Recent Posts in ‘GTC Australia’
Stay Green, Balanced and Happy
Start managing your life to help keep our earth green and your life balanced. Hard times are challenging at best but they are also a great opportunity to get creative. Going green is all about conserving resources.
Water-Wise Your Bathroom
Of our daily water use, 75 percent is consumed in the bathroom. Changing our habits can cut back on our use.
Advice For Grumpy Office Workers
Nothing induces crankiness quite like being stuck behind a desk all day. Grumpy Office Workers face various challenges in maintaining some semblance of health and fitness in an environment tailor-made for comfort-biscuit-scoffing and slumping in front of a computer screen for eight hours straight. Check out the world of Grumpy Office Workers for their advice:
Pay Bills Online
Here’s a simple way to cut down on energy and paper use, while saving money on stamps. Save natural resources – as well as late fees – by enrolling in easy, online bill-paying options with your bank, credit card companies, cable and utility providers. In fact, these days it seems that almost any outfit that
Closed Loop Recycling
Make recycling a Closed Loop. Recycling doesn’t end at the recycling bin. Materials put out for recycling are not truly recycled until they are reprocessed into new products and purchased by you. What is Closed Loop Recycling
Turn the Dial to Cold Water
Doing the laundry has a bigger impact on the planet than you might think. Here are several ways to save energy and water in the laundry room, from careful selection of your machines to using cold water. GREEN LAUNDRY ADVICE Wearing your clothes more than once before tossing them in the dirty pile is the
Green your Limo Travel
Ecolimo pioneered the introduction of environmentally friendlier hire car and limousine services in Australia. Ecolimo services mostly companies who want to reduce the impact of their business activities on the environment. It’s an easy choice for many businesses to make because for no extra cost it turns a regular business expense into action on behalf
Earth Hour 2010
Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm the fourth Earth Hour will be held. thanks to Australian Museum I can’t hide the fact that I love Earth Hour. I love Earth Hour because such a simplistic action has a powerful message. As long as you can reach the light switches you can participate and this event puts the
Waterless Urinal System
A lovely luncheon at the Langham Melbourne and a trip to the bathroom, and a Green Trash Can member produced a photo that he had taken of their no flush waterless urinal system. It is amazing where Green eco-friendly products turn up. Without question, fresh water is our most precious resource, and as the population
Sustainable living isn’t a sacrifice
There are so many sustainable living tips that give advice on what we should be doing and it may look like we are supposed to give up and cut back BUT what are the gains if the tips become everyday habits? For example using the car less and walking more is better for our health.
Kick off Your Shoes
If you do one thing this month -kick off your shoes: you’ll keep harmful chemicals out of your home -and your body. Research shows that shoes drag in way more eco-baddies than we think. From pesticides to chemicals whatever is on your shoes comes inside with you and gets tracked all over your house.
Visit a Local Farmers Market
Green Trash Can visits a Farmers Market at Talbot, Victoria, Australia held 3rd Sunday of every month. On market day over 100 stallholders set up in Talbot’s historic precinct, along Scandinavian Crescent and surrounding streets. For sale is farm fresh organic fruit and vegetables, honey, wine, pasta, puddings, olives, organic meat, continental cakes, local flaxseed
