Want to do your part for the environment but can’t afford solar panels or a hybrid vehicle? Relax; you don’t need to join an environmental protest march. You can take many small steps around the house that will add up to a big reduction in your carbon footprint. It’s easy to be green if you just remember the five Rs: [...]

With each day comes a greater awareness of the importance of living a greener life. It’s becoming necessary to take steps to reduce your carbon footprint. What’s your plan? Is it adding solar panels to your home to take advantage of the earth’s natural resources? Or, possibly, making the move into a larger city that offers public transportation and easier [...]

If you are like me, you already recycle and you probably consider yourself an expert. And if you are like me, you may enjoy buying things from a thrift store. So if you are like me, you consider Earth Day, April 22, just like any other day. You are reducing, reusing and recycling just fine. But is fine good enough? [...]

April 22 should be my favorite day of the year, but it’s really no different than any other day for me. April 22 is Earth Day, but I am one of those people that believes Earth Day should be every day. And while I don’t consider myself to be a tree hugger, I also believe that going green should be [...]

We have all heard that phrase, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and for people like me, it is my mantra. I fell in love with the idea of repurposing when I met an artist by the name of Kimberly Dawn Clayton several years ago in Myrtle Beach. She had a colorful style of artwork that transformed pieces of [...]

With the push to go green, many people are looking for creative ways to help the environment, beyond the typical reduce, reuse, recycle stuff. Some individuals are helping their city reduce environmental footprints. If you are planning a move to greener pastures, there are a few great places you should check out. National Geographic has put together a list of the [...]

Myrtle Beach’s abundance of dance-friendly nightclubs and miles of white sand are a popular destination for a college student’s spring break. But while other students are making plans for the traditional wild, crazy spring break, Nate Braman from Vanderbilt University decided to make some alternative plans for his. Last year Braman didn’t feel like he accomplished anything during spring break, [...]

Food is life’s greatest weakness. Food costs money, food takes time, food makes us unhealthy, but sometimes food just tastes so darn good! Who has time to make dinner at home anymore? Isn’t it just easier to pick something up on the way home? Drive-thru windows are a busy family’s best friend, especially in between school, work, ball practice, cleaning, [...]

It doesn’t take more than a quick click on Google and a disheartening public service announcement to realize we have created pollution issues for our poor planet. Unfortunately for many, this has become a political hot-button, but whatever side you happen to fall on, no one can deny the existence of the continent-sized trash heap that’s floating in the Pacific [...]

You have probably embarked on the journey of green living, especially if you have been reading this column. Living green is more than just media hype. It has become integrated into our lives through local businesses, transportation, and our education. I feel like everywhere I turn, there is someone, somewhere advertising their living green pride. From local businesses promoting energy [...]

Where would we be without electricity? As a society we are addicted to electronic gadgets. What if you couldn’t charge them? And what if we could not watch our favorite TV show? What if all life stopped after nightfall and had to be lit by candle? No refrigerator or freezer. No air conditioning in late summer. No modern conveniences. No [...]

Birthday celebrations are inevitable, especially if you have kids. From their first birthday, the celebration seems to grow and evolve every year. And every year, I feel like I struggle in what to do, how to plan, who to invite. The details seem to be the most important and the most stressful part of the planning. Then, at the end [...]

On a New York playground that appeared like any other, children laughed and ran on the former chemical company land on which their school was built in 1955. This ideal picture is a far-cry from what took place years later when, according to Wired.com, Love Canal resident Karen Schroeder gave birth to a daughter with an irregular heart beat, partial [...]

We are in love with our trash. Not only do we purposely make purchases with the intent to throw things away, but also we waste so much on a daily basis. It seems that we love to throw things away because it’s easy and it’s out of sight, out of mind. According to Edward Humes, author of the book “Garbology,” [...]