All Entries Tagged With: "energy"
Carbon Karma: How to Reduce Your Eco-Footprint Today
Every one of us on this planet leaves an eco-footprint as we go about our daily activities. This footprint consists of the CO2 and other greenhouse gases that result from our use of transportation, energy consumption and rubbish disposal. The impact from resources consumption in our daily lives shows up in these footprints, as does a communal impact resulting from pollution and contamination caused by manufacturing, wars, and the degradation of biodiversity.
Take the Sun Home with You
The sun is hot, the water is cool, and you are taking it all in by the beach. You are enjoying your long awaited vacation. But soon, your thoughts turn back to all those home improvement projects you haven’t quite gotten around to at the house. As you continue to look up at the sun, you think of the high electric bill you’ve had this winter, and wish you could just take the sun home with you to heat the house. Well, you can (in a sense). You can use the energy from the sun to heat your home, thus solar energy.
Eco Staging
Yesterday someone asked me why, as a stager, I thought it would be important to clients or real estate agents that I understood green. It is funny, their question made me step back and I realized that the question never occurred to me because I just thought folks would automatically see the benefit. But it is an excellent question, so I’d like to answer it.
A Second Life To Glass Bottles
Icestone [is] a durable surface made 100% from recycled glass and concrete. I first heard of this product about 2 years ago and initially thought it would make very cool looking countertops. A few weeks ago, I attended a product knowledge seminar on Icestone and now, the “green” side of it is growing on me.
