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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Blue Jeans For Your House

January 10, 2008 – 7:24 am

Yes that’s right now you can get blue jeans for your home.  Okay so they’re recycled blue jeans made into insulation batting.
This insulation is made from the trimmings that are usually disposed of into landfills from manufactures.  So not only are you making your home nice and cozy you are using material that would have [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in Cotton Insulation, Designing Healthy, Energy Efficiency, Getting Healthy, Helathy (green) Ideas, Insulation, green building | Comments (0)

Looking for A New Home?

January 9, 2008 – 10:37 am

If want to move to get off gird and don’t want a fixer upper then try Listed Green Homes. It is a real estate listing site that includes only green and sustainable homes. On top of that it is uses a solar powered internet hosting platform.
It just came to our notice as we are researching [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in Green Homes In Use, Websites, green building | Comments (0)

Insulation “Ewe” Will Love

January 4, 2008 – 7:37 am

Okay we couldn’t help using ewe in the title. But how can you write about wool insulation and not use it?
Every insulation has benefits that make us love it, so making the choice will have to depend on what your needs are.  So for the third in our series on insulation we are going to be [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in Helathy (green) Ideas, Insulation, Wool Insulation, green building | Comments (0)

Insulation is Key

January 2, 2008 – 3:24 pm

If you are thinking of going off-grid or even just trying to cut your current energy cost then an important key is insulation.
You can change all your appliance to energy star, replace old drafty windows, change lighting to fluorescence, unplug what is not in use and still be using way more energy then needed if [...]

By Kelly Mead | Posted in Energy Efficiency, Insulation, green building | Comments (0)