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How To Effectively Save Energy And Water In Your Kitchen

How To Effectively Save Energy And Water In Your Kitchen

Entry #1194, May 20, 2012 One of the areas at home that utilizes the bigger amount of energy and water consumption is our kitchen. It is where you prepare the food, wash dishes and other related activities. These household tasks require electrical appliances and water supply for completion. The household chores in your kitchen are ...

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Alternatives to Wood: Green Furniture for Your Interiors

Alternatives to Wood: Green Furniture for Your Interiors

Entry #1191, May 19, 2012 Decorating your home with high quality furniture may take a toll on our environment. Significant amounts of trees are cut every day to accommodate the need for wood furniture. These trees take so many years to grow and will take the same duration for replacement. Good thing that modern furnishings ...

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Making Your Kitchen Appliances Environmentally Friendly

Making Your Kitchen Appliances Environmentally Friendly

Guest Blogger #525, Entry #1186, May 18, 2012 While “saving” and “less” are key concepts associated with going green, there is no need for individuals to deprive themselves. When it comes to making one’s kitchen appliances environmentally friendly, it is all about updating old, non-environmentally-friendly appliances by replacing them with energy-efficient and water-saving appliances. One ...

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Guest Blogger: Green your Home with Eco-Friendly Flooring

Guest Blogger: Green your Home with Eco-Friendly Flooring

Guest Blogger #524, Entry #1185, May 18, 2012 There are a lot of ways to be green within your home: energy-efficient windows and appliances, programmable thermostats, unplugging televisions and computers when they aren’t in use, etc. But did you know you can also make your floors and carpets eco-friendly? Growing concerns about manufacturing processes and ...

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Guest Blogger: Using Plants to Soften your Hardscape Pool Area

Guest Blogger: Using Plants to Soften your Hardscape Pool Area

Entry #1181, May 17, 2012 With the warmer weather hinting to come in a few short weeks it’s time to focus on your pool area. Your pool gets much of the attention of your family, neighbors and out of town guests throughout the summer months. While the actual pool maybe ready, how about softening up ...

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Guest Blogger: 10 Benefits of Green Roofing your Home

Guest Blogger: 10 Benefits of Green Roofing your Home

Guest Blogger #519, Entry #1173, May 14, 2012 Green roofing represents an excellent way to contribute to the environment, while also having extensive individual benefits for your property and a surrounding area. Green roofs consist of an area that is either completely or partially covered by vegetation, which then acts as a self sustaining eco ...

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Green Alternatives for Ridding your Home of Bed Bugs

Green Alternatives for Ridding your Home of Bed Bugs

Guest Blogger #514, Entry #1166, May 11, 2012 Once thought of as near extinct, bed bugs surprised the entire world by making a huge comeback and wreaking havoc in an increasing number of bedrooms in hotels and homes across the country. The problem with these pesky and miniscule crawlers is that they can run undetected ...

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Guest Blogger: Simple Green Living Tips to Start at Home Today

Guest Blogger: Simple Green Living Tips to Start at Home Today

Guest Blogger #508, Entry #1158, May 8, 2012 Many people have not been kind to Mother Nature and now she is fighting back. The temperatures are climbing, the glaciers are melting and the weather patterns are fluctuating. As the world’s population of 7 billion people generate tons of trash on a daily basis, space is ...

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How Children Celebrated Earth Day 2012 around the World

How Children Celebrated Earth Day 2012 around the World

  Entry #1149, May 4, 2012 Earth Day is a celebratory day of Eco-consciousness for the young and old to find new ways to preserve and utilize the Earth’s resources in respectful and focus on conservation. While adults have their organizations, festivals, and even online “Acts of Green” – the children of the world are ...

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Helpful Tips for Starting your Own Urban Garden

Helpful Tips for Starting your Own Urban Garden

Guest Blogger #498,  Entry #1145, May 3, 2012 Even if you don’t have a bit of earth to call your own, you can still enjoy gardening’s many pleasures. A single large container planted with herbs and vegetables on a sunny patio or balcony is all that’s needed to enjoy a delicious harvest. With the right ...

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