Just Two Degrees, That's All!

In the Summer many Americans blast their AC a bit too high and vice versa in the Winter. Did you know that if you turned your AC up two degrees in the Summer and two degrees colder in the Winter you could be reducing the size of your carbon footprint by 25% or more! Its crazy how little of effort it is too! You won't even feel the difference. In the Summer I live where it gets extremely hot and I turn up the AC on full blast and I actually get cold inside my house and need a sweater! So really turning it up a few degrees won't even affect me! If you get hot easily in your house and changing the temperature seems crazy then try using a fan to circulate the airflow. For in the Winter you could just bundle up or turn on the fireplace to keep your house warm! Oh I almost forgot to mention that this will save you a good amount of money too! There's no reason you shouldn't be going green! I mean it saves you money and we all know that in these hard economic times we need to save as much money as we can get our hands on!

Hot Wasabi Bath, Say What????

I was surfing through my FAVORITE eco-friendly website (GreenIsSexy.Org) and I found a really cool article I wanted to share with you guys. In it, it says that if your looking for an organic way to detox yourself (or if you had too many drinks last night and need a break) add green wasabi to your hot bath. For those of you that don't know what wasabi is, is its a really spicy member of the cabbage family that is often added to soy sauce to dunk your sushi in. It is known as Japanese Horseradish. The root of wasabi is what is actually made into well, wasabi. It is so spicy that when you eat just a tad bit of it, it opens up nasal passages and burns the tongue. No worries though, you will not actually be eating it. You actually take about a teaspoon (or more depending on your bathtub size) and run it under the bath water. Now, your probably asking what does wasabi have to do with detoxing??? Well, when you add it to your bath it increases your blood circulation through your organs and promotes oxygenation of your body tissues, which help clear your cells from waste. Just make sure when you are soaking in the bath that you remember to drink plenty of water! If you want to check out the actual article click here!