Articles tagged “Saving Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

3 Easy DIY Cork Laptop Stands By NaturallySavvy.com IN Tech & Transport Oct 2 2010 Wine corks are a great tool for elevating your laptop to provide better air circulation because they're small and easy to transport, very lightweight, and they won't leave marks on a desk or other surface. + READ MORE

Walk Off Your Weight By Adding This Mid-Walk Resistance Stop By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jul 25 2010 Walking workouts are a great way to burn calories without the pounding impact on your joints or the environment. More than being a great casual workout, walking has been proven to fight stress, lower LDL, raise HDL, regulate blood pressure, reduce your risk of diabetes, improve your bood, boost your ego, and help you lose weight. + READ MORE

Pellet Furnaces Are Hot! By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jul 21 2010 Pellet furnaces, like pellet stoves, are hot! But are they green? It appears to depend on where you live and how hands-on you are. + READ MORE

Rock the Reactors with LED Light Bulbs By Aysia Wright IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 10 2010 Celebrate Green Lighting and the role LED bulbs can play in replacing the need for nuclear power. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Laundry By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Don't think of laundry as a mundane household chore -- think of it an opportunity to go green! Get dozens of tips and facts on how to do it in our latest green guide, How to Go Green: Laundry, one in a series of dozens that we're rolling out to help you go green in your everyday life. + READ MORE

Share Your Best Green Ideas for a Good Cause with Kelly Ripa By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Apr 27 2010 Actress, talk show host, and mom Kelly Ripa brings together great green ideas from other green gurus at her website, Kelly Confidential. + READ MORE

Energy Efficient Homes Are The Stars Of The Future By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Apr 23 2010 Are you in the market for a new home? If you are, you are not alone. Millions of new homes are built every year. How will all of the materials needed to build and sustain these new homes accommodate our dwindling and limited natural resources? + READ MORE

Earth Hour Treat: Cheese Fondue with Chipotle and Tequila By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 26 2010 My husband and I have a dear friend who has started a tradition of having Earth Hour potluck parties. It's fun for the adults, but she is really doing it to make a point to her two teenage sons and their friends. She wants them to know that you really can amuse yourself without all the electronic gear that is so much a part of our lives now. + READ MORE

Staying Warm in the Winter Without Heating Your House: It Can Be Done (If You Really Want To Do It) By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Feb 4 2010 Whatever the reasons, the attitudes of people who live in cold homes are similar. They mention their enthusiasm for the environment is what fuels their prudent use of energy, making their choice both ethically, and environmentally sound reason. + READ MORE

Walking The Walk: 8 Healthy Reasons To Let Your Footsteps Generate Energy By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Tech & Transport Jan 29 2010 Walking...we do it everyday. It's a good thing. It's been taunted as being the health staple that can boost everything from cutting down on breast-cancer risks to helping you sleep. + READ MORE

Old Cast-Iron Radiators Get a New Heating Life By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 25 2010 It's becoming increasingly popular to see reclaimed and repurposed goods transformed into usable items for our homes. + READ MORE

Warming Trends: Room By Room DIY and BUY Energy-Efficient Solutions For A Warmer Home By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 5 2010 As the cost of heating continues to rise, so has the awareness of just how much energy is seeping out of homes. Can we continue to enjoy the comforts of a warm home in an age when it is imperative that we consider energy issues first? + READ MORE

7 Ways to Earn Maximum "Cash for Caulkers" Rebate Money By Seth Leitman IN Home & Garden Dec 16 2009 The "Cash for Caulkers" stimulus project has been bouncing around the news for a couple of weeks now, and, while nothing is official quite yet, there are some promising developments. Here are some tips to earn maximum rebates from the program. + READ MORE

10 Tips for Energy Efficient Baking By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 2 2009 I don't use my oven an awful lot, and in fact I don't even have one at my cottage. But there is something about Christmas that demands homemade baked goods. Before you start making all those wonderful Christmas cookies and mince pies, give some thought to how to use your oven in a more energy efficient manner. + READ MORE

A Cheaper and Faster Thanksgiving Dinner: Deconstructed Turkey By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 13 2009 I've been to a lot of Thanksgiving dinners in my time, some years we've had three of them. Never once have I seen the turkey brought to the table a la Norman Rockwell. Carving a turkey takes a bit of time and is a messy business and we've always opted for cutting the bird in the privacy of the kitchen. No doubt there are families who do a very formal Thanksgiving dinner with Father at the head of the table wielding the cutlery while Mother accepts the congratulations for a beautifully roasted bird, but I think times have changed somewhat and family Thanksgiving dinners have changed with it. + READ MORE

8 Ways Going Green at Home Will Save You Money By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Nov 5 2009 When it comes to investing, there aren't many sure things, especially in our current economic climate. While Wall Street has been a roller coaster ride lately, investing in efficiency upgrades in your home isn't subject to the mood swings of nervous investors, and, done properly, will always save you money. Here's how. + READ MORE

Would You Pay a Quarter a Day to See the US Become the Global Leader on Clean Energy? By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Oct 9 2009 23 cents a day. That's what it would cost to begin to transform America into a global leader in innovation. + READ MORE

New Idiot's Guide Simplifies the Equation: Green Business = Sustainable Planet, Bigger Bottom Line (Interview with Trish Riley) By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Oct 9 2009 Trish Riley, author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Greening Your Business, talks about the simple steps that can have a big impact on your office's carbon footprint (and on the bottom line). + READ MORE

How to Green Your Entire Community—One Home at a Time By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Oct 2 2009 Becoming a qualified green home auditor is good for your house--and for your neighborhood. + READ MORE

Can Playing More Board Games Actually Benefit the Planet? By Mat McDermott IN Home & Garden Oct 2 2009 Is there an ecological imperative to playing board games instead of video games to prevent climate change. All our video games require power equal to the city of San Diego. Board games require none. + READ MORE