5/9/11

While the most energy-efficient way to dry your hair is to air-dry it, sometimes that's not convenient in the morning. Do the next greenest thing: use a lower heat setting on your hair dryer. By switching to a cooler setting, you're not only protecting your hair from damage, you're also cutting down on your dryer's overall energy use.

5/8/11

If you're planning to take a vacation or want to find an extraordinary gift for someone, why not buy something that also supports a worthwhile charity, too? Charitybuzz.com works with nonprofit organizations to put together amazing prize packages that it auctions off online, raising money for the charities. Prizes can be anything from vacations around the world to meet-and-greets with some of Hollywood's biggest stars. While some prizes end up selling for thousands of dollars, it's not rare to see lots sell for very affordable prices.

5/7/11

It can be hard to recycle the plastic pots and trays that shrubs, trees and flowers come in when you buy them from the home improvement store. This spring, Lowe's Home Improvement is solving this recycling problem by taking back all of these plastic pots and trays -- regardless of where you bought them -- to be recycled for free. Just bring them to any Lowe's gardening center and they'll be sorted and cleaned for reusing or recycling