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Green Living: How exactly can I start living green?

Start Simple.

Then slowly list more advanced things I could do.

I haven’t read this one but it looks like really good background information. — Zana

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Holy Cows and Hog Heaven is written by an honest-to-goodness-dirt-under-the-fingernails, optimistic clean good farmer. His goal is to: Read the rest of this entry »

“If things get really bad, we’ll have to eat beans and rice,” I’ve heard people groan. Well, this isn’t such a terrible fate.

It does take a little planning. Most evenings, I spend a few minutes considering what we might eat the next day. Often there is a container of leftovers from something Kelly or I have concocted,  and if we don’t have them for lunch, we’ll have them for dinner.

If it looks like we’ll be cooking something for dinner the next day, then I consider my beans and grains. Usually I’ll get a feeling of a bean or a grain that I feel like starting with, and then I will decide what else to use. Read the rest of this entry »

(This page comes from Yahoo Answers. I have authorization to use it here on the blog. It is organized so that the question is in the blog post section, and the answers are in the comments portion. Feel free to add your own thoughts.

I sift through the material I find there, to look for things that I think deserve wider circulation. So this page is powered by Yahoo! Answers. — Zana)

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What are some basic starts for green living, starting at home?

can you list at least ten things please, if not than fewer,
Thanks!

How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart is the subtitle of this book. At first glance at the title, I wasn’t sure quite what it would be! A book on dieting at home? — Zana

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With rising energy costs, homeowners are beginning to examine the energy efficiency of their own homes, asking questions about where energy comes from and how much it costs, how to choose new appliances and what options exist for renewable energy.

The Home Energy Diet answers all these questions and more while helping readers take control of their personal energy use and costs so they can save money, live more comfortably and help the environment. Energy auditor Paul Scheckel first explores energy literacy, and then describes how your home uses-and loses-energy you pay for via: Read the rest of this entry »

Ten eco-friendly products (I had never heard of spudware!) and five products to avoid make up this guest article. Some of these could make quite profound changes. — Zana

Going Green With Eco-Friendly Products – Buy Products Made From Renewable Resources

By Emanuel Schroeder

Going Green is not just a trend. It’s a priority for all of us if we want to continue to live on a beautiful, life-giving planet. Thinking of ways of going green, however, is not always easy. Just because we buy organic food and recycle doesn’t necessarily mean we’re making much of a practical impact. We need to have a whole plan for Going Green. One element in that plan should be buying eco-friendly products. But how do we find eco-friendly products? Well, one way is to buy products made from renewable resources.

Buying products made from renewable resources should be a priority for each of us when going green. These types of eco-friendly products insure that we don’t use earth’s resources too quickly. We need to let our planet replenish it’s natural resources at the same rate as we are consuming them.

So, what are good eco-friendly products- products made from renewable resources? Read the rest of this entry »