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  • Making Green Energy Affordable: Steps towards the Future
    October 26th, 2015

    Making green energy affordable and scalable is going to be one of the most important topics of the next century. Fossil fuels will run out - it's only a matter of time - and we need to be prepared for ...

  • Reduce Household Waste and Help the Environment
    October 12th, 2015

    Reducing household waste is everyone's responsibility. By reducing waste, you'll reduce your environmental impact, influence the people around you to do the same and improve the planet as a whole. Here are a few ways you can quickly cut down ...

  • Linens, Towels and Sheets: Don’t Just Throw Them Out!
    September 28th, 2015

    Linens, towels and sheets will inevitably get old and need to be thrown out. Not so fast, however - Just because you don't want to sleep on them or use them after a shower doesn't mean they don't have other ...

  • Seven Ways to Reuse Old Paper
    September 13th, 2015

    Children and adults alike go through a lot of paper. It could be junk mail, it could be homework, it could be that work memo you no longer need or it could be a drawing your child scrapped. Instead of ...

  • How to Recycle Old Computers and Computer Parts
    August 31st, 2015

    Most modern households generate quite a bit of electronic waste. You have computers that have gotten old or computers that broke. You have old monitors. Old phones, old modems, old printers. Instead of throwing things out and buying new ones, ...

  • Fun and Unusual Ways to Recycle Household Items
    August 19th, 2015

    Sometimes reusing items in the house isn't about saving money or helping the environment: sometimes it's just pure fun. Coming up with new ways to use old things is a creative process that can be a real blast. Especially when ...

  • Easy Ways to Reuse Old Containers
    July 11th, 2015

    Containers are very easy to reuse. Why? Because they were built for one reason: to contain things. Even once their original purpose runs out, there are often ways you can still put the container's shape and size to new uses. ...

  • DIY Solar Panels – Overview of the Buying & Construction Process
    June 17th, 2015

    Building and installing your own solar panel can help you save a lot of money on electricity, without extravagant upfront costs. Getting a solar panel installed professionally will usually cost you five figures. Doing it yourself, however, can cost just ...

  • Different Types of Green Energy
    June 6th, 2015

    If the human race is to survive, we're eventually going to have to switch over to completely renewable energy. At the moment, most of our energy comes from natural gases, coal and oil based energy sources. These energy sources are ...