Keeping on our theme of easy ways to be more green, we wanted to focus on some simple steps you can take of going green in your home.  While much of the attention of going green seems to focus on the car we drive, the food we eat, or chemicals we use to grow our food, one of the largest impacts on our environment is often overlooked…. the place where we live.  In fact, 20% of the energy used every year in the U.S. comes from home heating and cooling (we really seem to like our air conditioning and heating). Read the rest of this entry

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After reading and posting about the White House Going Green, it got us thinking if other branches of the government were also getting into the act.

I will say that we were a little suprised to find the Pentagon in our search as they are not the image you have when you think of “tree hugging environmentalists” trying to save the earth.   After reading “Pentagon Looks at Green Options“, it definitely made sense and we have a new appreciation of good reasons to “go green”. Read the rest of this entry

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Found a very interesting article today on the Associated Press:  It’s time to green this old (White) House – again

The article discusses many of the things that have been done to make the White House “greener” over the years, focusing on the Carter, Bush, Clinton and now the Obama Administration (Bad pun alert – So would that make it a Green House?) Read the rest of this entry

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One of the most common questions we get is “I really do want to go green, but where do I start?”.  As we discussed in our Definition of Going Green, it’s not as hard as many make it seem. It’s just a matter of simple, small steps that add up over time.

Since most folks are looking for easy ways to Go Green, that is exactly what we are going to provide on our site and in this article  (after all the site is called GoingGreenHints.com). Read the rest of this entry

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I plan on writing more articles about china and their efforts to “go green” over the next couple of months.  Why focus on China?  Becase they have a population around 1.5 Billion (with a B) and are easily the worlds larges industrial nations (and one of the biggest carbon footprints around). Read the rest of this entry

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