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5 Easy Tips to Live Green In Your Home in California!

By
Home Stager with CL Design Services Home Staging

The September issue of California Real Estate is "The Green Issue" It lists 30 tips and why it matters to live green. These 5 tips are easy to implement and very energy and cost effective.       

Change Your Light Bulbs

Reduce emissions and save energy by changing to Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

or Compact Fluorescent Light (CFLs) bulbs.

 

Unplug and Turn Off

Unplugging appliances you seldom use could save up to $10 on your monthly utility bill.

 

Recycle

Recycling saves energy in addition to keeping waste out of our land fills.

 

Stop Junk Mail

Save 100 million trees a year by signing up with the New American Dream

www.newdream.org  to be removed from junk mailers lists today.

 

Green Paints, Materials, Accessories

Choose low VOC paints, solvent free adhesives, toxin free products, flooring and carpeting made from recycled products to improve indoor air quality and improve our Planet.

 

Live  Green, Live WELL!!  Be Well!! Happy Staging! Cathy Lee

  

If you are preparing your home for sale, redesigning a room and looking for a professional home stager, Cathy Lee can be reached at 925.351.6118

      www.CLDesignServices.com

  

 

Michele Hess
Simply Staged Inc. - Rockford, IL
Home Stager Rockford - Simply Staged Inc

Cathy, Thank you for all the great tips and few reminders.  I am off to remove my name from the junk mail lists!!

Sep 22, 2008 11:00 PM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Michele! I did not know about the junk mail site either!!  My mail box will be clutter free! 

Sep 23, 2008 02:00 AM
Wendy Timmons
Move Home Realty - Temecula, CA
Temecula Realtor

Cathy- Thanks for the tips! I willremove my name from junk mail too! I have not seen that one.

Have a great day :)

Sep 23, 2008 02:25 AM
Donna Schoby
Liberty Bank of Arkansas - Bentonville, AR

Cathy, great tips. I'm proud to say we already do most of those things. Every little bit helps. Thanks

Sep 23, 2008 07:00 AM
Virginia Tatseos
Stage-Show-Sell - Bloomfield Township, MI

http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/   I think this is the website link that you want.

The recycleing this confuses me.  YES, i want less trash on the road.  YES, i want a cleaner enviroment.

We have mandatory recycling in Bloomfield Township.  We put out a separate bin for papers, tins, and plastic.  This is done every week.  How much are they saving when gas is so high and only 50% of the households put it out?

I would rather have them pick up twice a month or once a month then do what they are doing.

 

Sep 23, 2008 09:37 AM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

I could see where that would be frustrating Virginia!!  Gas prices are ridiculous!!  Thanks for the link!  You are a such great help and a great source here in the rain!!

Sep 23, 2008 07:15 PM
Anonymous
CFLs can you tell me more

Are they safe to use? 

Sep 23, 2008 11:24 PM
#7
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

CFLs still have some mercury in them-but are in some areas the only options as LEDs are hard to find.  LEDs are really the best. 

Sep 24, 2008 02:14 AM
Karen Nardella
The Emporium Your Home for Elegant Resale - Conway, NH

Cathy, because this is something you feel strong enough to write about, I believe as a wife, mother, grandmother, and business owner and one American to another you owe it to yourself to watch a recently videoed discussion in the houe of representatives, where Representive T. Poe spoke to the house and Madam Chair MsI Polosi regarding these bulbs and the EPA.   It is something everyone should see, I will email it to you, if you would like.

I do not know how to get it on here for you.  So if you want to watch it, you can let me know.  I will send it along.  It is current.  Glad to share.  Karen Nardella

Sep 25, 2008 02:23 AM
Karen Nardella
The Emporium Your Home for Elegant Resale - Conway, NH

PS I have a web site you can buy an the alternative bulb.  Will share if wanted.  Karen

Sep 25, 2008 02:24 AM