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Lowering your utility bills sounds great, but a lot of people don’t know just how easy it is to make a home more energy-efficient. Truthfully, reducing energy and costs doesn’t require a lot of hi-tech upgrades or uncomfortable sacrifices. Making …

From Guest Blogger Eileen O’Shanassay: Five Tips to Save Money and Energy at Home Read More »

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With rising energy costs and continuing concerns about environmental impact, plenty of people are looking for ways to make their homes more energy efficient and to save some money in the process. Luckily for you, the last few years have …

From Guest Blogger Eileen O’Shanassey: Tricks to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient Read More »

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Protecting your well water system from contamination can mean the difference between clean drinking water for your family and a life changing illness. Here are the tips you need to keep your well water system clean. Test Your Water A …

From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: How to Protect Your Well Water System Read More »

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Plumbing isn’t something a lot of homeowners like to think about that often. The only time they tend to worry about it is when a serious malfunction requires hiring a plumber. However, your plumbing can affect a lot more than …

From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Four Ways Your Plumbing Affects Your Home’s Energy-Efficiency Read More »

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Our environment is a precious resource that we all know is being rapidly exhausted by conspicuous consumption, and dangerous fossil fuel use. Finding ways to circumvent the trappings created by society that often find us in an endless cycle of …

From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplain: Double Green–Ideas to Save Money and the Earth at Home Read More »

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Did you know that if every used plastic bottle were to be recycled, we would keep 2 billion tons of plastic out of dump sites? Through simple actions like recycling, using non-toxic products, reducing the use of fossil fuels and …

From Guest Blogger Lana Hawkins: Small Green Steps for the Brighter Future Read More »

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An increasingly important element in environmental policy is the preservation of our water supplies. 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water but only 2.5% of this is drinkable fresh water. This freshwater has been on the planet since …

From Guest Blogger Harvey: Saving Water in the Work Place Read More »

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It’s always a good idea to remove chemicals from drinking water, so many of us take steps to filter those chemicals out. One of those methods is through the use of a water softener. Did you know, however, that water …

From Guest Blogger Angie Freeman: Water Softeners Pose Dangers — to You and the Environment Read More »

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Although life on earth could not subsist without water, the waste of this precious commodity causes many environmental problems. Worldwide, millions of people do not have easy access to safe, clean water, yet in first-world countries, few people think twice …

From a Guest Blogger: Five Ways to Use Less Water in the Office Read More »

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EVWorld has a wonderfully encouraging article on renewables that begins: Pop quiz time. The fastest growing energy sector in terms of percentage of growth in the United States between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2011 was: A) natural gas, B) …

Is Renewable Energy Growing Stronger? It Depends on How You Look At It Read More »

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