Sustainable Living

Integrating Sustainability into Your Ecotourism Operation

Tinelle D. Bustam and Taylor V. Stein

Bioplastics—a better option for the environment?

Maia P. McGuire

Improving, Restoring, and Managing Natural Resources in Florida: Sources of Technical Assistance for Urban Homeowners

Mark Hostetler, Martin Main, and Chris Demers

Homemade Household Cleaners

Amanda Griffin and Randall A. Cantrell

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet for Homeowner audience(s). in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Family Resource Management

Green Power in the Garden: A Simple Water Feature Using Photovoltaic Solar Panels

Edmund Lee Thralls

A UF/IFAS numbered peer reviewed Fact Sheet for Homeowner audience(s). Published by Urban Water

Conserving Urban Wildlife in the Face of Climate Change

Daniel Feinberg and Mark Hostetler

Virtually all climatologists agree that humans are increasing the rate of the Earth’s warming by releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But you might be surprised to learn that houses and residential neighborhoods are sources of greenhouse gases or carbon because everything in a house that runs on electricity or gas is often derived from burning fossil fuels. This publication describes the connections between climate change, wildlife, and human neighborhoods and presents several ways for residents to live more sustainably.

Hazardous Household Substances: Alternatives That Are Relatively Free of Toxic Effects

Marie Hammer, Chris Koehler, and Randall Cantrell

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. Published by Family Resource Management