Three Key Words That Can Lead Your Search for a Cleaner Planet.

Sustainable, Ecological, Green

A few weeks ago I needed to change the oil in my Honda Insight. Being new to the area I thought I would look for an auto parts store to purchase oil for my car. As I sat down at my computer to search, I had a strange thought. I wonder if there is any earth friendly oil on the market. So I typed “Green Oil” and low and behold there were several manufactures of bio oil, and reprocessed used oil.

Motor oil is not something you may think of as environmental. When we think of sustainable or earth friendly products we think of solar panels, bamboo cutting boards or hemp clothing, not motor oil. Now when you search for batteries or motor oil or a host of other products we use every day we hardly ever think about looking for an environmental alternative. Sure we have our favorite products, old stand bys that we have used for years. But just putting the word green in front of my usual search I found something most people would not have thought of to look for.

Of course there are many other words you can use to bring better results, but just getting into the habit of using these words regularly in your searches for everyday products and services can promote the makers of these products and give them more opportunity to influence other manufacturers and companies to invest in green technologies and processes for their businesses.

Of course you have to buy these products. I promptly went to Wal-Mart of all places, and purchased 5 quarts of G-oil, a synthetic bio-recycled blend. It works great and I can take comfort in the fact that I made a small step toward making the Earth a better place.