Ask 20 people in one room and you’ll likely get 20 different answers as to what exactly makes a sustainable house. It’s a large topic and if you’re considering building or buying a sustainable house you’ll have a lot of research and planning to go through. Not to mention, green housing standards are changing all the time – such as LEED for example.

That said, there are some general ideas behind green housing you can follow. Decent sustainable housing is in line with the following ideas…
Each level of the process is sustainable. From how you choose a site for your green [...]

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What makes a sustainable house?

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And by spiffy I mean not an eye-sore. Personally I don’t much care if my recycling bins look great or not – but that’s what happens when you have an outside recycling bin area. If you do need to have a home recycling center inside, say in your kitchen or garage, you may want something that looks a little nice than typical plastic bins. While a set of awesome looking bins will cost more than plastic bins, the benefit is that you won’t hide them away and thus will become a much better recycling advocate.
Following are some recycling bins that [...]

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Stylish home recycling bins

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If you get the newspaper delivered to your home, you may want to reconsider. If you truly read that sucker cover to cover DAILY, or at least mostly read it, then it’s a better deal for the planet and your footprint due to the energy it takes to manufacture, ship out, and even recycle the paper.

If you find that you don’t have the time to read the paper or you only read the Sunday ed. why not cancel the daily paper and switch to weekend only. You’ll save resources, money, and time.Another option is to subscribe online. Most newspapers offer [...]

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Uses for Recycled Newspaper

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