Green Home Tour Planned for Sedona

The mystical red rock area of Sedona, Arizona is calling all who are interesting in solar energy and green building. The ‘Living with the Sun — Sedona & Verde Valley Style’ leg of the American Solar Energy Society’s national tour will take place this Saturday, November 1st.

Bright Green Buildings Are Profitable

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) announced today the release of a comprehensive report on “bright” green buildings. “Bright” green buildings combine the best of intelligent and green building design and increase profits, lower costs, and help the environment. They provide significant Return on Investment (ROI) with lower operational costs due to more efficient operations [...]

My First Podcast!

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak about my blogging efforts with Tom Tucker of GreenBlogosphere.com during a podcast interview. I spoke about my inspiration for writing a blog about sustainability, green building, and eco-friendly living, as well as related topics. Click on the play button on the audio player right below to have a listen! [...]

Is the Grass Greener When It’s Not Real?

I first learned of this innovative product while watching ‘Living With Ed’ on the Planet Green network. Ed and Rochelle improved their backyard with an artificial grass product that requires no mowing (and no related emissions), no watering, no weeding, and no fertilizing. This product is ideal for areas where water is scarce or where [...]

Add Pizazz to your Home or Garden with Recycled Metal Sculptures

Hand-made from recycled steel, copper, aluminum, and auto parts (screws,nuts,bolts,chains,spark plugs.bearings), artists create unique sculptures that will add a touch of whimsy to your home or garden. These alloy experts find their medium at junk yards, auctions, and metal scrap yards. Creating the sculptures is a labor of love with hours spent on removing dust, [...]

Tired of Mowing the Lawn? How about a Robotic, Solar-Powered Mower to do the Job?

We’ve all heard of the Roomba that propels itself around the house vacuuming dirty floors. Built on that same kind of robotic concept is the Automower Solar Hybrid by Swedish company Husqvarna. It’s making its debut in the U.S. at this weekend’s Green Industry & Equipment Expo in Kentucky.

Solar Pod House Steps Out!

Now this is using the imagination!  A solar and wind powered house that sits on 6 movable hydraulic legs was built by art collective N55 in Copenhagen, Denmark, who worked in conjunction with engineers at MIT in Massachusetts.  It was designed to escape flooding and cost only £30,000 to build. The walking pod contains a [...]

Don’t Throw In the Towel, Look for Eco-friendly Options for the Bathroom

If the fact that conventionally-grown cotton uses massive amounts of pesticides and insecticides concerns you because of the detrimental effects on our air, soil, water, beneficial insects, and those who farm the land, then why not consider purchasing more sustainable products? The bathroom is a great place to start with several options for eco-friendly towels.

Green a Room With Non-Toxic Paint

Looking to spruce up a room? One easy fix is to give the walls a fresh coat of paint. If you’re not keen on the odor that fills your space as soon as you open the paint can, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn that there are non-toxic, virtually odor-free paints now available.

When Gardening, Skip the Peat Moss

The peat moss that is commercially sold in the U.S., as a soil amendment, is typically the decomposed product of Canadian sphagnum moss which has been growing for thousands of years in wetland areas called peat bogs. Of course, here in America, our wetland areas have been compromised by rampant development. The decomposed, muddy peat [...]

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