A clean, glowing car is a pleasant sight, but it can often come at a cost to the environment through excessive water use and the effect of chemicals in detergents. Pick up some tips for lessening your car washing impact.

There’s more to our car culture than the issues relating to emissions and fossil fuels. Cars are indirectly responsible for much of our hyperconsumption. Rethinking how you use your car can save you money and lighten your environmental impact in many different ways.

The All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) isn’t just for recreation – it’s a valuable tool for farmers. Gas powered ATV’s can be rather noisy and tend to be heavy on emissions. More environmentally friendly electric ATV’s are becoming quite common – and the prices have dropped greatly recently.

In the USA, about 300 million tires are scrapped annually, causing a variety of environmental headaches – can tires be greener? Green Diamond Tire have been taking steps towards a more environmentally friendly tire for over a decade; and they are just starting to, ahem, gain traction.

If you’re ready to ditch the car for the sake of the environment, aren’t keen on a motorbike or motor scooter and constant peddling isn’t yet your scene, consider a moped or an electric bike.

These days, most of the focus on car exhaust has to do with carbon dioxide emissions; but by reducing your driving or gas consumption you can keep a bunch of environmental nasties out of our atmosphere.