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Honoring Earth Day with My Favorite Eco-Friendly Posts

In honor of Earth Day, I wanted to share a compilation of a few of my favorite recent environmentally friendly posts here on Active Rain. These posts share information on how the Green movement is making its way into the real estate business as well as simple ways in which you can incorporate more eco-friendly practices into your daily life.

Incorporating Green Practices into your real estate business

In Going Green - Eco Friendly Staging Project draws attention Jennie Norris from We Stage Sacramento shares interesting ways to stage a home using environmentally friendly materials.

In Weird or What?? Edible Landscaping is Smart!! Bonnie Westbrook of Grand Rapids, Michigan talks about the benefits of using edible plants for landscaping.

Tammy Stone of Grand Rapids, Michigan shares with us Why Southern Exposure is Important for a Green Home and the benfits of energy efficient construction with her post What is ICF Construction and How Does it Provide an Energy Efficient Home?.

In this post, janeAnne from Ashville, NC shares a whole systems approach to green development in "He's designing seven entirely new and entirely GREEN cities with A Comprehensive Plan for Eco-development.

Brian LeBars from Pleasanton, California shows us how to brighten up our lives with environmentally friendly paints in his post Help sell your home Green- Low VOC paints.

Andrew Stone shares a quirky yet compelling story of a man who inspires and empowers people to become homeowners in the truest sense of the word in his post Would you live in a home made out of relish trays and frame corners? Recycling at it's best.

Incorporating Green Practices into your everyday life

In their Eco Tip Of The Month- Simple Ways To Kick Your Oil Addiction! Nestor and Katerina Gasset of Wellington, Florida share tips reducing environmental impact by changing from petroleum based cleaning products to more natural ones.

Anthony Clark of Tulsa, Oklahoma says It's Not Easy Being Green.... wait, yes it is! In this post Anthony shares simple, cost efficient ways to reduce your environmental footprint every day from reducing paper waste to getting your Starbucks in reusable travel mugs.

Andrew Stone of Salt Lake City, Utah introduces us to GreenYour.com in What would you like to Green today? Find out how at Greenyour.com. Type in what you would like to green and the site gives you tips on how to get there.

Michelle Montalvo from Coral Gables, Florida shows us how baby steps can make a difference in her introduction to her green blog How Green Are You? Baby Steps to A Greener Lifestyle.

My post 6 Easy Money and Energy Saving Earth Day Tips shares some quick easy ways to save money and energy around your house throughout the year.

I hope you enjoy reading these informative posts as much as I did. Happy Earth Day!

Posted by Bonny Puckett ~ REALTOR ~ Fountain Hills, Scottsdale, AZ on 04/22/2008 08:46 AM

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34 Comments on Honoring Earth Day with My Favorite Eco-Friendly Posts

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Hi Bonnie...

You mentioned one of my heroes...William McDonough when you pointed out my post...He is making a HUGE impact on the way we think about healthy living environments all across the WORLD...Just one thing...janeAnne is from ASHEVILLE not Nashville, NC =)

The whole systems approach to green development in "He's designing seven entirely new and entirely GREEN cities with A Comprehensive Plan for Eco-development. is something I think REALTORS can use in discussions as a great jumping off point...

Bonny, Green is the new black.....striving to preserve our resources and inprove our living environment is an everyday battle. Any new or creative way to make this happen is good news for me.

PS...I've bookmarked this post and have recommended it be Featured at AR...

Wow there is a lot on info here this post must have taken some time to put together go for you the effort shows great information on an important subject.

janeAnne - Sorry about the typo, it was really early here in Arizona when I posted this and I don't think I was fully awake yet. Thanks for the bookmark and the recommendation to be featured. :-)

Dan - that is so true, green is the new black, but I think it will be more than just a fad. Although many businesses are using it as a marketing ploy, consumers are welcoming it as it is something that many people can get behind and feel good about. It is also spurring alot of innovation and creativity in the marketplace which is just fantastic!

Steve - I found it bery interesting reading some of the other great posts here on AR and seeing what others here have to say about going green. There are a lot of creative ways we can all green up our lifestyles and it is fun to read about them and share them with others.

Bonny: Thank you for sharing!!!! Have a great day!

Bonny - this is great! Happy Earth Day! Thanks for pointing some of these out - I missed many of them:)

Thanks for taking the time to compile this for easy reading. It would be great if everybody spent some time reading the post.

Bonny Thanks for the list (and the shout out). My pledge to read each of these posts in honor of Earth Day!

So many great postings, so little time! I'll have to make my way through your excellent list a bit at a time. Thanks for sharing this great information.

Bonny~Thanks for tying all the great information together.

Happy Earth Day! I am a closet tree hugger. Don't tell my friends! One of my favorite developments is the Issaquah Highlands. They even use electric cars to drive around.

Everyone has to do a little and it will be felt for the next generations. Thanks for the post.

Hi Bonny, thankyou so much for mentioning me in your post. What a great compilation...I will be switching to vegetable based liquid laundry soap for sure. There are so many little changes that we can make, that really would make a huge difference. I wish Starbucks would charge less for their coffee if you take your own cup, I am sure that would be an incentive for many people.. Have a lovely Earth Day everyone x

Michelle My Starbucks gives a $.10 discount if you bring in your own mug. Not a huge saving monetarily, but a great savings environmentally.

Thanks for sharing I will definitely check out those blog posts. The one about edible landscaping sounds interesting.

Thanks for all your hard work in putting together a GREAT POST. I had read only a few of these and today I enjoyed getting to read all of them.

thanks again

daniel

Thanks! More Green links at WWW.GREENYOURRENTAL.COM

Sorry forgot to link the url haha..

HTTP://WWW.GREENYOURRENTAL.COM

Hey! I am on your list! Thanks!

Lots of green tips here for sure. Thanks for compiling them and making it easy to read them all in one place.

Happy Green Day Bonnie! Congratulations on doing your part and posting this blog for all of us. I have not checked out all the posts you mentioned, but I intend on reading all of them. I would not have known about they were out there if not for you!!! So, thank you very much. Terrie

What a great compilation of posts. Thanks for sharing. Extremely useful information. Nobody can care for us like our mother, and I don't feel we've been treating her right.

Thanks for letting me know about the 10 cents Anthony, next time I go to Starbucks I will take note! I hope everyone had a wonderful Tuesday

thanks for the post

Dan - Electric cars are a great way to get around in a small community. In Fountain Hills, Rio Verde & Tonto Verde many residents use electric golf carts as their main form of transportation. Fountain Hills town officials and the Chamber of Commerce can often been seen using electric golf carts to get around town during local events. Most recently I have also seen quite a few Smart Cars cruising around town, even a convertible model. But I think the most famous alternative fuel vehicle in the area is the Fountain Hills Research Club's Hydrogen car.

Those are some great pictures. We had an early start to Earth Day. There was some major recycling going on, dump the pump day, and then the Tour De Georgia....

Ryan - Edible landscaping can be a lot of fun. Here in Arizona one of our most common forms of edible landscaping is citrus fruit trees. However I enjoy growing herbs in my yard. Rosemary makes a very attractive ground cover or hedge that is heat tolerant and grows well with low water. The best part is that it adds delicious flavor to chicken, pork, beef and vegetables. There are a lot of other fun ways to easily incorporate edible plants into your landscape. Give it a try!

Thank you to everyone for all the great comments. And a special thanks to the creative AR bloggers who wrote the posts that I compiled for this list. I hope you all enjoy reading them as much as I did.

I just updated my list with another of Andrew Stone's posts about green building. Check it out I found it very interesting.

Thanks for the post. Lots of good things to check out in the links. Good things to pay attention to.

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GO GREEN!!!

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Bob & Carolin - Please do check out the links, there is a lot of great information. I didn't realize before this how many environmentally conscious members we had here on Active Rain.

David - Thanks for the support!