If you have been wondering whether to get a real, cut Christmas tree or an artificial one, you need to consider the environmental impact that both options pose. Finding the most eco-friendly alternative (besides not having any tree at all, of course) can indeed be tricky. But perhaps you didn't know that there are more choices than just the fake tree and the natural (cut) tree. Read on to find out about Christmas trees, their environmental impact, and the 'eco-friendlie'r alternatives that are available.

‘T is time to think of Holiday gifts, green Holiday gifts. This year, focus on practical and useful, recyclable and/or recycled, fair-trade and environmentally-friendly gifts. Difficult, and expensive will you say? Not at all. We have selected our favorite 10 green gift ideas for a greener Holiday celebration, all under $30.

Being and living green shouldn’t be an occasional event or gesture prompted by the calendar. To turn our tragic environmental course around, we all need to change our ways of thinking and our habits. Now.

In most states now, fall is definitely here and winter won’t be long. As heating represents the largest energy expense for most homes in the US (about 56% according to the DOE), it makes sense to focus on our energy use (or waste, rather) and find ways to make it less costly as well as more environmentally responsible.