If you’re looking into alternative energy sources, you might have come across the idea of adding solar panels to your home. Many of us still believe that solar panels are prohibitively expensive and inefficient, as we did in the early 1990s. In the realm of solar energy in Bakersfield, enormous progress has been made, and this…
Caring for the environment is a noble cause that everyone should be involved with. Nowadays, we live in an age where being environmentally aware is no longer an option but rather an obligation. This is why people should start making more eco-friendly choices to keep the planet safe and healthy for generations to come. It…
Hydroponic vegetable gardening has grown in popularity over the past few years. More and more people choose to grow their own vegetables at home because it’s a cheap and cheerful way to get fresh produce. Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in water but with no soil. To ensure the plants get enough minerals…
Water is a finite resource, and wastage is causing environmental damage and human suffering. An unfortunate symptom of population growth and advancing climate change is that water scarcity is more prevalent than ever in some parts of the world. Industrial and agricultural water waste accounts for quite a high percentage of the global total, but…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: I totally wrecked a half dozen of my cloth diapers, just by washing them. Mostly the more expensive, nicer ones of the 25 cloth diapers I reviewed. It was tragic. The silver lining, as with all stupid mistakes I make, is that I get to share…
The need for going green has become stronger today more than ever owing to the increasing greenhouse effect and drastic climatic change. Various testimonies support this claim. Be it the teen environmentalist making an emotional speech at the United Nations or the naked environmentalists storming the public gallery in the House of Commons to demonstrate…
Sustainable. Organic. Eco-friendly. Carbon footprint. Waste. These terms are tossed around these days like the marketing buzzwords of the decade, and we all know that just because a product or company tells us they're green doesn't mean they really are. So what does sustainable really even mean? I'm proud to be a Smarter Life Better…
If you visited my house, you might wonder why I have an old sock hanging on top of my toilet scrub brush in the bathroom. Of course, after reading this, you won't have to ask....I've been collecting all the crazy ways I reuse items that most people would toss or recycle for over two…
Many people planning to renovate a bathroom end up forgetting about a very important thing that a new bathroom needs to have. And that key piece is, of course, a bidet in your bathroom. Now, a bidet is likely not on the radar of many, but it definitely should be. There are various types, but no…
The following post is from Katie of Kitchen Stewardship: UPDATE: Here are some glass-breaking tips and the honest-to-goodness-true best way to freeze food in glass jars. It seems that every day a new report comes out on the dangers of something or another toxin in various materials, doesn't it? Bisphenol-A in plastics is one of…