It's Easy Being Green

Here are the last four easy green tips as we celebrate Earth Day: 17. If you’re replacing windows, use energy saving models. 18. Plant trees next to your home and paint your house a light color if you live in a warm climate. If you live in a cold climate, make sure the trees are deciduous, meaning they lose their leaves in the winter so the sun can shine on your home to warm up. Also make sure to paint your house a dark color, attracting more heat absorption. 19. Be an energy activist.... (more...)

13. Purchase a car that gets good gas mileage. 14. Buy minimally packaged goods and choose reusable products over disposable ones. 15. Be sure your car’s air conditioner coolant is recycled after servicing. 16. Insulate your walls or attic to help save about 25% of your home heating and cooling bill Check in tomorrow as we celebrate Earth Day and reveal the last four tips, easy ways to go green! If you liked that post, then try these...Wordless Wednesday by Nate on January 2nd, 2008 It's... (more...)

Here’s four more tips as we count down to Earth Day: 9. Install low-flow shower heads to reduce the amount of water you use while taking a shower 10. Caulk and weatherstrip around doors and windows to cut down on air leaks and save on your energy bill to heat or cool your home. 11. Ask your utility company to do a home energy audit. A lot of utilities provide this service for free and can offer up some tips customized to your own home and energy use. 12. Walk, bike, carpool or use mass... (more...)

Here’s four more tips showing you it really can be easy going green: 5. Adjust your home’s thermostat to be lower in winter and higher in summer. Learn how to heat and cool your home simply by venting windows at certain times of the day and when it’s cold, bundle up and put on your sweat pants! 6. Clean and replace dirty air filters in your home’s heating and cooling system. A dirty air filter can use 5-percent more energy while your a/c unit is running. 7. Replace the... (more...)

Five days and counting to Earth Day so enjoy the easy ways to go green tips I post as we head to the big celebration: 1. When it comes to doing the dishes with your dishwasher, use the energy-saving setting. If your dishwasher is older and doesn’t have one of those settings, just let the dishes air-dry. Don’t use the heated option. 2. Reduce the energy needed to wash your clothes by washing in cold or warm water, not hot. We do all of our laundry with cold water, sometimes warm if... (more...)

Just less than six days away, people all around the world will celebrate our blue planet and share their mindfulness to protect our only home. Senator Gaylor Nelson, realizing that conservation was a much needed movement even in the 1960’s, persuaded President Kennedy to tour the nation. He spoke about conserving our precious resources and it began to get the country thinking. However, the Vietnam War was overshadowing the environmental movement at the time. Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations... (more...)

It’s that time of year again where high school students begin to fret over who they’re going to prom with and what they’re going to wear. I remember how stressful that one event was or at least how stressful we as high schoolers perceived it. My how things change! Prom can be a wasteful event, especially when it comes to the $100+ girls will spend on special shoes and a formal dress that might not ever be worn again. The guys have it easy when it comes to renting their tux.... (more...)