All Entries in the "Around your Home" Category

This Bulb – Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman, Kyra Sedgwick and Chloe Sevigny help explain in this National Geographic video how simply schanging a simple light bulb can help reverse the effects of green house gases

The Great Refrigerator Roundup

The Great Refrigerator Roundup is a program designed to remove older, inefficient refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners from our electricity system. It offers an opportunity for people to have older refrigerators and freezers picked at no cost to the home owner.

The Lazy Man’s Way to “Going Green”

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Solar Energy: an Alternative Energy Source

Solar energy, by virtue of its being readily available almost throughout the world and being absolutely pollution free, is becoming an increasingly sought after alternative source of energy. It is now being increasingly used for powered electricity generation through the use of solar panels.

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Responsible Waste Management

You can begin a green waste management policy as a small step. Start at home by making sure the recycling goes into its proper bin. After a while you can extend your green policy to include backyard composting. Composting will take your rotten foodstuffs and turn them into rich fertile soil for planting.

“Piano Stairs” Avoid the Escalator & save power

In this video is a set of stairs beside a very busy elevator that they is converted into a fun musical set of stairs that people can have fun with as they climb to the top. As people us the stairs more then the escalator will be used less thus saving energy.

Even Babies Can Live Green

A new baby is one of life’s greatest blessings, and you want the best of everything for your new child. That should include his or her environment.

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How Schools Can Go Green

In this day and age, it is vital that we all do everything we can to change from our old habits to a concentration on going green.  Nowhere is such a change more vital than in our school systems.  Our children are the future, and if our planet is to have a future, it is [...]

Setting your Green Budget

To really make a difference and convert your life to the green alternative, you need to set a green budget aside for yourself. With the economy in recession, the price tag is all consumers look at when choosing which products to buy. In times like these, it’s more important that people aren’t penny wise and dollar stupid, but that’s what’s happening.

Green Living

It seems that nowadays everything is about Green Living. It’s all over the media, it is in our grocery stores, featured on many products and it even seems like even local schools have started green living related fundraisers. It’s not as hard as it seems, all you need to do is make small, nearly-painless changes.