We only have one planet, and it’s a beautiful one. Whether you love Crowders Mountain or Mountain Island Lake or you’re happy with the park in your neighborhood, it’s easy to see the beauty of Planet Earth. With Earth Day (April 22) and Arbor Day (April 27) fast approaching, you might wonder what you can do or how you can help.

Before you tell yourself the problems of taking care of the planet are too big or that you’re just one person, remember that even small things can make a big difference. What can you do this year? Maybe it’s time to plant a tree in your backyard.

As a business owner, you have a lot to worry about – from payroll to inventory, from customer complaints to managing income and expenses. One thing you don’t need to worry about is how you’ll handle a disaster. You can’t prevent disasters, but you can prepare for them.

When you put together a workplace disaster plan, you’ve taken one more step in protecting your business and your employees. Here’s how to put together and implement a workplace disaster plan.

With the weather warming up, cold snaps notwithstanding, bicycles and motorcycles are being pulled out of garages and hitting the roads. We all have to share the road with each other, so it’s important to look out for anyone on two wheels.

Anywhere it rains, it can flood. You don’t have to live right on the coast or near on a lake to be in danger of flooding. We can’t always prevent flooding from impacting our home. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to prevent as much damage as possible.

The weather is warming up, spring has nearly sprung, and people are doing more outside of their home again. Is this your business’s busy time of the year? If so, hiring a few seasonal workers may be a great way to help you get through it. Before you hire anyone, there are a few things you need to know first.

Spring is a great time to clean your home, and it might be the first type of spring cleaning that comes to mind. But it’s also important to clean and organize your digital life, too — especially with data breaches and identity theft becoming so rampant.

If, by some miracle, you weren’t one of the 140-plus million Americans impacted by the Equifax data breach, the odds are good you’ll be caught up in one eventually. Identity theft, stolen data, and viruses happen all the time.

Keep yourself and your family a little safer this year with a digital spring cleaning.

Maybe it’s because you’re addicted to HGTV or because your best friend just bought a new home, but you’ve got house fever. Your rental isn’t cutting it anymore, and you’re ready to own your own home. But are you ready for the responsibility and added expense that can come with homeownership?

Here’s how to figure out if you’re ready to call a real estate agent and buy a home.