What happens if I told you that you would only have to paint your house once in its lifetime? Would you scoff at me and think I was off my rocker? (No comments from the peanut gallery.) Southern based Home Preservation Systems claims that the Extreme Performance Permanent Painting system will guarantee these results. They are so sure [...]
March 2011
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Nowadays, I am finding that I am receiving quite more email invitations than I use to. However, when it comes to the “big day events” such as weddings and bar mitzvahs, paper seems to be rule of thumb. With such great online invitation websites such as Pingg and Paperless Posts, you can have your cake [...]
With the weather becoming warmer, I noticed the increase in bicycle riding. Whether people bike for exercise, recreation or commuting to work, over 26 million bicycles were purchased in the United States in 2005 alone. In 2007, more than twice the number of bikes were produced in the world than cars. To the tune [...]
Identity Links is Green Talk’s newest advertiser. The Company provides eco-friendly promotional products. My wish is that companies would hand out environmentally friendly promotional items at trade shows rather than the plastic crap that I normally receive. Believe me, I don’t need any more useless stuff. So, what I love about Identity Links is they actually sell eco- [...]
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Do you hate your bathroom? Do you wish for a simpler way to create a painless bathroom remodel without trudging to different stores to find the perfect products? Well, you are in luck. Bath Simple is a nuts and bolts concept of designing your bath online and having it installed by certifed Bath Simple installers. Kind of like [...]
How many of us get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom? Did I see you wince when you step on your cold floor? Been there. Done that. In my new house, I installed radiant heat under my bathroom floors and my feet have never looked back. A couple of [...]
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Can you makeover your apartment on $500 in five days buying items from Craigslist? Hip, decorator Lauren on Craiglist TV did just that for a young couple wanting to enter the grown up world. No more books scattered around the ground, sitting on the floor, and pictures stacked against a wall. They wanted to [...]
It seems every time you blink, banks are charging you for this or that. Pretty soon they will charge you for walking in the door. Or perhaps they upping their maintenance fees or increasing balancing requirements. So, I found TD Bank’s online offer to reduce your maintenance fee by $1 for going paperless unusual. (This [...]
A couple of years ago, I provided a list of green fundraising ideas since I was so tired of receiving yet another paper wrapping request. Given how many people read this article, I know they must feel the same way as me. As time goes by, I try and update each of my articles to keep you up [...]
I haven’t done a green news round-up for awhile. In fact, I have been storing some of these news stories to write about in separate posts but have gotten too busy. One thing you will notice is in many of the below green news items is they share a common thread. Chemicals and Toxicity. This [...]
