Going the Green Mile - 05/20/09 11:07 AM
I am a firm believer in not reinventing the wheel and this says it as well as I ever could.
Via Joanne O'Donnell (Chic Home Interiors, LGLS CP Trainer (510-STAGING)):
If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.  Well, we are the problem.  According to statistics published by the Nature Conservancy, the average family of 4, in a detached home, in North America will generate 110 tons of CO2 annually.  The average family outside of North America will generate 22 tons of CO2 annually. 
Finally, some progress in reversing the metaphorical snowball rolling downhill that has been … (1 comments)

Recharge,Recharge,Recycle - 05/03/09 03:09 PM
I have been working on helping develop a recycling project as part of a program I am participating in through my local Realtor Association. I'm learning some interesting facts.
Americans use an average of 6 cordless products in their daily activities - PDA's, cell phones. ipods,tools such as cordless drills and screwdrivers, flashlights, etc. The average cell phone user has 3 cell phones in their possession More than 40% of those cell phone users replace their phone every 2 years Most rechargeable batteries can be recharged up to 1,000 times What happens to all those rechargeable batteries after they can no … (6 comments)

 
Deb Hurt, ABR, e-Pro,Green, TRC (Realty Pro Albuquerque)

Deb Hurt, ABR, e-Pro,Green, TRC

Albuquerque, NM

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Address: 6700 Jefferson NE , Suite C-2, Albuquerque, NM, 87109

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My blog is as much about a philosophy of life and living as it is about real estate as a business. E.F. Shumacher subtitled his book SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL "Economics as if People Mattered" In the real estate industry we realize that people matter and that where they live matters. We now also have a larger responsiblity, I believe, to get them to consider HOW they live. Everyone in the developed world using less energy and resources makes it possible for those who have access to neither to experience a better life and to make the difference between their being able to having a roof overhead or not or for their children to eat or not. 



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