What Did You Do Today to Help The Environment? Cloth Diapers!

Okay I know a lot of people think like I do. Cloth diapers would be great for the environment and could save me a lot of money but YUCK, that just sounds too gross. This quick and dirty tip is a great way to make this job not so dirty. The idea is that you use the cloth diapers when you know that the child will not have a bowel movement. If your child is regular (say always goes at 10 am) then at 9:30 you put on a disposible and deal with the mess that way.

Please support the environmental efforts of the companies that support RealGreenWorld. Isaiah Industries of Piquah Ohio (Parent Company of Green American Home, K&I and Classic) Green American Home (Distributors of BIPV Building Integrated Photovoltaics, Building Integrated Solar Thermal BIST, Hydronic Ice Dam Solutions, Alpine Snow Guards, Metal Roofing and specialty insulation) Kassel and Irons (Manufacturers of Energy Star Rated Metal Shakes and Shingles), Classic Metal Roofing Systems (Manufacturers of 95% recycled aluminum roofing) and Sol-Ice Engineered Systems of Park City Utah (Manufacturers of Eco Friendly Ice Dam Solutions, Alpine Snow Guards, BIST, Building Integrated Solar Thermal and PV/T Photovoltaic SOlar Thermal Hybrid inserts)
Ask yourself “What can I do today to help the environment?” and you will see just what you can do today to reduce your carbon footprint. Take a min to ask your friends “What did you do today to help the environment?” and you will open up a great conversation with depth and significants to helping in the efforts to make our world a cleaner place.

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RealGreenWorld Talks Restoration and how Saving Embedded Energy Can be Better Than Building Green.

We will be talking with Salt Lake Pediatrician Adam Stevenson and his wife (my cuz!) Chelsea about how they are restoring one of the oldest homes in Centerville Utah to preserve it. Many people think that the best thing to do to reduce your carbon footprint is to buy the “latest/greatest” green gizmo. Many times using something that already exists is much better for the environment. Embedded or Embodied energy is key to this. In order to manufacture anything it take energy.

If something is manufactured today it usually take more energy to produce than it did to make the same thing 100 years ago. Automation makes our lives easier but causes us to use a lot more energy to do what we used to do with our arms and backs. If something was built in 1912 not only did it take less energy to make but it has had one hundred years to amortize the embedded energy so it is often better for the environment. Using up something that is already is usually better than building something new and green.