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Building or Remodeling? Get Your Free Eco Floor Plan Here!!!
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The growing masses of eco-minded consumers are continuously seeking out ways of incorporating green design principles into new or existing homes, but figuring out the logistics isn’t always straightforward. Launched only a few short weeks ago and based on the belief that green design should be available to all, FreeGreen is a new site that...
Green Nation: Saving the Planet One Earth-Friendly Move at a Time
One fifth of all Americans – 20 percent – move every year! That means that the average U.S. resident will move a total of 16 times over their lifetime – about once every five years! That’s a lot of moving! Moving supplies such as boxes, bubble wrap and other packaging materials remain piled up...
Minnesota Green: How to Save Our Environment One Reusable Envelope at a Time
Minnesota is already known for being “nice”, but a local company called ecoEnvelopes is bringing nice to the world and attempting to turn corporate America green by helping businesses reduce their company’s environmental impact AND save money in the process. After working for years to perfect the design and obtain the US Postal Service’s approval,...
Green is the New Black at the 2008 Parade of Homes Spring Preview
Green is the new black during this, the final weekend of the 2008 Parade of Homes Spring PreviewSM presented by Builders Association of the Twin Cities’ members. This year’s Guidebook includes plenty of great Green articles to help us make sense of this growing movement and the homes in this year’s 14-home earth-friendly mini tour...
"Greening" Your Real Estate Office
Whether you have your own office or are part of a larger office environment, you can make some dramatic changes for your pocket book and the environment quickly and easily. Here are some ideas from RISMedia to get you started. - Use both sides of writing paper. Copy documents on both sides as well. This...
More Green Living: 10 Easy Tips for "Greening" Your Home
When it comes to the environment, being a good global citizen starts at your doorstep. From recycling to using alternative cleaning materials, minor changes at home can add up to real benefits for the planet, not to mention your own health and happiness. It may be a cliché, but the best way to be Earth-friendly...
Green Living: How "Green" is Your Lifestyle?
People band together online to date, discuss politics or lose weight. Now, according to the folks at Springwise, a US website called Greenopolis has created a community whose members help each other live in a more earth-friendly manner. After registering on Greenopolis, which is still in beta, visitors complete an online survey that analyses their...
Green Giving: Even More Eco-Starter Kits
In December and earlier this month we wrote about four US companies selling what we called eco-starter kits. Like gift baskets filled with cheese and fruit, the kits contain an assortment of items, all with a ‘green’ twist: reusable water bottles and grocery bags, energy-saving light bulbs and eco-friendly cleaning products. All of the kits...
Cleaning Green: More Eco Starter Kits for the Home
Back in December, we talked about a few companies that sell eco starter kits: (gift) boxes containing products like aluminium water bottles, energy-efficient light bulbs and low-flow shower heads, all aimed at helping jump-start a more environment-friendly lifestyle. Now, Springwise has alerted us to Eco-Me, which took the concept a step further by developing kits...
Renewable Energy by the Neighborhood
Finding sustainable and affordable ways to power the world is clearly a substantial and increasingly urgent challenge. And according to Springwise, Dutch startup Qurrent is taking the notion a step further with technology to enable neighborhood-wide energy networks. Because of fluctuating patterns of consumption, homes with wind and solar energy generators can find themselves with...
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