The GreenRoost Blog

Here are five more easy actions to live more sustainably!
1. Stop phone book delivery.  YellowPagesGoesGreen.org is a movement against unsolicited phone book delivery.  Sign up to remove your home or office from receiving telephone directories (beware phony sites; you should see a photo of a mountain at the top of the correct page) .  If [...]

Everyone’s talking green.  It’s on the news, in magazines, in newspapers, and on countless websites.  There’s a lot to know and a lot to be considered, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist, have a green thumb, or let your hair grow and start giving everyone the peace sign.  It’s very easy to [...]

About a month ago I’ve purchased a rain barrel from clean air gardening, and here is the installation video - installing a rain barrel is really easy!
This 55 gallon rain barrel has been in use for about a month now, and has worked really well so far.. as long as there is rain : ). [...]

Here’s an innovative approach to ‘reduce, reuse, recycle.’ Hair stylist Phil McCrory noticed how quickly otters’ fur absorbed oil during the Exxon Valdez disaster. After testing how much oil clippings from his hair salon could absorb, he created the oil remediation mat, marketed as OttiMat. He discovered that a machine designed to make carpet pads [...]

Watching the PBS front-line show “Poisoned Waters” the other day was concerning, to say the least. This excellent documentary covers a wide range of water pollution issues, from chicken farm pollution to chemicals,  as well as their consequences.  The 6-legged frogs and hermaphrodite fish found in the Chesapeake bay today mean similar trends among the [...]

I have to say that today’s Live Expo event in Plano (Dallas area) was impressive in many ways. I had no idea that so many people would show up to learn about green products and services. To see that all these DFW people are interested in making their lifestyles more sustainable was really encouraging! (And it was great to [...]

We’re all trying to be healthier, well many of us anyway. It’s a hot topic right now (for good reason) and water is a large part of it – quality and quantity. If you can afford it, you might buy bottled water, especially if your tap water looks and/or tastes and/or smells funny. A lot [...]

I came across a few “do it yourself” tips on how to make your toilet more water efficient. Here is a simple suggestion from Daily Eco Tips: fill up a large plastic bottle with pebbles/small stones and submerge it in your toilet tank.  That will displace (not use) the amount of water equal to vollume of that bottle [...]

Graywater is typically the water that doesn’t come from the toilets. Graywater comes from the bathroom sinks, bathtubs, washing machines, showers, dishwashers. Water from the toilets is called blackwater. Water from kitchen sinks is also considered blackwater because of the grease and animal products. If you are putting human waste (such as by washing diapers) in [...]