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Winterize Your Home

20. September 2009

With summer just about over and the colder months fast approaching, now is a great time to consider winterizing your home to make it more environmentally friendly. Not only will you be kinder on the planet, but with these cheap and simple tips, you can also save a few bucks over winter as well. Reverse Your [...]

How To Reduce Your Home Energy Use Part 2

10. September 2009

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How To Reduce Your Home Energy Use Part 2

In our last installment we talked about no and low cost ways of reducing your homes energy use. Today we are going to talk about those methods that do end up costing a chunk of change, but can really make a difference in lowering your electricity consumption. Seal Your Home Most homes are very poorly sealed, leading [...]

What is your Carbon Footprint?

3. September 2009

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Chances are you’ve heard the buzzwords “carbon footprint” and “carbon offsetting,” but what are they? Your carbon footprint is a calculation of your impact on the environment measured by the amount of carbon you produce by your activities. This includes everything from energy use at home to transportation (referred to as your primary footprint since you [...]

Rebates for Buying Energy Efficient

28. August 2009

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By Kristen Hawley Hoping to simultaneously stimulate appliance sales and decrease wasteful energy usage, a government-passed stimulus package providing rebates to consumers who swap out older, less efficient appliances for newer Energy Star-approved appliances is expected to take effect later this year. Qualifying appliances include air conditioners, furnaces, refrigerators, dishwashers and other large appliances, with rebates between [...]

How To Reduce Your Home Energy Use

26. August 2009

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Over the last few decades home energy use has skyrocketed due to our ever increasing need for electricity. From computers and big screen TV’s, to microwave ovens, large water heaters and air conditioning, we now use anywhere from 600-1100kWh of electricity per month in our homes. And since over half of America’s electricity currently comes [...]

Easy Tricks for Improving Your Cell Phone Battery

24. August 2009

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Between reading e-mails, listening to music, playing games, taking photos, and browsing the Internet, people are demanding more than ever from their mobile phones. Now that cell phones do so much more than just make and receive calls, maintaining a good battery is crucial. Taking proper care of a cell phone battery only requires a little [...]