Make Your Own Rain Barrel | ThriftyFun. via Make Your Own Rain Barrel | ThriftyFun. Materials Needed: One 55-gallong or larger barrel Window screen Bungee cords Parts for an outdoor faucet Two o-rings Electrical nut Silicon caulking (optional) Plastic downspout … Continue reading
Support the bee population. Toss one of these seed bombs into your garden. Soon, you’ll have a garden full of beneficial flowers that attract bees! Bee Love Seed Bomb ($10 at Amenity Home via Best Green Products – … Continue reading
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The Zoetrope is a vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) made from materials commonly found at your local hardware store and a few easily purchased online, and Applied Sciences has made the decision to “open source” the turbine for everyone who wants … Continue reading
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Many electronics continue to draw power after you turn them off. You’ll know because you’ll still see a glowing LED (light emitting diode) after you flip the switch. Your TV, cell phone charger, and printer are likely culprits. … Continue reading
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Many of us with largish gardens are already using them for a supply of kindling and firewood for open fires and wood burners. But most gardeners could do a lot more to practise self-sufficiency in home-grown wood. With … Continue reading
RE: Homemade Thermos Get a small box that is just a bit larger than your soup container. Wrap the soup container with aluminum foil with the shiny side in (facing the container) and place the container inside the box. Add … Continue reading
Image via Wikipedia It may be chilly outside, but it doesn’t need to be sweltering inside. During the winter, try lowering your thermostat from 70 degrees F to 67 degrees F. You can reduce your heating energy consumption by up … Continue reading
A Greenpeace activist checks a hot air ballon depicting the world in Yucatán, Mexico, ahead of the Cancún climate change talks. Photograph: Luis Perez/AFP/Getty Images Beating the rush for getting accreditation at the Cancún Messe convention centre, it felt strange … Continue reading
Image via Wikipedia 5 Common Items That Don’t Need Electricity Wind up alarm clocks — Way better than the electric version. The alarms are generally metallic sounding and irritating. Best of all when the power goes out your alarm will … Continue reading
I've looked hard to find information for us regular folks on conserving and going green. Most of the posted material requires "cutting through your ceiling" for panels, spending thousands on "vegetable oil run cars" erecting windmills, remodeling your home from the ground up or installing a wood stove and investing in a lumber mill to supply yourself with firewood. I am going to make every effort to share tips, ideas, information, links, views, instructions and ways us regular folks can go green without spending a fortune.
The Upsala Glacier in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina is an example of a natural resource.
The Upsala Glacier in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina is an example of a natural resource.
The ocean is an example of a natural resource.
Let's Conserve For Them
GREEN FOR LESS 