Fake Grass, Synthetic Turf or Stepford Lawns?
Installing synthetic turf has become all the rage recently. It was even featured on some Bay Area local channels. Commonly known in the past as astro turf, it has been…
Simple Energy Efficiency Tips from the Home Improvement Guru
Sure we can talk about green products like bamboo floors and solar cell phone chargers but with our homes accounting for a 21% of total U.S. carbon emissions, the focus…
How Green is Your Community and Why it Absolutely Matters?
Before you bought your home or rented an apartment, did you consider how green is your community? Chances are you haven’t. Most people don’t. Not only majority of folks have…
Can Green Homes Gain Momentum in the Real Estate Market?
Whether one takes global warming seriously or not, one truth stands tall for any home buyer – energy efficiency, resource conservation and healthy indoor air is becoming a must. But…
How to Liberate Yourself from Junk Mail in 5 Minutes
Oh my goodness, it’s 50 cents off of eye lash extensions at Longs this week! Great deal on our dead sea sodium dense soup at Safeway! You’ve just been pre-approved…
The Heck with Climate Scientists, the Heck with the Nae Sayers, and One Huge Reason We Must Care Anyways
As the talks in Copenhagen are picking up momentum and the “Climate-Gate” scandal is unfolding, more and more people get perplexed and raise good questions. Is this thing real? Why…
How Going Solar Can Cost You Nothing
If going solar would cost you nothing would you consider it? A few weeks ago I attended a small Green Business Show in San Jose, where our local vendors had…
How to Save 5000% When Buying CFL Light Bulbs
So you’ve heard the benefits of CFLs. When it comes to energy savings, CFLs or Compact Fluorescent Lamps simply blow the regular incandescent light bulbs out of the water. According to…
Carbon Footprint 101: What’s Yours and What to Do About It?
You must have heard by now the term – Carbon Footprint. Many folks, including myself, for years had no clue what it truly meant and what to eat it with. It…
PG&E’s Stance on Environment – Real or Fake?
You’ve seen it on TV, you’ve heard it on the radio, you’ve read it in the papers – PG&E wants you to conserve energy and save the planet. They’ll even…