to ban the ever useful plastic bag from stores in San Jose.  If they did, we would officially stop contributing to the…

Want to know the world’s top destroyer of the environment? It is not the car, or the plane, or some coal plant: it is the cow. A United Nations report…

Did you know that millions and millions of dollars are spent each week on advertising campaigns to give us the perception that bottled water comes from some pristine mountain spring…

If it sounds a bit that “Green Living” is my favorite topic it is because its true…  Laundry detergent made from flowers!  Flushable diapers! Potato chips fried in organic oils!…