Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Feb 5, 2012, 1:51 pm
Valentine’s Day is coming; are you ready? If you’re wracking your brain trying to come up with the perfect gift, we’ve got the perfect solution: put a “green” spin on traditional gifts. While you can find all sorts of fancy options when it comes to green gift giving, why not keep it simple...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jan 26, 2012, 10:24 pm
Period properties are constantly in demand. From turn of the century bungalows to ancient castles wherever you are in the world there is a market for them. This desire to purchase a period property, unlike that for modern homes comes primarily from a love of design and tradition as opposed to price ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jan 17, 2012, 11:13 pm
Did you know that electronic waste is slowly overtaking landfills? Electronic waste in the form of cell phones, computers and mP3 players is at an all time high. It is estimated that of the 130 million cell phones that are switched off, stuffed in a drawer or disposed of every year, only one percent...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jan 12, 2012, 10:18 pm
When faced with an outbreak of head lice in your home, the wellness of the planet might not be the first thing on your mind. You might be more likely to panic, and use whatever methods necessary to rid your home of these tiny beasts with the giant reputation. But the truth is, not only are traditio...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jan 11, 2012, 9:43 pm
Are you trying to find the perfect electric blanket to stay warm during the winter months? Do you want something that is eco-friendly and safe to use? There are a few different options that are available for you to choose from before making your next purchase. Each one of the eco-friendly blankets w...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jan 3, 2012, 11:18 pm
After seeing the world and serving our country in a war overseas, some returning service men and women may feel a need to help our country in a new way. Starting a job that helps our country reduce its energy consumption and save the planet may be the answer. If you’re looking for a new career tha...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Dec 22, 2011, 9:25 pm
Enjoying your backyard can be difficult to do when the weather is cold. Keeping your backyard eco-friendly during the winter can also be difficult when you do not feel like spending time outdoors. However, it is not impossible to enjoy your backyard in winter while still keeping it eco-friendly. Bel...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Dec 20, 2011, 4:47 pm
There are many things college students plan to do in the future: start sleeping more, hold a job, maybe have a family, and maybe even make time to be good to our planet. But going green doesn’t need to wait until after graduation! There are many easy and affordable ways to become more Eco-friendly...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 25, 2011, 4:44 pm
Turn on your computer and you’ll easily find website after website telling you what we can do that is environmentally friendly, including this one! Turn on the television and the news broadcasters will tell you the latest tales of impending doom. With all that’s going wrong, it’s easy to forge...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 10, 2011, 10:57 pm
To celebrate fall we wanted to share our top 10 run down of photographs of leaves. These stunning images of leaves are truly inspirational, the beauty of nature never fails to impress; 1. Leaf by Jeff Kubina 2. His Fingerprints Fern Leaf by Randy Robertson 3. Sailing by Steve H 4. A Frosty Morni...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 10, 2011, 10:01 pm
This article is a guest post by Jack Lundee, supporter of all things green and progressive. A large handful of students were seen grinning about Columbian Square on October Twentieth with Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, model Christ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Nov 4, 2011, 8:57 pm
When you reduce your boat’s “carbon footprint,” you also reduce your operating costs. Even as you acknowledge your blissful days on the lake are an extravagance, you argue their benefits for your sanity and your family’s happiness more than justify the expense. Moreover, you love your days ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 28, 2011, 8:50 pm
Ecological transportation and the sporting nature of motorcycling may seem to be at odds with each other, but these bikes prove green doesn’t have to be boring. Mavizen TTX02 Electric classes are the latest thing in motorcycle racing, and the TTX02 offers a turn-key package to get into the spor...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 24, 2011, 8:39 pm
With our society becoming more eco-friendly there has been a push to find landscaping and gardening materials that don’t require irrigation. This type of landscaping was first named in Denver, Colorado and has since been known as xeriscaping. While there is nothing wrong with looking for more sust...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 22, 2011, 11:04 pm
If I have one pet peeve above all others, it is when I encounter someone who clearly doesn’t plan ahead. Being very environmentally conscious myself, this issue seems to be at its’ peak when people are at the grocery store or a home improvement store and they haven’t made any effort to carry ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 21, 2011, 2:20 pm
Composting sounds tricky to begin with. There are so many stages, and so many variations that it can be easy to become confused and decide to opt for the recognized brands instead. However if you plan carefully, your compost will not only save you money at the garden center it will also save you spa...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 13, 2011, 10:50 pm
“Nature tourism” or “ecotourism” is recreational and educational travel based on the fascination and appreciation of forest and marine habitats. Unfortunately, these habitats are being exploited and destroyed at an alarming rate. The wildlife they support is decreasing in numbers and are...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 13, 2011, 10:39 pm
This is a story of a successfully performed green renovation in Toronto’s Riverdale neighborhood that should serve as an example to all builders and communities around the world. Riverdale sprung up as a small rural community of Ontario’s early settlers. Back then, it was called Riverside. But ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 9, 2011, 12:07 pm
I just wanted to write a quick post to say thank you and attaboy to our electricity provider, Reliant Energy. I received an email titled “Reliant e-sense summary” and opened it to find a very useful electricity usage chart. The chart instantly shows us the last seven days of electricity usage i...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 6, 2011, 9:24 pm
Insulated glazing, also know as double glazing to the layman, oh where to begin? Well let’s start with the definition shall we? The Double Glazing term relates from double to tripled paned glass windows separated by an air or other gas filled space to reduce heat transfer. Pretty groovy, huh? Ins...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 6, 2011, 8:43 pm
Fans of skiing generally state that one of their favorite things about the sport is that they can enjoy nature and the beautiful scenery around them. Unfortunately, ski resorts have often existed at odds with nature, with little notice of destroyed wildlife habitats, soil erosion, watershed main...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 5, 2011, 10:36 pm
We recently found an excellent online source for LED light bulbs, SuperBrightLEDs.com. The company is based in St. Louis, Missouri and their internet bulb ordering site has a huge variety of LED lights ranging from home, auto, RV, security and accent lighting all the way through to industrial LED li...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 2, 2011, 6:33 pm
We wanted to share a local Texas based companies excellent product with our readers, Andersen Windows’ in Garland, Texas are making the greenest windows around by using recycled wood and glass to make beautiful and eco friendly replacement windows. They even have a blog similar to ours which discu...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Oct 1, 2011, 9:45 am
Concern about our environment is no longer relegated to a small group of dedicated composters. Going green is popular these days, not only as a personal choice, but also for businesses, colleges, and universities.Though we hear the term “going green,” this is a broad term, which lacks a focused ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 20, 2011, 10:42 pm
Going green doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of green! Reducing and reusing in our homes is just as important as recycling and can help save you some cash. Here are five tips we’ve incorporated for saving green while going green. The Table is Set by Rex Roof • Pick Cloth Over Paper Hand ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 13, 2011, 8:58 pm
The PowerSupersite has just published a very insightful infographic showing power consumption facts for the USA. The statistics show that over the course of a year the US actually uses more electricity than Japan or China topping the list at 4.40 Trillion kwh, however Canadians use more electricity...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 11, 2011, 1:05 pm
We all know the importance of staying hydrated but something that is less well known is how we can make sure that we drink plenty of water in an environmentally friendly way. There are numerous ways to drink ‘greener’ water and here are some top tips: One of the latest and most exciting innovat...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 9, 2011, 11:22 pm
This year has been particularly dry for North Texans and most of us are under severe water restrictions. A couple of weeks back I was contacted by a wonderful local company called Niagara Conservation, they sent me a fantastic water saving “EcoKit” for our home to try out and review… The Niag...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Sep 9, 2011, 10:53 pm
Reducing your carbon foot print, whether personal or business, is the focal point of many “Earth saving” conscious people these days. There are plenty of ways a business can become “green” and reduce that foot print. Listed below are five of those ways and explanations of each application. ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 29, 2011, 9:27 pm
The entire green revolution is aimed at providing a safer, cleaner world for our children and future generations. What better place to use eco-friendly products that in playgrounds, areas which cater exclusively to children? Rubber mulch is the up and coming playground flooring alternative that is m...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 10, 2011, 6:53 am
It is quite common for people to feel like they would be happy if they only had a bit more cash on hand. Interestingly, even after professional progress and raises, this feeling persists for many people. However there are a number of tricks to living happily within your means that can dissolve thi...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 3, 2011, 7:00 am
For those who are committed to living a green lifestyle, but who also appreciate being surrounded by luxury and comfort while on vacation, eco spas are a fantastic option to consider. Eco spas are the latest trend in environmentally aware vacationing and luxury, offering all of the amenities of ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Aug 3, 2011, 6:52 am
As people become more conscious of what they are using and what their consumption means to the planet, they are coming to understand that being earth friendly can also be wallet friendly. When you attempt to become more earth conscious, you will be amazed at how much money you can save. P...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jul 29, 2011, 9:46 pm
Although it is only natural for you to worry about the safety and security of your family in the home, you might also find that you’re concerned about the environmental impact of many home security measures.  The ongoing electricity demanded by security systems, for example, may give you pause. ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jul 28, 2011, 8:39 pm
First off, cheers to you for taking the initiative to recycle. Recycling is easy and something everyone should be doing by now. Once you see the quantity of plastics, glass and paper products you are actually recycling, it can become a bit of a wake up call to cut back on using those items all toget...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jul 27, 2011, 6:36 am
Almost every day is a beautiful day thanks to my garden. Not only is it a treat to walk through it or sit smelling the sweet scents wafting on the air, but there are major benefits to keeping one. I am healthier, less stressed, spend more time outside and I am doing something I truly enjoy that ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jul 19, 2011, 7:33 am
Every summer, noted childhood development authority, Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D. (aka Dr. Toy) recognizes the best toys of the season with the prestigious Dr. Toy Best Vacation Products Awards. This year, six of the recipients are eco-friendly – proving that green toys can compete in the mainstream ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jul 8, 2011, 8:10 am
Planning a bachelor or stag party could be a nerve wracking experience for the first timer. There is certainly an expectation for the best man, best friend, or whoever is planning the  bachelor party to come up with something extraordinarily unique for the groom. For those who tire of the usual ba...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 27, 2011, 10:10 pm
Living in an eco-friendly home doesn’t mean you have to transform your pad into a tree house. Even if you are restricted to a tight budget, there are ways you can help to protect the environment. The smallest of changes can make a big difference and still save you cash. There is no better time tha...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 15, 2011, 11:04 pm
Sometimes I think that the environmentally conscious are true optimists. We seem convinced that we can save the planet and make a world of difference, if only we can get the word out and have everyone take steps to change things. Even tiny victories are celebrated and we happily make those little ...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 14, 2011, 7:20 am
June has been very hot so far here in Texas, triple digit days and very warm nights, so it seemed only fitting that we track the energy usage of an item that helps keep our food and drinks cool, the refrigerator… We plugged in our trusty P3 Kill-A-Watt Wireless unit and started watching the number...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 13, 2011, 11:11 pm
What is one product that you use multiple times a day, but have never thought about the effect it has on the environment? For most people that product is probably toilet paper. The average American uses over 100 single rolls of toilet paper each year, but do you ever stop and think of where it comes...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 13, 2011, 11:11 pm
What is one product that you use multiple times a day, but have never thought about the effect it has on the environment? For most people that product is probably toilet paper. The average American uses over 100 single rolls of toilet paper each year, but do you ever stop and think of where it comes...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 13, 2011, 6:45 am
Reducing our carbon footprint has become very popular lately and holiday tours are finally catching up. When planning your next holiday / vacation, why not book an eco-tour?! All-inclusive eco-tours are not only cost-effective but they reduce your travelling carbon footprint at the same time. Some p...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 13, 2011, 6:45 am
Reducing our carbon footprint has become very popular lately and holiday tours are finally catching up. When planning your next holiday / vacation, why not book an eco-tour?! All-inclusive eco-tours are not only cost-effective but they reduce your travelling carbon footprint at the same time. Some p...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 11, 2011, 10:49 pm
Most of us grab our reusable shopping bags, coupons, lists, and then head to the grocery store thinking we are doing our part to save the earth and our money. But is there more that we can be doing to bring our most common errand closer in line with our values? Reusable grocery bags are a wonderful...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - Jun 2, 2011, 1:10 pm
For the month of June we decided to monitor how much electricity is used by our television. We used the awesome P3 Kill-A-Watt Wireless to track how much electricity was being consumed by our TV over a three day period. A typical day of television watching in our household consists of a couple of h...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - May 29, 2011, 11:27 am
This post will be the first of many where we track our everyday energy usage using the fabulous P3 Kill-A-Watt Wireless electricity usage monitor. The first item that I chose to track was an obvious choice for someone who grew up in Britain, the electric kettle! I drink copious amounts of tea and m...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - May 28, 2011, 2:30 pm
We’re excited to announce the winner of our May green giveaway. We had lots of entries and some great comments, unfortunately there can be only one winner. The winner was picked at random using random.org. Congratulations to Angela Morgan, she will be receiving the 50 Sunflower Seed Kits for her...
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Best Blidgets posted an article on Our Everyday Earth - Green and Eco Family Blog - May 27, 2011, 5:38 pm
The Thames is one of the great rivers of Britain. It splits the south east of the country and is the second longest in the UK, behind only the Severn. The River Thames passes through several major cities on its 215 mile course, including Oxford, Reading, and London and in the past it has suffered te...
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