More Tips on Eco-Flooring for Your House

Last week I provided some initial tips on how to make your new floor ecologically sensitive. In this article, I am going to give you a few more options.

What not to wear (on your floor)
Choosing an ecologically friendly floor doesn’t just mean choosing the right materials, it also means avoiding the wrong materials. And it [...]

A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Flooring Options

When going green in your home renovations, there are a lot of options out there and choosing between them can be a difficult process. Today, I’ll provide you with some of the more popular environmentally-friendly flooring choices, and what the ramifications are for using them.
Hardwood
One of the best ways to add eco-friendly flooring to your [...]

Better Homes and Gardens Survey Says Consumers Want Houses to Be Green and Small

Last month, Better Homes and Gardens released their survey results about what their readers are looking for when they come to buy a new home. The survey was among U.S. consumers, but the results do a give idea of how attitudes are changing due to the recession, and due to changing market conditions overall.
The major [...]

Budget Process Continues For Moose Jaw

City of Moose Jaw administration is recommending that the city of Moose Jaw invest approximately $27,000 into the boulevard tree program this year. The only problem is that parks and recreation director Jody Hauta said that this is a cost that the city of Moose Jaw should not be expecting to pay in future years [...]

ReStores Offer Renovators an Environmentally Friendly and Charitable Option

We’ve talked about using recycling materials in your renovations before, but you are probably wondering if there is an easy way to go about doing this. After all, you don’t necessarily have time to go trawling around your local area, looking for renovations. Fortunately there is an easy option available – and it’s run by [...]

Five Hot Tips for the Freecycler

As we’ve mentioned before, adding repurposed or recycled furniture and decor to your home is not only environmentally friendly, it is also becoming a hot trend. This is particularly true in the age of disposable Ikea-like furniture: more and more people want furniture that lasts, and frequently, that can only be found from vintage pieces. [...]

Urban Windmills a Viable Option

Taking a positive step toward reducing your carbon footprint can be just as easy as replacing all of your incandescent bulbs with fluorescent ones. But for those people who are more ambitious in their green thinking, you may looking at more substantial ways to reduce your energy use.
Windmills used to be seen as only practical [...]