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Choosing Energy Efficient Appliances
Check out this free webinar offered by GreenExpo365: 13% of home energy is used by home appliances. Help your home owners by offering the best products to meet their needs and budget, while still providing energy saving solutions. Former Editor-In-Chief of Appliance Magazine, Lisa Bonnema provides an insider’s view of products and what features to take [...]
Continue reading...Polluting While Doing Laundry
27. June 2011
I recently saw an article from Earth911 about washers and dryers and wanted to add my spin. Polluting while cleaning? Every time you do a load of laundry you are using energy and water, sending detergent residue into rivers and oceans, and wearing down the fabric of your clothing. Did you know that? Even though you are [...]
Continue reading...Ditch The Bottled Water, Be Accountable
21. March 2011
Article from Corporate Accountability International and thegreenmomreview.com In the first three months of 2010 alone, the House of Representatives spent $190,000 taxpayer dollars on bottled water. Some quick math tells me that Congress is spending about $760,000 of our tax dollars a year on bottled water. That’s a lot of money—money that could pay teachers’ salaries—so that [...]
Continue reading...Visible Shower Tank Helps Visualize Water Use
15. December 2010
This new neato highly-visible shower tank has clear walls making it abundantly clear (forgive the play on words) how much water you have used for your bathroom adventures. The purpose of the tank is to deter people from running the water for a long time while it is warming up. I think it may have [...]
Continue reading...DOE To Ban Multi-Spray Showerheads
30. August 2010
From my perspective, I don’t find this new Department of Energy ruling out of line. We as homeowners and builders must protect our natural resources. By reducing the amount of water flow and usage on items such as shower heads, toilets and faucets we have a low cost, easy way to keep our environment’s resources [...]
Continue reading...Fido’s Green Dog House
16. August 2010
If you are like me, you always have your eye out for the next excellent DIY project. This green dog house caught my eye because it looks fairly simple to do and would really make a statement. Hope you enjoy! - Jayme Carleton, Second Nature http://jaymecarleton.com … Posted by ReadyMade Written by Sonia Zjawinski, Photography by Scott Little When Los Angeles-based [...]
Continue reading...Learn About the Green Access Home at Suncadia
12. September 2011
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