Dog Fancy offers dog owners 10 easy suggestions to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle with their dog in their August 2008 issue.

Eco-friendly ways dog owners can help shrink their dog's carbon paw print include:

• Make organic food choices. Feed your canine companion an all-natural diet, such as raw vegetables, fruit and natural foods that limit the use of additives and processed fillers.
• Use natural household cleane
• More details after the jump.

Sprig.com adds new features, columns and online tools to inspire readers to easily integrate beautiful green choices into their daily lives. Brand new content—breaking news, actionable fashion and beauty tips, and celebrity scoop—and interactive features, including the ability to share, bookmark and comment on stories and products, will help readers take easy steps towards a more beautiful, stylish and eco-friendly lifestyle.

Planet Green officially opens for business with the premiere of RENOVATION NATION, the ultimate how-to guide for making your home earth-friendly. The tricks of the trade for the green home building movement are revealed when Emmy Award-winning host and handyman Steve Thomas brings viewers into the exciting world of green renovations. In this daily hour-long series, Thomas, known to viewers as handyman and host of This Old House, meets with eco-sensitive homeowners and builders who are making the choice to go green. Thomas shares the secrets of making environmentally responsible transformations by teaching homeowners and viewers alike which materials and designs encourage energy efficiency, while also providing tips on making the process as affordable and simple as possible. A sneak preview of RENOVATION NATION airs Wednesday, June 4, at 9:30 PM ET, when Discovery Home Channel becomes Planet Green. RENOVATION NATION officially premieres Friday, June 6, at 8:00 PM ET and can also be seen Mondays through Thursdays at 6:00 PM ET beginning June 5.

Summer is the perfect time to combine a green thumb with a green lifestyle. By following these simple tips, homeowners can save time and money, and improve the health and appearance of their lawn and garden.

• Mow regularly and leave the clippings on the lawn - the clippings will recycle into "free fertilizer."
• Water deeply, but infrequently, to prevent lawn disease and save water.
• Mulch flower and vegetable beds with compost or grass clippings to conserve water and control weeds.
• Identify bugs before you spray, squash or stomp - most bugs are good bugs, not pests.
• Consider planting native trees and plants, especially ones with berries, fruits and flowers to invite birds, butterflies, and other wildlife into your yard.

For more information on greenscaping, check out EPA's GreenScapes Web site. It includes a seasonal tips calendar on landscape maintenance and a pamphlet that provides cost-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for large-scale landscapers and homeowners.

With the growing concern about the ways in which our behaviors are effecting our environment, many people are being proactive when it comes to changing their lifestyle in order to alleviate these growing problems. The focus on ‘going green’ is steadily increasing and more and more individuals are taking a green approach to their life. Here, Carl Seville, owner, Seville Consulting explains what ‘going green’ really means.

• What was the motivation behind your becoming interested in green building?
• What are some of the features that make a home green?
• What are some of the advantages to having a green home over a traditional home?
• What do you see in the future of green building?

Find out the answers to these questions after the jump.

With increased attention to living a “green” lifestyle, UNOTRON joins consumers, industry leaders and government to promote “green” computing. Unotron, worldwide originators and first-to-market washable keyboards and mice, points to its patented SpillSeal technology which can be cleaned and disinfected without injuring functionality, thereby eliminating the need for plastic “skins” which must be continuously discarded and replaced.

Historically, many hospitals used plastic covers on their keyboards to improve sanitation and mitigate the spread of infection – including MRSA. But these skins proved to be expensive, inefficient, and must be discarded regularly.

Positively Green, a new quarterly magazine geared towards those mainstream women who want a no-nonsense solution guide to living a greener, healthier life, will launch in bookstores and retail stores nationwide in early August.

The magazine is the brainchild of Nashvillian Kelly Magill, who also publishes Nashville Interiors magazine. In her daily routine of caring for children, working, and maintaining a home life, Kelly realized she was not alone in her quest to incorporate going green into her life and the lives of her loved ones. Thus, Positively Green was born.

“I wanted to produce a very visually stunning, fresh-feeling magazine that addresses a variety of interests and concerns, but was centered on green living,” said publisher of Positively Green, Kellly Magill. “So I incorporated travel, fashion and gossip, cooking, health and home decor and all those things we all enjoy, and based it all around the very simple idea of leading a greener, healthier lifestyle in a way that would resonate with women juggling work and children and all the other things we deal with in life.

Verizon Wireless encourages mobile users to make a difference this Earth Day by "going green" with some simple tips that will help conserve the Earth's resources.

Sign Up For the Green Bill

Verizon Wireless' Green Bill gives customers a useful way to access, organize and analyze their account information, while at the same time, saving paper by eliminating the monthly bill in your mailbox.

Recycle a No-Longer-Used Wireless Phone

Stop by a Verizon Wireless Communications Store and give your old wireless phones to the company's HopeLine phone recycling program. The phones will be disposed of properly or refurbished for resale and reuse, with proceeds going to victims of domestic violence.

Are you a pet lover and an earth lover? Many eco-friendly consumers work hard to reduce their carbon footprint, but they often overlook the problem of the “carbon paw print” of their pets. As Earth Day approaches, Doo Care dog waste removal reminds you of 7 simple steps that you can take to help your pets be more environmentally friendly:

1. Clean up after your pet regularly. If you don’t like scooping poop, hire a service like Doo Care to clean up your pet waste for about $10 to $15 per week. The accumulation of pet waste is not only a health hazard, but it has a real environmental impact, especially if it storm drains carry it into waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that two or three days worth of droppings from a population of about 100 dogs would contribute enough bacteria to temporarily close a bay, and all watershed areas within 20 miles of it, to swimming and shell fishing.

2. Use biodegradable bags to dispose of pet waste. Doo Care uses exclusively biodegradable bags for their pet waste removal, and every pet owner should too. A recent study in San Francisco determined that pet waste makes up 3.8% of residential landfills. Much of this landfill problem is the result of pet waste that is disposed of in regular plastic bags. Using biodegradable bags allows the pet waste to go back to the earth as nature intended.

Find out the other five after the jump!

Nearly three of every four people recycles cans, paper and plastics at home; nearly two in three people turn out lights when leaving a room and say they are using high efficiency bulbs; and nearly one in three people who drive a conventional car today plan to make their next vehicle a hybrid, all according to a recent online survey of attitudes about the environment on Disney Family.com.

Disney Family.com recently launched a new “green living” page to provide parents with access to information on their environmental impact, resources for reducing their environmental impact, and a forum to share “green” tips with other families.

Of the more than 8,000 parents that participated in the Disney Family.com online survey, 90 percent indicated that the environment is an important issue to them and their families. The top two reasons that the environment is an important issue for parents: “they are looking out for the future of their children” and “the health of their family.”

Think going green is time-consuming and costly? Think again. Check out this week's episode of Six Minute Style for easy and affordable eco-changes that may help save the planet while also saving you a buck or two.

Host Susan Doherty presents simple yet effective steps that will have your home looking green in no time. And your energy bills will be leaner as well. From light bulbs and laundry to leaf blowers and roof racks, Doherty tackles the everyday items that suck energy while leaving a big old carbon footprint on the planet.

In keeping with its motto of "the lifestyle show that's big on style, short on time," Six Minute Style delivers a powerful punch in six (okay, sometimes seven) minutes or less. Lifestyle topics on the weekly video show and Web site run the gamut from how-to (floral arrangements and party ideas) and travel to food and wine and other must-have products. Rounding out the site are book and film reviews and soon, the site's newest section, "Good," which presents opportunities to both do and feel good.

HGTV, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, has launched the environmental phase of the HGTV 'Change the World. Start at Home' campaign. While the initial phase of the campaign focused on community revitalization, the green pillar of the initiative will focus on educating individuals about smart, actionable ways they can live eco-conscious and sustainable lifestyles.

Individuals will be able to explore NRDC's simple suggestions to improve their home, community and lifestyle by visiting http://hgtv.com/changetheworld. Green topics include everything from home modifications for greater energy efficiency to using non-toxic paints for a safer home environment. Visitors to the site can sign up to receive the helpful green "tip of the day" and access an online glossary with green terminology. The Web site will also feature a simple steps news ticker, which displays how individual efforts are adding up to collectively make a significant positive impact on the environment.