The convenience of super stores can be enticing. I mean, getting your vegetables and shoes in the same building can seem too easy to pass up, especially when you’re as busy as everyone seems to be. I personally have a few problems with that: I don’t trust eating food that lives that close to shoes and I think shoes ought to be little pieces of revered and crafted foot art that have no business being shoved into one un-special corner of a vast warehouse-like store.

A lot of people are spending and making a great deal of money to sell you something that, because it’s so culturally and conveniently engrained in our minds, we think we have no option but to need. The truth is, there are lots of options to driving a car. And endless benefits to life without one.

If you're one of those people who cares about being green and doing your part to protect the environment, you know that one of the most important elements of green living is eliminating waste. While most of us have good intentions for what we buy when we go to the market, it's all too easy to pick up more items than you can really use. Fruit and vegetables get slimy, cheese grows a toupee of blue mold, and eggs sit in the fridge until they're too old to use. It happens all the time.

As more and more municipalities enforce watering restrictions, which can turn into outright watering bans during extreme dry spells, here are some tips you can use to reduce the amount of water your garden needs.

There's almost nothing as full of fun as a summer barbecue. The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing through the trees. You're surrounded by family and friends (and, if you're lucky, maybe that hot guy or girl you've been internet dating for awhile?). The smell of great food is floating on the air. A backyard barbecue is a little bit of heaven, and is something most of us look forward to all year.

Our world is an incredibly rich place full of wonderful ecosystems. Each one is a unique corner of the world, supporting plants and animals that are not found anywhere else on the planet. But over time, the Earth's most precious places are being destroyed; and it's a process that is speeding up as humans expand. Entire habitats are disappearing, and the plants and animals that live there are going extinct one by one.

If you really love your pets, you probably can't imagine your life without them. A dog or a cat can be your confidant, your comfort, and your best friend (does your favorite picture on your free internet dating profile show you with your pooch? Thought so!). But unfortunately, taking care of a pet the usual way contributes a lot to waste-- almost everything involved in your pet's care can be very harmful to the environment. Fortunately, though, there are ways to keep to your green ideals while keeping your pet healthy, happy, and clean. Read on for 7 tips on how to do it.

We're seeing it happen day by day: the world is falling apart at our feet. Excessive consumption, unchecked expansion, and global warming are daily adding to --and speeding up-- the downfall of our planet. Every single day, species on this planet disappear. In fact, a recent poll of biologists shows that 70% of them believe we're currently experiencing a massive extinction-- only the sixth one in our planet's history, and the only one not caused by a natural occurrence. Some even believe that as many as 90% of the Earth's current species could be wiped out in very little time.

Whether you do it for the health of your body or the health of the planet, eating organic foods is a really wonderful choice. But not everybody who enjoys eating organically has access to (or the funds for) all the organic food they want. Instead, you have to pick and choose between organic foods at the grocery store, only buying a bit here or there.

If you're anything like me, during the winter months you hole up inside in front of the computer. You obsessively check and re-check your free internet dating profile, watch YouTube videos, and because of all the snow and cold, you try to forget there's a world outside at all. Unless, heaven forbid, you're forced to go outside and brave the elements. But when spring comes, you realize the existence of --gasp!-- a beautiful outside world all over again. And hopefully realize that it's your job to help take care of it.