Green Living Tips for Rednecks
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You know the old saying – “You can take the girl out of the country but you can’t take the country out of the girl.”
If you’re a country girl (or boy) at heart but find yourself doing time in the city, don’t despair. There are plenty of things you can do to make yourself feel [...]
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London, England (CNN) — Eco-designers are fond of showing us how the future might look but are often guilty of luxuriating in form at the expense of function. Happily, “Sustainable Futures,” a new exhibition at the London’s Design Museum has steered clear of green frippery favoring instead to focus its attention on a clutch of [...]
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When it comes to winter food storage without using up lots of electricity or other fuel, root vegetables are king. After all, their whole purpose is to last until spring! Storing your root vegetables doesn’t have to be complicated. Just keep these few rules in mind·
Keep them some place cool, but don’t let them freeze. [...]
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USA Today reported an interesting development last week. According to an article in the Online version:
“Green” seals of approval are slapped on dishwashers, heat pumps, light bulbs and entire buildings. So why not the outdoors?
As of Thursday, even open-air spaces — from parks and parking lots to corporate and college campuses — will have their [...]
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Caring for the environment doesn’t always cost money. Your concern for the environment can actually bring you cash. There are ways to earn money by going green without leaving your home.
Going green can refer to engaging in any activity that helps protect the environment. By engaging in green activities, you will not only be able [...]
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Some rednecks still throw their beer cans out the window. Many of us still live our lives without caring how we affect the environment. Generations ago concern about the environment seemed non-existent. Cavemen hunted for food only for survival, but never in excess. They used the trees and other natural resources, but [...]
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Here are just three green ways to save you money at the grocery store:
Buy Generic
The store brand is still a brand, but it’s better than the name brand for more than just its price. Generic or “store brand” groceries usually have the same ingredients and are made the same way as their brand name counterparts. [...]
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Where were you for Earth Hour? I confess that I don’t remember. I was comfortably living my life while the skylines went dark all over 88 countries and over 4,000 cities worldwide on March 28, 2009. Thomas Edison’s laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, where the incandescent light bulb was invented, went dark. Most of us in the U.S. pretty much went on about our lives.
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Green building is when you build with environmentally sustainable building materials and practices. Green building materials include rapidly renewable plant materials such as bamboo and straw, lumber from forests certified to be sustainably managed, recycled metal, ecology blocks, dimension stone, recycled stone, and other products that are reusable, non-toxic, renewable, and/or recyclable.
Other materials often considered [...]
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