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In Built Green and Sustainable Living, For Homeowners, sustainable living on November 25, 2009 at 12:59 pm
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Wishing you all the best during this holiday season. Take time to enjoy your family and friends and to be thankful for what you have.
In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, take another moment to think about your carbon footprint and how you can help to reduce it during this holiday time.
SustainLane had a great piece with advice on different ways to consider saving energy, reducing your carbon footprint, and going organic on the Thanksgiving holiday. Of course, all of these things could be things you do on a daily basis.
Can you carpool with a family member or friend? Do you know what the Dirty Dozen vegetables and fruit are? The list may surprise you! Apples, one of our most important Washington crops are high on the list of the dirty dozen.
The Thanksgiving holidays are so important to all us in the United States. We treasure the holiday as a wonderful time to reconnect with our family and friends. but it also a great time to conserve, sometimes in simple ways.
Have a great holiday.
Oj, OJ Simpson, Thanksgiving
In Just for Fun, not real estate on November 23, 2009 at 2:51 pm
OJ Advertising His Favorite Holiday Meal
Well, at least he doesn’t have a knife with the turkey!
Hat tip to my cousin who found a copy of this ad, probably from the LA Times, among some of her papers. The bottom of the ad mentions OJ is a Hall of Famer. Any thoughts on when you think this ad was done? I’m guessing it was pre-Hertz days and definitely pre-Nicole days.
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In Built Green and Sustainable Living, For Buyers, For Homeowners, For Sellers, Home maintenance tips, Real Estate Tips, real estate on November 20, 2009 at 1:03 pm
The Seattle-Eastside weather outside is just frightful or should I say just awful. November is always such a “fun time” with rain and wind with this November being no exception. (I love Seattle, but did I tell you I hate November in Seattle?) Weather for the week has been windy, wet, and wild. Everyone is talking about staying warm and dry. Trust me, it’s a big topic on Facebook among my Seattle friends this week.
But is your home helping you to stay warm and dry? Are your heating bills as low as they should be?
Have you checked your home’s insulation and did you do any needed upgrades this fall? If not, this link to the New York Times Green, Inc. blog post about insulation is for you.
Insulation is made from a variety of materials as one type does not fit all. But what type of insulation fits your home and your pocketbook?
Tom Zeller, Jr. writes about all kinds of insulation, including fiberglass, polystyrene, blown cellulose and mineral wool with some tips and links to information on each in the New York Times blog post. If you check out the federal energy website, you can find out more about each type of insulation and what might work for your home.
There’s a video in the link above to Green, Inc in which a manufacture of cellulose insulation is interviewed. Sounds pretty “dry” and boring, but it’s actually pretty interesting. Cellulose insulation is made from phone books, newspapers and other papers. But would insulation made from paper be fire retardant? Watch the video to see a “torching” demonstration.
Then go check out your insulation and your heating bills. Should you be making any improvements?
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