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Rubber tires and bathroom sinks
Can trash be recycled into bathroom sinks?
How To Maintain Your Lawn In The Fall – Lowes.com
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The “Screen Invasion”
Technology is touted as a gift of the 21st century.
The pressure assisted toilet
How many gallons of water does your toilet need for one flush? If your toilet was purchased before 1992, that number is likely 3 – 5 gallons. If purchased in 1992 or later, it would be 1.6 gallons.
Save Money, Rent Goats
Gwendolyn Bounds of the Wall Street Journal reports that goats are officially for hire! Goats spent four months eating weeds and other unwanted plants on the grounds of the Vanderbilt Mansion in New York. The project cost $9,000. A human-powered job would have cost about $15K. Next time you have to clear the weeds, consider one eco-friendly option and hire goats.
How To Conserve Water At Home – Home Depot
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10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget
If you’re looking for practical advice on how to live large within your means, check out 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget , written by WiseBread.com contributors. The book will help you navigate the areas of gastronomics, travel, health and beauty, entertainment, shopping, green living, education, budgeting, and more. WiseBread.com writers believe that “the key to fnancial wellness isn’t a ramen-eating, vacation-skipping, fun-deprived life” but rather the ability “to indulge in life’s pleasures…as long as they fit into [the] budget.” Tara-Nicholle Nelson’s review in Inman News suggests that the book’s perspective on money is on target for today’s consumer – it’s more about financial wholeness and less about financial dieting
Net-zero energy homes are the new norm
In some areas of the United States, net-zero energy homes are becoming the norm of new construction. California, for example, has set a goal that by 2020 all new construction properties will be of the net-zero kind ( The Wall Street Journal , “Houses That Make Their Own Energy” ). http://online.wsj.com/video/houses-that-make-their-own-energy/7C802338-F8DB-45F9-B693-7528288804FC.html According to Market Watch’s Amy Hoak, these homes may cost more upfront, but they will save in energy bills over time
Who’s driving the big yellow bus?
It’s the last month of summer, and school buses are not scheduled for the roads for another few weeks.
Nanotechnology is not just for Trekkies
The construction industry is being hit with nanoparticles . In a time when environmentally-conscious living is priority, builders are paying attention to nanomaterials
