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New Year's Eco-Friendly Resolutions - Getting Started Greening Your Home In 2008
Have you been thinking about going green but didn't exactly know where to start? Well, the new year is here and it's the perfect time to start taking steps to reducing your home's carbon footprint. Here are 7 eco-friendly resolutions to get you started greening your home in 2008.
Laura Halik
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Lead in Drinking Water
Next to chlorine lead is the most common contaminant found in our drinking water. And like chlorine it is one that should and can be eliminated from our homes.
William Kubit
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English Pubs - Recreate One at Home
English and Irish pubs are unpretentious places where people can converge, eat a hot meal, and drink tankards of ale or beer. As a pub habitue, you'd want your own personalized pub signs to keep a memento of your visits to famous pubs. No worries, though. There are pubs around where you can carouse with friends and lovers, and enjoy the same olde English atmosphere.
Bradlley Mckoy
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The Home Office Style
The home office.... It might not have a lot of non-work related use, but just if you want to work there that's doesn't meant it can't have any style!! I will show you some of home office styles that you can use.
Tareq Zubide
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Foam Insulation Is Green Insulation
Building green helps to save the environment and save you money. Proper insulation is one of homebuilders' or renovators' biggest concerns. This article introduces you to some of the best green insulation products on the market today.
Andrew Stratton
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Water Filters - A Better Alternative to Bottled Water
Bottled water is very expensive, but it is a booming industry that rakes in huge profits. These profits have a cost to the environment and your pocket book. One and a half million barrels of oil are consumed each your to produce those disposable plastic bottles that the water is packaged in.
Phillip Stanton
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The Finnish Sauna
When people talk about the Finnish Sauna, they usually mean the Finnish Sauna experience. The Finnish Sauna begins with sitting in a very hot room, built just for such a purpose. It does get very hot, with temperatures ranging from 175 degrees up to 212 degrees.
Thomas Oak
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Come Home To A Real Fire
The average household throws out over 500kg of paper and cardboard packaging each year. With a wood burning stove most of that can be converted into free energy. Cardboard and paper can definitely be used as free fuel instead of bought logs or coal.
Chris D Brown
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Contrator Materials Charged - Get Contractor Pricing and The Receipts
Do not be intimidated by contractors. Insist that contractors pass on their lower 'contractor' pricing to you. And, insist that contractors provide received for all materials charges which appear on their invoice to you. You are their customer; insist on the details.
Dan Powell
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Things to Consider Before Installing an Indoor Hot Tub
Many people enjoy the luxuries of having a hot tub indoors and there are many reasons why. Indoor spas have advantages that even outdoor tubs do not have. Not only is an indoor one easy to use but it also provides more privacy than an outdoor unit
Sam Spade
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