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12 Oct 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
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
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8 Jul 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Recently, a CFL bulb shattered into pieces in my tiny living space. I was left with a large mess to clean up and after sweeping away the pieces, I swear I tasted a metallic-like flavor in my mouth the rest of the day. Am I a paranoid freak or do I have something legitimate to be afraid of?
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24 Jun 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY | COMMENTS
Going green at home can be tough but imagine the challenges a green-minded salon faces. Toxic hair-care products, all-day energy use, and literal mountains of old hair are just the beginning of the eco-crimes the average salon commits every day. Still, Annabelle and Holter were able to help a salon...+ READ MORE
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24 Jun 2009 IN FASHION & BEAUTY | COMMENTS
Our hair grows whether we want it to or not. It's an involuntary thing. I've spent some time trying to will my hair to stop growing when it's at that perfect length. My will must not be all that great, because my hair just keeps on growing. That means, I have to go get a haircut every now and then....+ READ MORE
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15 Jun 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Night lights, cover-ups, and homemade paper get your summer off to a sweet+ READ MORE
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3 Jun 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
If you live in a house, chances are that you use light bulbs. Light bulbs have been around for ages, but for some reason, they haven’t changed much until recently. Compact fluorescent bulbs and LED lights are the wave of the future. And we can only hope that science continues to make improvements on...+ READ MORE
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21 May 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Roger Deane got the bug for LEDs and retrofitted his entire house—and we mean entire house—with eco-friendly LED lighting. The Scottsdale, Arizona resident recognizes that the future of lighting is in LEDs (and OLEDs) and decided to bite the bullet and get started on changing out his...+ READ MORE
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18 May 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Lighting accounts for 34% of US electricity usage and 20% of your electric bill. Therefore, it is paramount that we take measures to use this large percentage of electricity properly. We can start with the simplest green tip, turning off the light when you leave a room.+ READ MORE
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29 Apr 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
Whole house design is a primary part of a systems approach that "considers the interaction between you, your building site, your climate, and ... other elements or components of your home."Such a holistic design approach can result in reduced utility and maintenance costs, increased comfort, reduced...+ READ MORE
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25 Apr 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
A chandelier light fixture can make any room cozier, but if you're not into elaborate antiques or mass-produced contemporary versions, try making your own candlelit option with empty bottles using these instructions from ReadyMade.+ READ MORE
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22 Apr 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
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
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28 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
It seems silly to have to light our houses with electricity in the daytime. After all, don’t we have a sun for such things? That sun sure seems like it's going to waste, sitting in space, collecting dust. You can put that sun to good use by increasing the amount of natural light in your home....+ READ MORE
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28 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
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
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19 Mar 2009 IN GREENOVATE | COMMENTS
Married for 24 years, artists Brian and Ellen strive to bring creativity and ingenuity into every aspect of their lives.With over $1 Million in factory costs on the line, their 6 module sunset breeze house must survive a 1,075 mile trek to its new address without damaging the already installed...+ READ MORE
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18 Mar 2009 IN HOME & GARDEN | COMMENTS
The heinous specimen to the right is the chandelier that graces the dining room of my boyfriend's apartment. This gilded monstrosity looms over my head as I write, a relentlessly glinting relic, if I had to guess, of the bargain bin of a suburban lighting shop that closed in the 90s. Good news for...+ READ MORE
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