Articles tagged “Incandescent Light Bulbs”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

How to Go Green: Lighting By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Eco-friendly green lighting illuminates your world and lightens the load on the environment. Get our eco-friendly green lighting facts, tips and information in How to To Go Green: Lighting. + READ MORE

Meet Brent Ridge, Farmer and Founder of Beekman Farms By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect Oct 12 2009 You'll rarely hear adjectives like 'hot' and 'young' used to describe farmers.Change Makers is series of interviews with people famous and obscure who are creating a more sustainable world through their work. + READ MORE

Modern Recycled Light Bulb Hanging Vases By Care2.com IN Home & Garden Sep 3 2009 Wondering what to do with all those energy-sucking light bulbs you've been wisely replacing with eco-friendly CFLs? Here are a few suggestions. + READ MORE

Are You Ready for LED Light Bulbs? By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Apr 21 2009 If you've gone green, then you probably have those curly-cue compact florescent light bulbs hanging from your fixtures. LED light bulbs don't contain mercury like CFL bulbs. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Motion Sensor Lighting By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2009 Motion sensors automatically turn lights on when they are needed (read: when motion is detected) and turn them off a short while later. "Motion sensors are best used in areas of the house that get little foot traffic," writes Planet Green's Josh Peterson. + READ MORE

See The Difference By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jun 12 2008 Ever wonder how much it actually matters whether you recycle that can or swap out that light bulb? Here are some fun, real ways to visualize the impact of your green choices. + READ MORE

Budgeting your Green: How to help the environment, and your pocketbook By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect May 14 2008 Is it possible to create and refine a more "green-friendly" lifestyle without seriously breaking the bank? + READ MORE

Turn YOUR Home Inside Out! By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden May 13 2008 Not everyone can actually live in one of the stunning residences we show you on World's Greenest Homes, but you can feel like you do. If you don't want to replace your bulbs, at least reduce your usage of regular incandescents by installing dimmers that'll help you make a habit of keeping lights low or off whenever they are not in use. + READ MORE

Try Using a Crock Pot for Energy-Efficient Cooking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 25 2008 I have never owned or even used a crock pot before.It turns out that crock pots have heat conductive linings so you can cook at a steady 200 F. Because you put all the ingredients in and then turn your back on it, you never lose any steam or heat from repeatedly lifting the lid. + READ MORE

Take the Pledge: Change a Light, Change the World By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Mar 3 2008 Okay, so you already know that every compact fluorescent light bulb you use can save you at least 0 and that you can pick the right color light to suit you, but have you actually gone and changed any bulbs yet? And, when you're looking for bulbs to use as replacements, be sure to look for the little blue Energy Star... + READ MORE

Give the Gift of Change By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 10 2008 You care about the environment and wish more people did. For 9.99, you get a recycled- or organic-cotton tote filled with a reusable SIGG water bottle, a CFL, and an organic-cotton T-shirt. ::Greensender Start small with a 0 Green-kit Starter Pack comprising bottles of all-purpose spray and dish-washing liquid,... + READ MORE

Choose the Right (Compact Fluorescent) Light By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Oct 25 2007 If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star-qualified compact fluorescent light bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year (as well as more than 00 million in annual energy costs), while preventing the greenhouse-gas equivalent of the emissions of more... + READ MORE

DIY Idea: Wine Glass Chandelier By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Sep 24 2007 3 lengths of small-gauge cable + 2 plexiglass circles (or substitute real glass, if you can cut it) +1 compact fluorescent or other high-efficiency light bulb +lots of wine glasses =a new combo chandelier/wine glass rack The original, pictured above, is designed by a Swiss architecture student; as swissmiss notes, "Very + READ MORE