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For many years I have been anti-plastic bag - not only do I carry my own trendy re-usable bags, but I also annoy shoppers by showing them off and suggesting they also become... 'Bag-ist'! Organizations like conservingnow.com are successfully and quite rightly making plastic bag users feel very naughty!
Clive Pearse, Host of HGTV hit shows Designed To Sell and HGTV Design Star
Clive Pearse on ConservingNow

We have all heard about the devastating effects on our planet from plastic bag waste. Now there is help! ConservingNow.com has taken my passion for recycling and reusing into an incredible website. You can learn about green living, buy unique reminder products and find the tools to teach your friends and family to say good bye plastic bags and hello going green. If you look at one website today (besides mine!!) make it ConservingNow.com!
Lisa LaPorta, Designer
Lisa LaPorta on ConservingNow

Spring Break is on its way!

Are you thinking about a trip for Spring Break?  Consider all the waste that goes into making a guidebook.  Generally speaking, only a small portion is used for one trip only - then what?  For your next trip - research your holiday online.  Then print only the pages that you will actually need to reference for your trip.  With close to 1 million guidebooks printed annua

Conservingnow Wants You To Conserve Energy!

Want to save even more power each year?  Try "auto-switching" power strips.  They shut down when the primary appliance is turned off and can save up to four kilowatt-hours per day of energy.  If every home in America switched to more efficient power strips, we could save enough energy to power 40000 homes for a year! 

Recycle That Old Phone!

With all the buzz lately about iPhones and Droids, it is likely that you have recently upgraded to a new smart phone.  Wondering what to do with your old phone?  Donate your old phone to a charity or sell it to a third-party recycler.  You can often take a tax deduction for the phone's value or get hard money for it from a recycler.  Less than one percent of cell phones are

Simple Travel Tips!

As Spring approaches, we are thinking about summer travel.  Here are a couple of super easy green tips to make your next vacation a green one!