| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Sep 24, 2008 at 9:00 am by Liz Lewis Lean, Green, Clean Machines Are the green gatherers of EcoSalon up for the Navy Shower?
Ten-minute hot showers might feel like a slice of heaven first thing in the morning, but it’s really not doing much for the environment. And it sure doesn’t help with keeping the utility bills down. Those ten minutes in the shower equals around 60 gallons (230 liters) of water being wasted. Take one shower a day for a year and your water usage equates to well over 20,000 gallons. That’s a whole lot of water going down the drain. There are many ways of reducing your shower water usage, ranging from water saving shower heads to shorter showers (get a digital shower timer to help with this). But for a unique and enticingly extreme way of reducing your water footprint, why not take up the fine art of the "navy shower" once a week? Frequently used by the military, especially on naval vessels where conservation of fresh water is extremely important, the navy shower consists of the following steps.
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Turn water on and quickly wet your body.
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Aug 7, 2008 at 5:00 am by Mike Sowden Weird Science: Why Are CFL Light Bulbs Shaped Funny? What is going on with the shape of lightbulbs these days? Take the reassuringly familiar incandescent light bulb. In essence, the same design that Humphry Davy first unveiled in 1809 - two wires connected to a battery, touching the ends of a filament ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Jul 14, 2008 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley In the Right Camp: How to Get Kids to Go Green We're shelling out the big bucks again for summer camps. It's the price we have to pay to keep our city slickers off the sofa and away from the hypnotic plasma. Among many other attributes, camps can instill a deeper appreciation of the great outdoors. But as a wise person once said, wherever you go, there you are. To mold our children into ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Jul 8, 2008 at 12:41 pm by Kim Derby PATYKA: Organic Self-Care in a Bottle When it comes to treating myself well, let’s just say it’s taken time, but I now consider myself an expert in the art of self-care. My focus covers the insides and outsides; spirit and body; brain and brawn. I take time to read, practice yoga, run, laugh, love, take naps, get manicures, share with friends, go to therapy. All in the ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| WELLNESS / ECOSALON HOME Sep 16, 2008 at 5:00 am by Susan Chaityn Lebovits Clorox: Greenwashers or Converts? Who would have ever imagined the day when Clorox, makers of the ubiquitous chlorine bleach, would come out with a line of eco-friendly cleansers? But here they are, 7 Green Works natural products such as bathroom cleanser, dishwashing liquid, and ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| WELLNESS / ECOSALON HOME Aug 4, 2008 at 11:08 am by Susan Chaityn Lebovits A Toxic Tumble I’d always had a gut feeling that those laboratory-cocktail laundry scents were toxic. When I would go for a run and smell dryer sheets or fabric softeners waft by, my cheeks felt as if they were on fire and my nose would run. Now there’s scientific proof that my physical reactions were not in my head. Related Posts ↓ |
| WELLNESS / ECOSALON HOME Jul 23, 2008 at 5:00 am by Allison McCarthy Does Tom's of Maine Make You Stink? I entertained a short-lived green poseur phase back in the beginning of college when my hippie-esque roommate started using only natural products. I quickly switched to Tom’s of Maine everything. Not long after, I noticed that my underarms weren’t staying as girly fresh as they ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Jul 28, 2008 at 10:37 am by Tina McCarthy Easy, Eco-Friendly Bathroom Cleaning You know how after you clean your bathroom with harsh chemical products it reeks for days? I used to light candles, burn incense and spray perfume to try to eliminate these unpleasant fumes, all to no avail. When I realized how harmful these products were to the environment (not to mention my lungs), I started investigating safer options. ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Jul 10, 2008 at 5:45 am by Luanne Bradley Kohler Now 'Warmer and More Organic' "Warmer and more organic" is how Kohler describes its new Saile™Toilet, a dual-flush model introduced this year to further the ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| ARTISAN / ECOSALON HOME Jul 24, 2008 at 4:45 am by Kim Derby The Glass Is Greener Most of my youth was spent searching - for something easier, cooler, smarter, sexier - anything better than whatever was boring and right in front of me. I was convinced there was something better out there just out of my sight. Maybe this belief motivated me to reach higher. Or maybe it left me in a constant state of flux. (Most likely, a bit of ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |