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DIY Solar Power - Your Options

DIY Solar Power - Your Options

Hats off to you for considering DIY Solar Power to run your home. Here are your options for generating your own power.
How To Make Solar Panels: What You Need Know To Do-It Yourself

How To Make Solar Panels: What You Need Know To Do-It Yourself

Are you looking to learn about how to make solar panels but feel that this kind of task is just too overwhelming to do? For some people, it can seem overwhelming. While the technology is new, people shouldn't be too fazed by this task. Learning how to make solar panels isn't that hard. In
An Introduction to Eco-Friendly Green Roofs

An Introduction to Eco-Friendly Green Roofs

Green roof is probably not an unfamiliar term nowadays, due to the ever raising ecological awareness and the need to help the environment in any way we can. Beside these motives, there are also some individual and practical ones that may persuade you that an eco-roof is just the thing you need. Well
Home Improvement Tips That Will Add Comfort and Distinction to Your Living Spaces

Home Improvement Tips That Will Add Comfort and Distinction to Your Living Spaces

Most homeowners continually look for new ways to update the look of their home while being energy-efficient at the same time. Living greener is also important for improving the air quality and cutting back on harmful toxins found within an air-tight space. Here are a few home improvement tips that c
If You Are Going Green, Timber Cladding Wall Finish Should Be at the Top of Your to Do List

If You Are Going Green, Timber Cladding Wall Finish Should Be at the Top of Your to Do List

The environment has become a heavy issue discussed in various world forums and international caucuses. A lot has been said but very little has been done to reverse environmental degradation and climatic change. One of the initiatives companies and individuals are taking upon themselves is Going Gree
How Do Poor, Rural Farmers Survive Water Droughts?

How Do Poor, Rural Farmers Survive Water Droughts?

Water is the most abundant natural resource in the world, yet ironically, the usable fresh water supply constitutes only a meager 2-3% of it. The rest is either saltwater or freshwater that's tied up in polar icecaps. The lion's share of the freshwater people use comes from rivers, aquifer
Is Your New Community Environmentally Friendly?

Is Your New Community Environmentally Friendly?

For those of you out there who are living green, I know that you all make efforts to live green within your home and to teach your friends and family all about recycling and being energy efficient and just living a conservative lifestyle when it comes to natural resources. However, we must continuou
Mystery Revealed! Nikola Tesla Secret Review

Mystery Revealed! Nikola Tesla Secret Review

The Nikola Tesla Secret shows a very convincing video that has a device crafted from electronic bits and pieces that can fit in a guy's palm. These materials alone assembled a device that charged a cell phone. Energy was extracted from the environment without fuel or batteries of any kind. The
Carbon Pollution: Obama and Climate Change

Carbon Pollution: Obama and Climate Change

President Obama mentioned carbon pollution several times in his June 2013 speech on climate change. What is carbon pollution, and how did Obama address fracking, the Keystone pipeline, climate change and other critical environmental issues?
Gardening Organic Plants in Pots

Gardening Organic Plants in Pots

Are you interested in growing organic plants? Do you want to start gardening but don't have the space? Are you looking for a way to start gardening without taking up too much of your space? If you answered yes, gardening organic plants in pots is the solution for you! Let's get started!
Granny's Green Laundry Secrets: Removing Stains With Vinegar

Granny's Green Laundry Secrets: Removing Stains With Vinegar

My grandmother was actually green cleaning laundry before it became popular. Using laundry cleaning tips handed down through generations, Granny knew that removing stains with vinegar was the best way to get whiter whites, brighter colors and get rid of the toughest stains. And she did it all withou
Solar Pontoons and Appliance Life Span

Solar Pontoons and Appliance Life Span

The sea of panels was installed about two years ago at a winery in California's famous wine country. The floating solar array supplies all of the winery's electrical needs and then some. The access energy is donated back into the grid with a net metering agreement with the power provider.
The Best Kitchen Garbage Disposals - A Simple Way to Help Save Our Earth

The Best Kitchen Garbage Disposals - A Simple Way to Help Save Our Earth

In a family of four in the US, 6278 pounds or 3 tons of garbage is produced each year-8.3% of which is food waste. You can see how much garbage is being dumped in our world, and it is only right that we look for ways to reduce it.
DIY Solar Panel Project

DIY Solar Panel Project

Our energy bills are continuing to rise over the last few years and our power bills are only going to get higher with a 13% raise already planned for this summer, Many homeowners are planning new projects to explore other options to power their homes with renewable energy, Solar or wind power system
Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Power

Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Power

Here in the United States on a day with full sun, about 100 watts of solar power falls on each square-foot of land. While it's true that you cannot harvest all of it, there are a large number of benefits in gathering what you can. Here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of solar power
Three Incredibly Easy and Efficient Ways to Save Lots of Money by Going Green

Three Incredibly Easy and Efficient Ways to Save Lots of Money by Going Green

Save lots of money by going green. Sleep easy at night knowing you are lowering your environmental impact on the planet, while keeping your hard earned money in the bank.
Find a Truly Green Christmas Tree

Find a Truly Green Christmas Tree

Having a green, sustainable holiday usually means finding a green Christmas tree. But what's best, an artificial or real Christmas tree? There are several options for having green Christmas trees.
Does Anyone Want Low Cost Solar Panels?

Does Anyone Want Low Cost Solar Panels?

Everyone is accustomed to the price of everything going higher and the fluctuation of gasoline prices just makes people go crazy. That makes this news become especially refreshing. The price of everything is not getting higher. We are experiencing a drastic reduction of prices in the solar photovolt
Green Living: How to Reduce Your Energy Consumption

Green Living: How to Reduce Your Energy Consumption

How to reduce your energy footprint on this world and reduce or completely eliminate your electric bill. Tips tricks and guides for you to help reduce your electric and heating bills.
Time To Come Clean

Time To Come Clean

On average, 28% of a working person's income goes towards paying for the provision of electricity in his or her household. This is because the vast majority of people choose to take the seemingly more easy way of simply purchasing energy off the grid, instead of going that extra mile and instal