There’s a thousand ways to make your house greener and cleaner, but here’s a few of my favorites to keep in mind this summer:
1. Stop with the bottled water already. It leeches toxins, the water is not EPA regulated and the plastic is killing our sealife.
2. Turn off the lights. It’ summertime. Unless you live on the side of the world, you shouldn’t need them for most of the day.
3. Throw a dry absorbent towel in the dryer with your wet clothes. Or ,better yet, line dry!
4. Make your own housecleaners. There are thousands of recipes on the internet, free of charge. Or, if you’d like something a little less labor intensive, visit www.eco-me for inexpensive do it yourself household cleaner and bodycare kits.
5. Enough with the disposable grocery bags already! If you don’t have a reusable bag in your car right now, shame on you.
6. And if you must partake in the Ziploc culture, wash them out and reuse them. If you want to live a little on the wild side, visit www.reusablebags.com for all kinds of reusable options.
7. Plants. They’re pretty, and they make your indoor air cleaner. Check out B.C. Wolverton’s book How To Grow Fresh Air for information on the best plants to clean up your air.
8. Take your shoes off before entering your house. You have no idea how many chemicals are dragged into your house on the bottom of your feet, polluting your air and causing everything from allergies to hormone disruptions to cancer.
9. Keep your refrigerator full (of locally grown, organic goods, of course!). A full refrigerator actually uses less energy.
10. Use fans instead of air conditioning as often as possible.
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yes, we need to be more green...
hey, quick question: who usually opens escrow? I mean, after the contract is accepted, does the listing agent end the contract to the escrow officer?
been wondering 'bout this..
Yup, that's exactly right. Once a contract has been signed by both parties, the listing agent traditionally opens escrow with the escrow agent of their choice.
Another easy green solution for your home this summer is to open your windows.
This allows the home to "breath" and helps to get rid of some of the stagnant air that's been building up.
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