Eco Blog

Fall is a popular time of year to go camping, with the weather finally starting to cool down, making trails easier to hike and being surrounded by the beautiful changing fall foliage. What better way to unwind around a campfire with your friends than with a cold one, eating great food around a campfire and […]

It seems like until recently, parents always packed their children’s lunches in brown paper sacks, which were synonymous with getting on the bus in the morning, holding a juice box, sandwich in cellophane wrap, a desert, and a bag of pretzels or chips, and the classic apple. Now stores market bento boxes as must have […]

Happy Labor Day! I hope everyone got to celebrate with a plate of hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, chips, a cold one, and all the other fixings that are synonymous with the holiday. As happy as people are to be off from work and have a long weekend, Labor Day also sadly marks one of […]

Backpacks and messenger bags can be so cumbersome when you just want to take a few things with you. Whether it’s off to the beach with a towel, flip flops, and sun block, or to hide under the shade of your favorite tree and work on the collection of novels that are piling up on […]

In today’s world, everything has been digitized and trying to use paper documents can be cumbersome to say the least. Almost every job requires the use of a computer from the clerk who rings you out at the local drug store to bond traders on Wall Street everyone uses computers. While it may be easy […]

Regardless of the time of year, hot drinks always have a presence in the home and the work place. Most Americans are daily coffee drinkers, while a smaller minority prefers to start their day with tea. In the winter months, hot chocolate is an all time favorite. People line up every year in the fall […]

I have always been a big fan of making my own CDs. Over time I amassed a huge collection of them and it got to the point where I would get sick of listening to the same Grateful Dead or Fleetwood Mac album over and over, but still wanted to keep some of the songs […]

Nice bottles of beer and wine are among the most common gifts that people give for birthdays, weddings, family events, graduations, and just about any other celebration you can imagine. At any given time, people are getting these bottles handed to them buy the dozens, and no matter how much you spend on your gift, […]

I am always looking for some spare pocket change or extra money to go see a movie or take a trip or go out to eat. It seems like the money always comes in and then immediately bills need to be paid, or I’m in the process of paying something off despite working. Who doesn’t […]

I rely so much on my phone to wake me up in the morning, track my results when I run, to call and get calls from people, to send and receive texts, without my phone I feel lost and when the battery dies I realize how dependent I am on this little computer. Recently I […]