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The Great Green Challenge
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Show us what you or your family have done in your own home to help the Earth.
Rain Barrels to the Rescue
Green living tip by: jmhunt_mit Medford, MAThree years ago, I got the idea to make a rain barrel from a TV show. I went to the hardware store, bought the heavy duty trash can, some plumbing pieces and within an hour I...
3 votes
Backyard Solar Panel
Green living tip by: jmhunt_mit Medford, MAA generous friend of mine gave me a great start to explore my love for solar power. She gave me a small 47W photovoltaic solar panel that she had laying around her house. I ...
3 votes
The Green Year
Green living tip by: mobilegrrl CAFor 2008 I decided to start going green. Little by little, as I learned, and decided not to push myself into becoming vegan or anything like that. I started reading books and ...
0 votes
It's cool, it's hot, it' light, but it' green.
Green living tip by: Bruce Thompson Bensalem, PAWe've changed to all flouresent lights throughtout, and outside the house. We also use ceiling fans to move heated and cooled air around the house.
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Mrs.
Green living tip by: Mellesmoen Embarrass, MNWe live in northern Minnesota, our summer growing season is very short. We start garden plants in the basement of our home in early spring, move them to a green house, and th...
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Sand Saves Water
Green living tip by: kgaura bettendorf, IAUse sand. By placing a bottle filled with sand in your lavatory cistern you will reduce the volume of water used with each flush. Saving the volume of the bottle each time yo...
2 votes
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