A blog that attempts to provide you with useful examples and tips that could make a large positive ecological impact, although they are seemingly minor, quick and easy changes to your daily routine.

Welcome to Ecotipsforlife.com

Ecology: meaning "study of house or living relations"

What is EcoTipsForLife.com not?
Ecotipsforlife.com is not a save the planet type website. I think we can be fairly certain the planet will save and balance itself out with or without our intervention and/or meddling.

We as a human species? Not so certain. We might or might not survive our planet's balancing act. We must find our own balance, awareness and a way to co-exists with the planet in order to survive.

Ok, what is EcoTipsForLife.com then?
EcoTipsForLife.com is a simple blog with the intent to show you that you can make a large impact by making simple changes that could even save you time in your daily routine. Browse the site and see for yourself.

For more background feel free to click here to visit the About page

Good luck and happy contributing!

Tip #14: Reducing shower water usage

November 11th, 2008 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

Budget: $29.95
Time required: 20 min
Estimated Impact: A yearly average of 2,700 gallons of water

Lost of people do it. You know, get the urge to do loads of other stuff while waiting for the shower to get hot (like making coffee, make breakfast, walk around, feed the pets, talk to the pets, wave to the neighbours….uh…mental note: close blinds).

A company called Evolve has come up with two products that help to reduce your water usage. The basic concept entails automatically shutting of the water flow when it reaches 95 degrees.

For more information visit: http://evolveshowerheads.com/lower_flo_showerheads.html

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Tip #13: Test Your Eco IQ

November 4th, 2008 Thomas (Ecotipsforlife.com Admin)

Budget: $0
Time required:
5 min

Tip: The Green Guide by National Geographic has a short quiz you can use to test your own “Eco IQ”

Try it here: http://www.thegreenguide.com/quizzes/greenIQ

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