by Diane Stech

At a time when you cannot control gas prices, or the price of staples like eggs, milk and bread, there are some powerful ways that going green can bring down your cost of living!

Consider that a home that uses energy efficiently can cut your bills by up to 66%! According to These Green Times, an online environmental information hub, the average utility bill in the US is $1,500 a year. What could you do with that extra $990?

Here are 9 of the easiest ways that “going green” can save money and that you and your family can reduce your “carbon footprint” and help save our precious Mother Earth from global warming.
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Yesterday while I was in the backyard doing my weekly maintenance, I heard my neighbor enter her backyard joyfully singing.  Within seconds the singing gave way to the roar of a garden hose with a pressure nozzle pounding precious water onto concrete.  She must have been hosing off the patio.  I thought to myself, (as I always say to my wife when she hoses down the patio) “That’s what brooms are for”.  After seemingly half an hour, the target of her joy became the wood fence that separates our yards.  After seemingly another half an hour, she watered the fence on the other side of her yard.  Only a few minutes later, it happened again!  Only this time it was my wife hosing down our patio.   [Read more →]

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