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Monday
20Oct2008

How-To "Green" Your Home

Living a greener lifestyle can seem a daunting challenge to many.  Truth is, it doesn’t have to be like that.  Living green doesn’t mean you have to sell your car, live in a hut, eat grass and drink rain water.  It’s all about choices and nobody is saying you have to go green all in one day.  Living a green lifestyle means making choices that reduce your impact on the planet and it’s natural resources.  Driving less and walking more, eating locally grown food, using cloth bags at the supermarket are only a few things you can do to make a difference.  Helping the planet is a step process and like many of us, we can only go up stairs one at a time.

One of the challenges I often hear about when someone is trying live “greener”, is a lack of know-how.  Using cloth bags versus plastic and recycling your cardboard & drinking contains is easy, but what about things that are not so main stream, such as your home.  When it comes to our homes, we are often unaware of things we can do to improve it’s efficiency and reduce the eco-footprint it leaves behind.

The internet is full of information on how to “green” your home, but it’s nice when a website comes along that puts it all together for you.  EcoHomeResouce.com is a great resource if you are trying to make your home and lifestyle a little greener.  The website contains products & services, how-to’s and even transformation designing tips.

There is a wealth of valuable information on this site so check them out and have a browse.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

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