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• 25 Easy Homemade Gift Ideas

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Once Thanksgiving rolls around here in the United States, I like to try and stay as far away from any malls or large shopping centers. The stress from the traffic and crowds almost matches the stress from seeing greed and consumerism at its peek.But even though going to malls to buy gifts is not my [...]
  6 hours ago

• Residential solar power

  
  Centre Flow — Authority: 136
  Solar power is difficult to do on a large, nation-wide scale.  Doesn’t that make it a perfect thing to do in your own home?Simple Solar Heating Ltd. thinks so. Based in Okotoks, Alberta, this company makes use of solar thermal technology, which traps heat and uses photovoltaic technology to convert it to ...
  1 day ago

• Twig or Tweet

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  A motley crew of 23 costumed characters descended on my house this beautiful afternoon. Ghosts, goblins, princesses and pirates from around the neighborhood gathered to celebrate a belated Halloween, many accompanied by their good-natured, but a little-bit-embarrassed, big-uns.Wearing a blue gingham pinafore, braids ...
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• Carpets Can Stink. So, Make Your Own!

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Have you ever seen a tag on a carpet that said it contained “unknown man-made fibers.” Are you scared of the “unknown?” If it’s hanging off a carpet or rug, you should be.“Unknown” carpet or rug fibers are generally made from a cocktail of synthetic fibers such as nylon, acrylic, polyester, or ...
  2 days ago

• Cancer-Proof Your House

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Melanie Haiken, Caring.comIt’s scary to think about cancer, but even scarier to think that we might unknowingly be doing things that put our families at risk.I’ll never forget the day I was cleaning my mom’s bathroom, and her caregiver arrived. She smelled the bleach spray I was using all the way from the front ...
  3 days ago

• Time Banking: A Totally Cool Concept For a Better World

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  We all have talents. No matter who you are, where you live, or what socio-economic group you live in, every one of us has something to offer. Sadly however, not everyone has the ability to treat their talents as a commodity. Thankfully, that’s where time banking comes in.Time banking is a concept [...]
  4 days ago

• 11 Simple Tips To Save Money On Energy Bills

  
  Healthy Lifestyle — Authority: 103
  1. Whenever anything is plugged into an outlet, electricity is being pulled out.  When you’re done using chargers for phones and laptops, unplug them. 2. When you aren’t using them, electronic devices like computers, game systems, plasma TVs, and DVD players still use energy, which can add up to about 40% of ...
  4 days ago

• Comfort Food for Your Brain

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  By Mark Hyman, MD. Experience LifeSilent SufferingOur society is experiencing an epidemic of brain problems depression, anxiety, memory loss, brain fog, attention-deficit disorder (or ADD), autism, and dementia, to name a few and yet almost no one is talking about it. Unlike obesity, which you can’t hide, ...
  1 week ago

• Wal-Mart to put eco-ratings on products

  
  Centre Flow — Authority: 136
  In its most recent attempt to clean up its image and save the world, Wal-Mart announced plans to place eco-ratings on its all product labels. Wal-Mart plans on getting all 10,000 of its suppliers to answer a 15-question survey about their practices. Sounds great, but Wal-Mart’s raison d’être is discount prices ...
  1 week ago

• Stay Warm, Sleep In: Green Window Treatments

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Living deep in the woods, my family has enjoyed the luxury of not needing window treatments.  The only potential Peeking Toms we’re vulnerable to are curious squirrels, woodpeckers or atypically brazen deer.  We’ve decided to look into window treatment options, however, for three reasons: 1) To create a more ...
  1 week ago

• Why you should keep plants

  
  Good for You! — Authority: 128
  Bring a little of the outdoors to your indoors!Houseplants add an organic, natural touch to rooms in your home or to your office workspace. Gazing at the greenery amidst that tangle of cords and technology can be quite soothing.According to Eureka! Science News, “Adding these plants to indoor spaces can reduce ...
  1 week ago

• Backyard wind power? Not so fast

  
  Centre Flow — Authority: 136
  Talk about taking the wind out of urban wind power’s sails.Graham Findlay in Ottawa was told he cannot install a wind turbine in his backyard, despite support from his neighbours. Besides having to change the zoning of his home, he would have to set up the turbine so that if it fell, it would [...]
  1 week ago

• 7 Ways to Make Your Living Space Smell Nice

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Rather than spraying chemical-laden air fresheners, choose one of these seven natural ways to make your living space smell a little nicer.1. Invest in houseplants. Have your favorite plants and herbs growing in your kitchen, living room and bathroom in small pots. The presence of green plants will help reduce indoor ...
  1 week ago

• Energy Star label no guarantee of efficiency, audit finds

  
  Eartheasy Blog — Authority: 113
  Consumers looking to buy energy-efficient appliances have come to rely on the Energy Star label as an assurance from the US Energy Department and the EPA that the appliance has met required specifications for energy efficiency. A recent audit by the US Energy Department (DOE), however, has criticized the program for ...
  1 week ago

• Green concrete

  
  Centre Flow — Authority: 136
  When it comes to concrete, the Pantheon in Rome may be a perfect model for long-lasting green technology. LEED-status buildings are using its ancient wisdom in modern structures. The 2,000-year old-structure’s greenness is twofold.  First, if a building is designed to last for thousands of years, it will. Because ...
  1 week ago

• Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Dishwasher Detergent

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Many people know that they can make homemade laundry detergent but not as many know about homemade dishwasher soap.This formula will cut grease on your dishes. You will get a better result if you fill the rinse agent reservoir in your dishwasher with distilled white vinegar. It will leave your dishes grease free, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Using Herbs from a Home Herb Garden

  
  Lively Gardening Blog — Authority: 135
  You have planted the herbs in your home herb garden and watched them grow and flourish.  Herbs are extremely useful in so many different ways.  But, using herbs from a home herb garden requires a little bit or work first. Harvesting the mature plant is the first step in enjoying your home garden herbs.  Timing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Homemade Shampoo and Conditioner

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  Oh, shampoo and conditioner. They keep our hair clean and smelling great. While we all love being clean, shampoos and conditioners aren’t totally innocent products. Most of them are filled with chemicals that aren’t any good for our planet. Since they get washed down our drains, these are important things to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Environmental Poisoning: Is Your Home Hurting You?

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  By Sally Lehrman, Natural SolutionsIt’s not easy to know if your home sweet home could be making you sick, because symptoms of environmental illness (a long list that can include irritation of the eyes, throat, skin, and nasal passages, as well as headaches and fatigue) can have many causes. But your house may ...
  2 weeks ago

• TapIt: Finding Drinking Water On The Go, Made Easy

  
  Healthy and Green Living — Authority: 561
  OK, you’ve read all the info and recognize how bad bottled water truly is for the environment. You’ve done your research and found a reusable bottle that you want to use (or better yet are reusing something you already had). And now you are ready to once and for all kick your plastic water bottle [...]
  2 weeks ago

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