Sustainable Living for Your Home



Everywhere you go, you’ll see that people are taking steps in adapting a different kind of living. Sustainable living is definitely on its peak as people are exerting conscious efforts to push through sustainable living. Apparently, this conscious effort has been around for some time now but it’s only now that people are starting to notice—partly because of the threatening effects of Global warming and Earth destruction we have been experiencing these past few years.

Many innovative products for your home are being released to the market nowadays that answer directly to sustainable living. Concepts and ideas flow in minds of developers; not only are they helpful for the environment but also it brings them an alternative source of income. Here are some examples of new sustainable living, eco friendly products to hit the market today:

·    SinkPositive is a water saving sink attached on top of a regular toilet tank. The concept behind the design takes after a traditional Japanese toilet which was developed to meet American standards by its designer Nashvillian Carl Brown. Currently, the design is patented to the designer.
·    The very eco friendly corn carpet boasts of low VOC emission, biodegradability and durability. Naturally, this carpet is made from corn fibers and it is very resistant to wear and stains. This carpeting alternative is good because of its many environmental benefits including the reduction in CO2 emission. By the way, VOCs are very harmful for our bodies since they are gases emitted by most solid and liquid substances. When inhaled, they can bring adverse health effects to the body.
·    EcoTop countertops were included in the Top 10 Green Home Products for 2007 and have been the choice for green homes eversince. These countertops are made from recycled paper and wood composite. The resin that is used for binding fibers is 100% water based so there’s no VOC and best of all, it’s petroleum free.

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“Green”Laptops



            Apple has done it again, by creating something spectacular, even though everything they create is notorious in every way. They are the new ‘Green Notebooks’. No they are not really green laptops. They are the hottest laptop known to be Eco-Friendly. They are highly recyclable and have even more energy then other laptops offered by Apple. These incredible notebooks are being sold everyday, for there sleek style and their friendly environmentally status.

           Apple has worked extremely hard to eliminate the numerous toxins that are primarily used to manufacture notebooks. They have also done this with other green products of there’s such as: MacBook computers, iPod touch, iPod Classic, iPhone 3G, and the iPod nano. In addition to the removal of toxins, this infamous laptop is completely recyclable and every material within this notebook can be reused in other products for recycled aluminum and glass. Both of which are very wanted by recyclers whom use it to their advantage on other products.

            When people found out that this amazing laptop is free of toxins and is also 100% recycled material they were anxious to get there hands on it, especially when they found out that it is more energy efficient which uses less electricity.

            This miraculous notebook could be used by anyone for anything! This 17-inch MacBook Pro has a longer lasting battery. Most laptop batteries are known to be replaced every year or two, which means more batteries, will be used and thrown out. However, the battery that is in the MacBook Pro last up to five years!

            Most people don’t even think of new ways to help their environment, ways to living green and preventing pollution of the things they buy. Whether it is recycling their garbage, prevent smoking, using recycled shopping bags rather then plastic bags or even discussing the bad effects it has upon our world. Maybe since it is a new generation of a virtual world; environment friendly technology is the best result to making a difference and explaining ways to becoming ‘eco-friendly’.       

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Greenery Bridges the Health Gap Between the Rich and the Poor



Greenery is central to eco-friendly communities and its role in improving health continues to be supported by scientific research. The latest evidence, corroborating the role of greenery in maintaining public health, comes from a study published in the renowned British medical journal The Lancet. It concludes that green spaces not only reduce blood pressure and stress levels, preventing heart diseases and stroke, but also bridge the gap between the health condition of the poor and that of the more well-off members of society.

The research has been conducted by Dr. Richard Mitchell (Glasgow University) and Dr. Frank Popham of (University of St Andrews). They analyzed the records of over 366, 000 people, who passed away between 2001 and 2005, concluding that even a little area covered with greenery plays a significant healing role in the health of the population that lives nearby. This finding is important in that it counters the mainstream belief that social class is the major determinant of health – rich people being privileged with better health due to their higher socio-economic profile.

For both health professionals and the general public, the health-friendly effects of green spaces denote a new hope of living longer and happier life without any demand for wealth. Local councils can bring about a notable improvement in people’s health by introducing more greenery in the locality. From health’s viewpoint, poor people can get the same share in life as do the rich. What is needed is more volunteering for increasing the greenery in one’s area. Previous studies have proved the positive role of roadside trees in improving health in urban areas. The recent findings strengthen the belief in the environmental-friendly practice of plantation – an activity that literally promotes life against the threat of diseases.

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Making a green community can be easy



A green community can and is a happy community. It can all be a possibility and really isn’t’ all that hard to accomplish in today’s modern world. When I was younger the idea of solar energy was a great one but we didn’t’ have the technology to make it worth the expensive to create the solar panels and the idea of using old used cooking oil to power diesel engines wasn’t even thought of. Now we have hybrid electric gas cars and quite a few trucks that now run on used vegetable oil. All of these steps are ways that we can make a more green community. Building more energy efficient homes with more efficient appliances keeps not only the running cost of the equipment but lower the amounts of emissions that are emitted not only from the appliance but from the power plants were the electric it produced. Less energy needed less coal and oil burned fewer pollutants filling the air making the air just a bit cleaner for you and me to breath and for the plants to grow in. all this is possible for our community to achieve. Now a day’s we have cell phones that are basically hand held computers. If we put that kind of effort into making cheaper to produce solar panels for houses we can cut our energy consumption quite a bit, like the hybrid cars find a nice mix of solar power during the day and the coal power plants for night time. We have all been sitting at a stop light with an 18 wheeler sitting next to us as it release out  a nice bit puff of black foul smelling smoke from the exhaust pipe. A simple way to lower the pollutant emission of those huge diesel trucks is the looking into of alternative fuels like used cooking vegetables oil from deep fries. with all the Mc Donald’s  and other fast food restaurants that are out there collecting their used vegetable oil from their deep fryers along with the few house hold deep fryers would lessen the need for diesel fuel in freight trucks or even in the simple school bus that takes children to and from school. Even if we are unable to get a 100% dependence on alternative fuels if we can even just get around 50% half of the cars and trucks in the United States alone would lessen the amount of pollutants in the air substantially. Even if it turns out that global warming is real and we are the cause of it having that many vehicles releasing a significantly less pollutant will really help the planet and ourselves by lowering our dependence on foreign oil supplies. When you support these type of idea in the community and have laws passed that will help bring ideas like this to life we will all have a more green eco friendly community in no time. Everyone can make a difference in the world it isn’t all that hard to do.

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Building Energy Efficient Homes



Energy efficient homes are a sparkling example of applying creative thinking for developing environmental friendly communities. These houses are built by paying special attention to the construction details and various other elements of the house – all serving to cut down on the total energy consumption. This approach has a number of environment-friendly implications. First, it helps conserve the energy budget of our ecological system. Secondly, it prevents environmental damage that is caused by the emanations of pollutants associated with the consumption of some fuels. This in turn signifies better health. In addition, energy efficient houses save a good deal of money that is spent on paying for the energy required to run homes. It is important to mention that, according to studies on community development, the money thus saved becomes a source of generating wealth within the community.

Energy efficient homes vary in the number and style of elements employed in their construction and operation. Central to all of them are some basic features like:

•    Minimization of Heat Transfer
•    Proper Ventilation
•    Efficient Cooling and Heating Systems
•    Use of Energy Saving Appliances

Besides the advantages to environment and community development mentioned above, energy efficient houses have generally been found more comfortable, especially in terms of temperature stability and desirable levels of humidity. The passage of air in and out of the house is kept at an optimum level by specialized insulation techniques. For lovers of quite environs (and who isn’t these days), energy efficient construction of houses also filter out most of the noise and keep the inside of the house peaceful. The main disadvantage of building these kinds of houses, at this point in time, is the high cost of construction. Also, the constructor needs to be experienced in handling such projects – something not yet very common. However, energy efficient houses do pay in terms of environmental amelioration and quality of domestic life, once they stand completed.

In the 21st century, the use of advanced computer technology promises cost-effective solutions to some heretofore costly procedures involved in the assessment of a particular area for constructing energy efficient houses. This includes recording and processing of data relating the suitability of the location, mapping of the buildings, and limitations that need to be considered before squaring out for construction. For the green living motto of environmental friendly communities, energy efficient houses literally instantiate the (modified) adage of ‘effort begins at home.’

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