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simple and affordable green kitchen ideas

michele — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:34:41 +0000

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Getting ready for the Holiday season? How about taking a fast break? Tune in as host Kahi Lee presents some ways to add eco-friendly elements to your kitchen that are affordable, quick and easy to do. Yes, it’s very basic yet, that’s the point. Eco need not be so difficult and, these few steps will definitely make a difference. Why the kitchen? You’ll find out shortly. Before I forget, how about a few more green tips? 12 Easy Ways to Green Your Home is a quick slide show from House Beautiful with some simple and easy reminders to help us all become more green. That’s all for now. Thanks for tuning in.

video: House Beautiful, Scott Naturals

how much vampire energy does your home have?

michele — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:11:42 +0000

According to this article from Science Daily, “vampire energy” costs U.S. consumers approximately $3 billion per year. Just what is vampire energy? It’s all of the energy used when appliances are seemingly turned off, but still consume energy via standby mode.

The list of appliances that consume energy in standby mode continues to grow on a worldwide basis. With the ever increasing almost overwhelming plethora of new gadgets that become quickly obsolete, industry and government alike are making this a high priority. An exhaustive source of information is the Standby Power website.

mrs. meyer and cleaning

michele — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:10:29 +0000

mrs meyer’s is good for cleaning as is method and so on

caldrea

michele — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:06:48 +0000

Caldrea is perhaps my favorite eco-cleaning supply company. I’ve been using their products for about 10 years now and love them. They are aromatherapy cleaning products by Mona Hatoum based in Minnesota, USA. They work really well and smell fantastic. The prices are more than comparable products yet, they are diluted so a little goes a long way. Caldrea also offers cleaning supplies – yet, you’ll need to consider whether or not you want to use them as most them contain animal products such as horse hair bristle, goat hair and so forth. Purchases at Sur La Table. Stockists are on site or you can order online. Great deal for laundry. Also can’t really recommend their hand lotions due to parabens and so forth.