Living Green - Starting Now

Living Green is important nowadays. This section of our website is devoted to all that is green. We will be starting out slowly and then adding more and more as time moves on. We are starting with the green home.

The definition of a green home is one that uses less energy, water and natural resources. It creates less waste and is healthier for the people living inside it compared to a standard home.

Making your home green is a learning process. Here are a few things to get you started if you haven’t already.

• Recycling is probably the most important element of the living green movement. Since each region has a different set of rules on how to recycle, the most efficient way to learn about recycling practices of your municipality is to give them a call. Ask questions about how to get involved.
• Turning down your home thermostat as it gets colder is another great way to help the environment. Start living green gradually. That way you and your family will adjust more easily to the change in temperature. Lower your thermostat one degree lower each day until you reach a temperature in which all in your family is comfortable. This will save you money and reduce carbon emissions.

NOTE: A programmable thermostat works well in pre-setting the temperature in your home for different times throughout the day and you usually can program it days in advance.

• Another way to help the environment and also save money is to unplug and monitor electrical devices when not in use. Did you know that even when appliances are turned off, they can still use quite a bit of energy. Also, turn off those lights when you are not in the room.

Take a few minutes to “unplug and turn off” and you will save millions of tons of carbon emissions from going into the atmosphere every year. Isn’t that amazing!

• Lighting is important to the style and mood of our homes. Lighting can impact the atmosphere of a room or the way we see color in a room. LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology has come a long way in recent years, becoming cheaper and even more efficient. LED lamps may soon challenge CFL (compact fluorescent lamps) as the leading energy saving, green lighting choice.
• If you can afford the initial outlay, roof insulation is an absolute must for all houses and environmentally friendly insulation is available that will not only cut down on your heating and cooling costs, but also your impact on the earth.

Baking Soda is Your Friend Baking soda is an expensive way to clean off some of the hardest dirt and polish everything from soccer balls to purses and even repel rain from your car windshield.

Green Cleaning Recipes With Homemade Ingredients Here are some green cleaning recipes made with ingredients most people have around the house. They are not only good for the environment, they are cheaper than the name brand cleaners.

Green Holiday Guide or Back to Basics Our green holiday guide are things that our family were doing 40 years ago.

Green Insulation Alternatives Lead to Safer Savings Green insulation today includes cotton fiber, cellulose, spray polyurethane foam and fiberglass, in which manufacturers are making a better use of recycled materials.

Green Tips for Saving Money Here are some green tips to help with the environment while saving you money at the same time.

Hydrogen Peroxide the Wonder Product Hydrogen peroxide is an amazing product. For under $1.00, it has a vast range of everyday uses.

Lemons are Very Versatile Lemons are a very versatile fruit. Because their juice is 5% acid, they are good to use for many different household purposes.

Plastics - A Consumer Guide Here is a plastics consumer guide describing the seven types. Do you know which ones are dangerous to your family?

Recycling Glass Containers is a Good Thing Recycling glass containers is good for the environment. How can recycling programs be made more convenient and easier to use so that more people will participate? Does anyone have the solution?

Recycling Paper Helps the Environment! Recycling paper helps our planet. Americans alone used 88 million tons of paper goods last year.

Recycling Plastic in Today's Environment! Recycling plastic will help our planet because it does not break down in a landfill for hundreds of years.

The Best Indoor Plants That Improve Indoor Air Quality There are quite a few indoor plants that clean our air of pollutants along with converting carbon dioxide into oxygen.

Uses for Salt Other Than Just to Season Food There are many other uses for salt than just to season our food. Here are just a few of the interesting ways to use salt.

Uses of a Tennis Ball That Has Lost Its Bounce When a tennis ball no longer has bounce, re-purpose it. It is a very versatile ball.

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