Articles tagged “Green On A Budget”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Adding or Upgrading Your Attic Insulation Will Save Energy and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! By Seth Leitman IN Home & Garden Jan 26 2009 Why You Need To Add Or Upgrade Your Insulation Now. The United States Department of Energy (USDOE) says adding insulation to your attic is one of the best ways to make your home comfortable year-round. + READ MORE

Green Your Book Buying By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Work & Connect Jan 23 2009 There is nothing quite like a good book and a cup of tea or coffee on a cold winter night. Whether you're curled up in a cushy chair at your fave cafe or bundled in blankets at home, reading is a fantastic way to unwind from the stresses of life (unless, of course, your read is a Stephen King novel or some economic doomsday manifest; but we'll assume it's not). + READ MORE

How to Find a Compatible Roommate By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Jan 23 2009 Living with another person can be grating sometimes. It seems like everyone I live with makes me do the dishes. Even if we agree that we will share the task, I?m always the one who does them. + READ MORE

Ten Ways to Green Your Home for Under Ten Bucks By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jan 21 2009 When Josh did his post on 5 ways to green your home for under $ 100 I thought that's no challenge, how about for under ten bucks? How about, like, free? So here are a few ideas. + READ MORE

One Less Drink, One Less Wrinkle? Perhaps By Elizabeth Seward IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 21 2009 Like many New Yorkers, I appreciate a good night out on the town. This often times does consist of alcohol consumption. While I'm educated in the negative aspects of alcohol, particularly the correlation between alcohol and health, it seems as though I'm always learning another reason to cut back on my own consumption. + READ MORE

Donate Unwanted Christmas Gifts for Tax Breaks By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Dec 30 2008 After the presents are unwrapped and the turkey is devoured, you may find that you don't need everything you've been gifted. You can donate those unwanted gifts to charity and help the less fortunate, but you can also boost your own fortune by claiming the donations on your taxes. + READ MORE

Make Your Own Jewelry Cleaner By Sara Novak IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 22 2008 It's incredibly vain, but I love to see my jewelry shine like the afternoon sun. But as silver is exposed to the air, it oxidizes, which causes it to tarnish. Additionally, your precious gems can become clouded by oils on your hands. + READ MORE

How to Rid Your House of an Unwanted Chill! By Eric Leech IN Home & Garden Dec 22 2008 There is a chill in the house. The thermostat says that's is 68 degrees in the room, but it feels more like 58. If this is one of the symptoms you've been experiencing this winter, then chances are you've got a draft (or several drafts) blowing through your house. This not only wrecks havoc on your own comfort, but also on the efficiency and carbon footprint of the heating system in your home. + READ MORE

Test Your Green Products and Get Huge Discounts By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Dec 21 2008 It can be frustrating at best to spend money on a natural product and find out that it doesn't work as effectively as you had thought it would. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Green Audit By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Dec 15 2008 A Green Audit, according to an online dictionary, is defined as such: ?Inspection of a company to assess the total environmental impact of its activities or of a particular product or process. + READ MORE

How to Resole a Shoe By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 12 2008 Shoes guard your soft, little dogs from the elements. They keep your feet warm in the winter and dry in the spring. You really got to hand it to shoes. Shoes like all things, will wear out. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Repurpose By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Dec 12 2008 The American Heritage Dictionary defines repurpose like this: “To use or convert for use in another format or product.” Crafty blogger Bella Dia goes into more detail. “One of my new keywords this year is repurpose: taking an old or unused object and changing it so that it can be used in a new... + READ MORE

Top 9 DIY Holiday Gifts By Sheila Shaigany IN Home & Garden Dec 12 2008 With the recession in full effect, families across the world are sure to be cutting down on their holiday shopping. Rather than wallowing in our fiscal woes, why not take the opportunity to make some DIY gifts for friends and family! + READ MORE

5 Ways to Maintain Your Mattress By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2008 Mattresses are hard to dispose of.More on Mattresses: Recycling : Reduce Reuse Recycle Reuse How and Where To Recycle Your Old Mattress All Wool Mattress by Shepherd’s Dream Whether it's DIY green renovation tips you're looking for or 5 ways to reuse nearly everything you can think of, learn how with Planet Green... + READ MORE

Recycle Old Earbuds into DIY Speakers By Megan Cohen IN Tech & Transport Dec 2 2008 Fact: I am murder on earbuds. I throw 'em in my messenger bag to get crushed, leave 'em on my floor to get stepped on, and ball 'em up in my pocket to get massacred. The poor little devils don't stand a chance of survival, and invariably end up battered, bruised, and disfigured. Most of the time, they pop their external foam windguards, and sometimes the plastic casings those foam dealies protect, long before their insides stop being able to pump music. + READ MORE

5 Ways to Green Your Kitchen for Under $100 By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Nov 19 2008 Filled with the clatter of pots and pans, the beeping of the microwave oven, the rumble of the garbage disposal and the gentle hum of the refrigerator, kitchens are the hearts of our homes. The kitchen has a lot going on within its walls. That means, there is plenty of room for environmentally savvy improvement. And that improvement can be made on the cheap. Here's how. + READ MORE

10 Ways to Get Green Tax Breaks By Josh Peterson IN Work & Connect Oct 13 2008 Uncle Sam wants you to green up your act! The United States government is offering tax incentives and credits to people who renovate their homes with energy-saving technologies and/or buy hybrid vehicles. These technologies usually save money, and with an added tax break, you'll be raking in the dough. + READ MORE

3 Ways to Green Your Rental Apartment Without Getting Evicted By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Sep 26 2008 There are many downsides to renting. Landlords can be a real pain. I had this landlord who would complain because I was always almost late with my rent. That means, technically, I was always on time. There's just no accounting for some people. + READ MORE

5 Ways To Green Your Home for Under $100 By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Sep 23 2008 The economy is rough right now. Everyone is scrambling to save money and going green is a good way to do that, but a lot of us can't scrape the capital together to install triple pane windows, a complex rainwater storage system or radiant floor heating. Those folks who renovate their houses on the various Planet Green television shows have a lot of going-green dough. Many of us are just happy to get the bills paid on time. How can people living in these hard economic times go green without going broke? + READ MORE

Don't Buy Eco-Nightmare Collectible Plates By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Sep 9 2008 Ever see those videos late at night for collectible plates or commemorative coin sets? Who in the lame invented those? What kind of thrill seeker is sitting at home pining for a plate featuring famous presidents, mountain wildlife or religious icons? Don't get me started about Precious Moments Figurines. Those things are awful. + READ MORE