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green living Archive
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Five Tips to Green Up Your Holidays
We’ve already established that the holiday season can be rough on the waistline. But how about the effects on the environment? It turns out that the holiday season may not be the most environmentally friendly time of year after all. So why not take these simple steps to ensure a greener holiday season? 1. Go [...] -
Gas Stations Go Green With Bike Repair Shops
One Norwegian energy company seems to have caught on to the idea that this green movement isn’t going anywhere. In a surprising turn of events, Statoil ASA has begun what will hopefully become a new trend by installing bike care stations at select gas stations throughout the Copenhagen area. The bike stations, created by utilizing unused [...] -
Discardia: Swapping The Old to Make Room for the New
While it’s always exciting to get new stuff sometimes it can be tough to make room for them, both physically and mentally. To help combat this issue author Dinah Sanders has created a new holiday that celebrates getting out with the old and in with the new. It’s called Discardia, which is a quarterly holiday [...] -
4 Ways to Get Involved in the New Sharing Economy
Chances are if you’re reading this you’re hopefully already participating in what has been deemed our new “sharing economy,” and share a resource with neighbors, or barter and swap your stuff for other goods. The advantages of participating in such an economy are indisputable. Sharing saves money, time, and wastes a whole lot less in [...] -
Swap of the Day: Seed Swapping Adds Variety
One farmers’ market in southern New South Wales seems to have the right idea: if you want to save something, swap it. The farmers’ market brings a range of community members, all with plants and seeds to share with fellow gardeners. The idea, started by the Bega Valley Seed Savers, is if people bring seeds [...] -
Green Ideas: 5 Ways to Green Up Your Move
Come September I will have made my third move in less than four months. Consequently I’ve learned not only do I hate moving with a fiery passion, but it is also not exactly the most eco-friendly activity in the world. Mother Nature hates it just as much as we do, what with all the trees [...] -
Green Ideas: 5 Easy Ways To Be A Hero And Save The Planet
Habits are easy to make and hard to break. We all know that the smallest steps can sometimes add up to make the biggest difference. The Swap.com team is all about spreading Green Ideas, so here are five quick green habits you should get into now (so you’ll never even have to break them): 1. Bring [...] -
Green Ideas: 5 Tips for Conserving Energy in the Summer Heat
As we surge forward into the dreaded hot months of summer the only thing most of us can think about is how high we can crank up the AC without causing a power outage. But let’s face it, while air conditioning makes us more pleasant to deal with (unless you’re one of those rare few [...] -
Swap of the Day: Kansas Town Turns to Gift Economics
Lawrence, Kansas just landed on the map with a new model of living through bartering. Trading goods and services rather than money, called “gift economics,” has spread like wildfire through Lawrence and allows the town to be more self-sustaining. The creative approach has gotten many participants items they need that they may not otherwise have been [...] -
Five Ways to Swap the Treadmill for a Greener Workout
If we’re talking green businesses, we are certainly not talking commercial gym facilities. Think about it: gyms use an astronomical amount of electricity not just to power all of those treadmills and elliptical machines, but also to provide you with a comfortable air conditioned atmosphere, complete with television screens as far as the eye can [...]