Results tagged “environment” from WhiteFence Green

Mosquito Attack!

It's that time of year again - summer. And if you live in Texas, or anywhere in the southern United States for that matter, you might know about the kind of nuisance that mosquitoes can bring during the summer when they arrive en masse from wherever it is that mosquitoes hide all year. This week's WhiteFence tip for green living talks about how to get rid of these pesky flying insects. Read more

How Eco-Friendly are the Cleaners?

This week's WhiteFence green tip is about the clothes we wear every day. Sure, we try not to waste water or attempt to conserve energy when we can, but have you thought about the chemicals that go into your daily threads? Read more

Go Green with City Bucks

A new opportunity has hit the web recently with a site called CityBucks.org. Their mission? Collect $10 from each city on the planet in order to help fund the "Save the Earth" campaign. Read more

How to Waste Gas

For our current installment of the weekly WhiteFence tip for green living, we look at ways that people are wasting gas, and what we can do to help in our own daily driving. Read more

The Magic of Baking Soda

It's time for yet another Weekly WhiteFence Tip for green living! This week's tip is for all of you chemical-conscious cleaners out there. You can start making your house cleaning greener with ordinary products from inside your pantry. Read more

Earth Day!

Take the time to remember to be green today in an effort to raise awareness for energy conservation and the continued preservation of our environment. There are a number of ways that we can all contribute today. It could be as simple as turning off power strips before leaving a room, making a conscious effort to use less water, or riding your bike to work. Read more

Weekly WhiteFence Tip

This week's WhiteFence Tip for green living: don't take ATM receipts! Did you know that small slips of paper like ATM receipts rank among some of the planet's top sources of litter? If everyone started declining the receipt requests from the magic money machines, we would save a roll of toilet paper more than 2 billion feet long - long enough to circle the equator fifteen times. That's kind of a lot of paper, in case you were wondering. Read more