Make Pesticide With Beer
April 9th, 2008
Why You Should Do This
When applying pesticides the wind can carry these harmful chemicals as far as 14.5 miles allowing them to settle in your pool, on your lawn furniture, or on your children’s toys. Upon settling these pesticides can then be easily tracked inside your home by both people, and pets. Once inside your home these chemicals can be absorbed through your skin, or inhaled leading to such adverse effects as birth defects in children, allergies, and even a decreased sperm count.
The Problem
Slugs pose a major threat to any garden, not only do they deplete your soil of vital nutrients but they also consume plant material which can lead to the death of a plant. Removing of the slugs by hand is both tedious and at times ineffective. With no other alternatives to turn to many gardeners use pesticides to rid their garden of slugs.
Make Your Own Sandals
April 1st, 2008
The Problem
In 2003 alone the U.S. generated more then 290 million tires. With an average lifespan of about five years unless recycled these tires will end up in the trash dump where they will take thousands of years to decompose. As the tires do decompose they will release harmful methane gas into the air, and worst of all create a toxic sludge that could seep into our waterways like your poop. With such an abundance of used tires why not use them for something useful like making a pair of sandals?
Why You Should Do This
- The pair I test drove are far more comfortable then any store bought pair I have ever owned.
- Why drop $80 bucks on a pair of Teva’s when you can make your own for free!
- Your doing your part to reduce waste and make this world a better place. For that you earn my green seal of approval.
We Want Your Feedback
March 22nd, 2008
My recent post How To Make Green Toothpaste has received a considerable amount of traffic. It even made its way on to the cover page of diy dot com. After looking at readers responses across this site and others my question to you is would you ever consider making your own tooth paste, or Cleaning Products, or even Composting Your Poop to minimize your impact on the environment?
