All Entries in the "Green Home" Category
HGTV Green Home
The new 2009 Home and Garden TV (HGTV) Green Home has been built. The Green Home has many eco-friendly and green features from a Green “Living” Roof to Energy Star appliances. You can enter to win this home right here on our Green Earth Friend Weblog or go directly to HGTV Green Home Sweepstakes. [...]
A Green Traditional Irish Dish Of Colcannon
Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish that has been around hundreds of years and consists of a classic combination of potatoes and cabbage. It is filled with vitamin and mineral nutrition, and has a richness of flavor that is creamy and satisfying.[...]
Adding Green Features To Your Home Will Increase Your Equity
In today’s economy, holding on to your home’s equity is a task that is not easily done. However there are some green projects you can do around your home that will increase your equity and make your home desirable to others. So, if you are selling your home and not getting many results, greening up [...]
Greenest Museum In The World
The California Academy Of Sciences in Golden Gate Park , San Francisco, is one of the greenest buildings in the world. The roof contains over a million different species of plant life. The green roof insulates the building, keeping it warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When it rains, the roof absorbs the water, bringing [...]
Eco Toilets: The Real Scoop On The Poop!
When considering Eco Toilets, there are a couple of different types to consider. There are composting and electric eco toilets. The composting version is a composting reactor. The poop (feces) and the urine are separated and the poop starts the composting process. Normally, there is some fungus and [...]
Brad Pitt: “Make It Right” Project
Brad Pitt, actor and now activist, is publicly using his influence and image to help the environment. The older and wiser he gets, the more he wants to help. Brad Pitt announced that he was partnering with film producer Steve Bing to build “affordable and sustainable homes” in the Lower 9th Ward, an area of the [...]
The Green Benefit Of Skylights In Your Home
We are always looking for ways to be more green in our homes and businesses. On way is to think of ways to light your home or business in both a sustainable and economical way. You would be surprised with the benefits of installing skylights in your home or business.
If you installed 3 or 4 skylights [...]
Organic Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole is a wonderful addition to any holiday meal or can serve as a meal in its self for any day of the week. Here is a very simple and tasty recipe any one can make in a short time. [...]
New Green Way To Heat Your Home
An inventor in Newfoundland has invented a new green way to heat your home called the Cansolair Heating Panel. Basically what he does first is drill the bottom and top out of soda cans. He then sticks them all together and installs them in rows in a solar box. This channels the heat into the [...]
Six Green Tips For Lighting Your Green Home
Part of having a Green Home is thinking about how you light your green home. Improvements to your lighting is one of the quickest ways to reduce your power consumption. In an average month 11% of your power usage is lighting. Using newer technologies and advances in light bulbs and timers you can save 50% [...]
