Comments on: 8 Ways to Green Your Home http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/ Make Everyday Earth Day Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: James http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-29269 James Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:43:16 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-29269 #3. CFLs are a joke. I replace a number of traditional bulbs in my house to CFLs. After about 2 years I'm having CFLs go out left and right while the traditional bulbs keep working. I found NO place that has honored their 5 or 10 year warranty on the bulbs. I do have a number of the traditional florescent bulbs and they continue to work great. #4 I installed rain barrels for my garden and plants. I bought used plastic food grade drums for $5 and some miscellaneous hardware for a total of about $50 and have about 100 gallons of rain water to use. It's great. #5 is wonderful. Between this and recycling we throw out so little now. If you have no place to use compost some people may pay you for yours or you can give it to a gardener needing more. But it would do wonders for your lawn. In the fall you aerate and sprinkle compost on top. Great stuff. #3. CFLs are a joke. I replace a number of traditional bulbs in my house to CFLs. After about 2 years I’m having CFLs go out left and right while the traditional bulbs keep working. I found NO place that has honored their 5 or 10 year warranty on the bulbs. I do have a number of the traditional florescent bulbs and they continue to work great.

#4 I installed rain barrels for my garden and plants. I bought used plastic food grade drums for $5 and some miscellaneous hardware for a total of about $50 and have about 100 gallons of rain water to use. It’s great.

#5 is wonderful. Between this and recycling we throw out so little now. If you have no place to use compost some people may pay you for yours or you can give it to a gardener needing more. But it would do wonders for your lawn. In the fall you aerate and sprinkle compost on top. Great stuff.

]]> By: Chris Moline, LEED AP http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-28422 Chris Moline, LEED AP Thu, 21 May 2009 15:04:12 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-28422 Nice job. Can't get enough tips. Nice job. Can’t get enough tips.

]]> By: GreenHome23 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-28293 GreenHome23 Mon, 18 May 2009 19:28:25 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-28293 I got some of those cleaning products, thanks DOnny for posting that. They work great and after reading up about them on the site it definately looks like it is the best way to go for Greening your cleaning products. I definatly recomend these products to everyone. If you missed his message goto www.wowgreen.net/12541 If you have been there before clear your browser data beause they made some good improvements to the site including a shop online function. I had a problem at first because I could not see the changes and once I cleared my internet data, it worked. Hope you guys like these products as much as me. Lastly, if you have any questions for them, make sure you click the "Contact Sales Department", this is how you talk directly with the Sales Team. The "Contact Us" button on the main bar takes you to the corpotae info contact. I got some of those cleaning products, thanks DOnny for posting that. They work great and after reading up about them on the site it definately looks like it is the best way to go for Greening your cleaning products. I definatly recomend these products to everyone. If you missed his message goto http://www.wowgreen.net/12541

If you have been there before clear your browser data beause they made some good improvements to the site including a shop online function. I had a problem at first because I could not see the changes and once I cleared my internet data, it worked. Hope you guys like these products as much as me.

Lastly, if you have any questions for them, make sure you click the “Contact Sales Department”, this is how you talk directly with the Sales Team. The “Contact Us” button on the main bar takes you to the corpotae info contact.

]]> By: Rich http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-27583 Rich Mon, 04 May 2009 12:24:34 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-27583 On saving water: we keep a five-gallon bucket by our shower. When running the shower to get the water warm, we save it in the bucket (about 2 gallons per shower!). When the bucket is full we use the water on our plants or pour it in the washing machine for clothes. We do the same thing in the kitchen, pouring the water in a plant watering can as we wait for it to warm up. We're saving around 20 gallons of water a week this way. On saving water: we keep a five-gallon bucket by our shower. When running the shower to get the water warm, we save it in the bucket (about 2 gallons per shower!). When the bucket is full we use the water on our plants or pour it in the washing machine for clothes. We do the same thing in the kitchen, pouring the water in a plant watering can as we wait for it to warm up. We’re saving around 20 gallons of water a week this way.

]]> By: Donny http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-26944 Donny Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:58:52 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-26944 Green Cleaining Products is definately a transistion everyone should do. I recently became educated in how harmful the cleaning products can be in your home. After I researched this, I tried several products and tried making some of the homemade products but what I found was many of them did not work as well as say Windex etc. After some research and a recommendation from a friend I found one that works well and is Greener than most products. In fact it contains 100% enzymes which can be found in the human body and are completely non-toxic and safe near children and pets. Check it out http://www.wowgreen.net/Default.aspx?ID=12541 Hope you like them! Look foward to hearing how people liked them. Green Cleaining Products is definately a transistion everyone should do. I recently became educated in how harmful the cleaning products can be in your home. After I researched this, I tried several products and tried making some of the homemade products but what I found was many of them did not work as well as say Windex etc. After some research and a recommendation from a friend I found one that works well and is Greener than most products. In fact it contains 100% enzymes which can be found in the human body and are completely non-toxic and safe near children and pets. Check it out http://www.wowgreen.net/Default.aspx?ID=12541 Hope you like them! Look foward to hearing how people liked them.

]]> By: Keeny D http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-26436 Keeny D Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:58:38 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-26436 On #3: Traditional fluorescents ("tubes") have the advantage of higer surface area (generally higher lumens/W) & also that option of replacing the lamp independently of the ballast. On average, a ballast lasts 4 lamps. On #6: Check your appliances' energy use before replacing. Some things (like stoves & clothes dryers*) have minimal, if any energy benefit from replacement. I put my mid-80's "Energy Saver" (Energy Star didn't exist yet) refrigerator on a "Kill-A-Watt" in Summer `06, & found that it uses about half the kWh @ 80-90°F than a new (same size & features) model Energy Star does (I believe the test is @ 70°F room temperature). * Newer dryers usually have a moisture sensor, but they still use more power than air/sun drying. On #8: Beware organizations that claim to plant trees that (insert lumber company here) was going to replant anyhow. On #3: Traditional fluorescents (”tubes”) have the advantage of higer surface area (generally higher lumens/W) & also that option of replacing the lamp independently of the ballast. On average, a ballast lasts 4 lamps.

On #6: Check your appliances’ energy use before replacing. Some things (like stoves & clothes dryers*) have minimal, if any energy benefit from replacement. I put my mid-80’s “Energy Saver” (Energy Star didn’t exist yet) refrigerator on a “Kill-A-Watt” in Summer `06, & found that it uses about half the kWh @ 80-90°F than a new (same size & features) model Energy Star does (I believe the test is @ 70°F room temperature).
* Newer dryers usually have a moisture sensor, but they still use more power than air/sun drying.

On #8: Beware organizations that claim to plant trees that (insert lumber company here) was going to replant anyhow.

]]> By: Raquel Fagan http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-25636 Raquel Fagan Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:53:07 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-25636 Hey Jeremiah, Great question! Check out our <a href="http://earth911.com/how-to/how-to-start-a-recycling-program/" rel="nofollow">How-To Guide for Home Recycling</a>. I think that would be a great asset! Good Luck! Hey Jeremiah,

Great question! Check out our How-To Guide for Home Recycling. I think that would be a great asset!

Good Luck!

]]> By: jeremiah buckley http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-25634 jeremiah buckley Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:47:11 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-25634 Need instuctions on how to recycle at home not that much income Need instuctions on how to recycle at home not that much income

]]> By: water tanks http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-18821 water tanks Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:57:16 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-18821 Just on point 4: We all would like to use less water but it sometimes be a bit unrealistic and can be false economy. (Those water saving shower heads just make people take longer showers). It should really be 'Don't waste water'. Use as much water as you need providing you are doing something to make up for it, like storing rain in water tanks, or recycling your grey water. Then you can have a decent shower! If you can't do any of those things THEN use less water. Just on point 4: We all would like to use less water but it sometimes be a bit unrealistic and can be false economy. (Those water saving shower heads just make people take longer showers). It should really be ‘Don’t waste water’. Use as much water as you need providing you are doing something to make up for it, like storing rain in water tanks, or recycling your grey water. Then you can have a decent shower! If you can’t do any of those things THEN use less water.

]]> By: easy ways to go green around the house http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-14664 easy ways to go green around the house Mon, 19 May 2008 15:09:22 +0000 http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/#comment-14664 [...] Ways to Green Your HomeHere are eight easy ways to be eco-friendly around the house.http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/The Home Know-It-All: Easy Ways to Go Green Around the HouseEasy ways to Go green around the House. [...] [...] Ways to Green Your HomeHere are eight easy ways to be eco-friendly around the house.http://earth911.com/blog/2008/01/03/eight-ways-to-green-your-home/The Home Know-It-All: Easy Ways to Go Green Around the HouseEasy ways to Go green around the House. [...]

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