by Guest Author | Mar 23, 2024 | Article, At home, Buildings, Community, Energy, Financial, Outdoors, Outside
Image source: Deposit photos Guest author: Annie Button, UK Earth Hour 2024, on the 23rd March at 8:30 pm, is an important moment to set aside to reflect on our collective use of energy and how it impacts our environment. With its symbolic ‘lights off’ message, it...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Financial
If you are invested in stocks or are thinking of investing in stocks, consider choosing specific stocks or mutual funds (collections of stocks) which focus on sustainability and on businesses that benefit people and the planet. These funds will probably also be good...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Energy, Financial, Investment
Did you know you can combat climate change by investing in clean energy like solar, wind, and geothermal? Green energy companies and the industry must continue innovating to out-compete fossil fuels. Renewable power needs financing to reach all facets of society. If...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | At home, Displayable EH Action, Energy, Financial
A shower timer helps you save time, energy, water, and money by tracking how much time you spend running the shower and getting into the habit of taking shorter showers. A typical shower uses about 20 liters or 5 gallons of water per minute. If you shorten it by just...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Financial
There are a lot of wonderful nonprofit organizations doing great work every day fighting for environmental causes. This includes work to improve our climate, better environmental policies, education, directly cleaning our air through tree planting, preserving natural...
by Earth Hero | Oct 4, 2023 | Displayable EH Action, Financial
We sometimes waste water and money on unnecessarily frequent watering. Many plants are actually killed through over-watering, which is unnatural, than under-watering. The key to a healthy lawn is deep and infrequent watering. This allows water to soak deep into the...