Abu Dhabi is the Arab world’s top green city

Who’s recycling more and “trashing” less? Smart Green Travel visits the top green cities and few runners up who have made the most impressive strides toward eco-friendliness and sustainability. Factors are air, the climate, our health, the landscape and the habitat.

When a city accepts as a mandate its quality of life; when it respects the people who live in it; when it respects the environment; when it prepares for future generations, the people share the responsibility for that mandate, and this shared cause is the only way to achieve that collective dream.

These metropolises aren’t literally the greenest places on earth — they’re not necessarily dense with foliage, for one, and some still have a long way to go down the path to sustainability. But all of these cities deserve recognition for making impressive strides toward eco-friendliness, helping their many millions of residents live better, greener lives

Some of what you’ll hear on this weeks Smart Green Travel include:

• Five years after Katrina, New Orlean’s Ninth Ward is most likely now the greenest neighborhood in the world
• Oslo, Norway’s buses run on fuel generated from human waste
• London has set stiff taxes on personal transportation to limit congestion in the central city, hitting SUVs heavily and letting electric vehicles and hybrids off scot-free.
• Copenhagen is now the first Scandinavian city to put a mandatory green roof policy into action
• Austin, Texas, for it’s artistic flare that has made this one of the most “livable” cities in the country
• Boulder, Colorado named the thinnest city in America
• San Francisco opens bike paths on Market Street and citywide that are continuous and do not peter out
• Oakland’s Oaksterdam surpasses Holland. I’ll explain in Part 2 of this episode of  Smart Green Travel

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Gill Minerzine
City of Sydney Australia Tourism

Andy Thornly
Director
sfbike.org

MaryAnn Mahoney
Director
Boulder Tourism Board

Dan King
Zero Waste Hotel Founder
Boulder Outlook Hotel

Jennifer Walker
Director
AustinTexas.org

Diana Simon
Outreach Specialist
sfenviroment.org

Clare Jones
Director
Oaksterdam

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• Green in the Mountains on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco BREAKING NEWS: Calif State Parks will only allow you in FREE to all STATE PARKS if you have an ACCESS PASS.  How to get one?? Find out on Smart Green Travel. Mt. Tamalpais - means 'Bay Mountain' - the Coast Miwok Indian definition Plus, Mom's and Dad's,  I have an......
• When the government can't afford to be green, we make it happen. Check out Minnesota's mind blower on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Minnesota's government pulls the plug on what would be history making.  What did Minnesota do to resurrect their states largest environmental Green Event? What a story to inspire anyone who feels defeated by negativity and oppression of this recession. Is Vermont's Governor Crazy? Shutting down their freeways and interstates statewide......
• Swimming with Dolphins in the Wild on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960am San Francisco Dolphins! Have you spoken to anyone who swims with them in the wild frequently? On Smart Green Travel, you'll hear Lisa Alpine share spectacular play by play details of water dancing with the dolphins and what she describes as dolphin daycare,  in Hawaii, where pods of dolphin parents drop their......
• National Geographic's 411 on Family Eco-Vacations plus Waterfalls no one ever told you existed in Yosemite on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco Find where waterfalls rarely visited in Yosemite are located and easy to walk too. And, I believe I've found the most perfect 3 day Family Staycations for Yosemite, under $200 bucks. OH! Your like me, and you want the 1-2-3 most easiest Yosemite Hikes for lazy people. Smart Green Travel......
• In a museum in the morning and on a mountain in the afternoon, only in San Francisco! on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco What are you doing for a Green Memorial Day Weekend? Stay home near the cool fog, treat yourself and that work-a-holic schedule to a cool relaxing restaurant. Next,  open your intentions to the best of our city, our neighborhoods yet to be explored, so many cultures to experience. Always more......

• City Vs. Country - Which Is More Eco-Friendly? Left: Los Angeles, CA Right: Taos, NM It's a pretty common discussion amongst us environmentalists - which is more eco-friendly, living in the city or living in the country? While there are points for both locations, I was giving this some thought the other day now that I live in......
• Three Health Benefits Associated With Running [/caption]Running isn't always easy, but the people who enjoy running do it for the great rewards: not only do they feel great at the end of the day, they keep their weight stable (or lose weight if need be), they keep getting out of the house, and they feel better......
• Top Ten Cities For Green Utility Companies. Is your city on the list? Probably not, as most cities barely even bother with this kind of stuff, which is a shame. But the organization Informed Building has assembled a list of the top 10 green utility companies in the nation, and it is definitely worth a peek to......
• Greening Your Kids - How To Introduce Children To Green Living. True, teaching your kids about earth ship housing, solar array in-floor radiant heat and adobe insulation factors might be a little much, but that doesn't mean you have to leave your kids in the dark about their environment. As a green parent, you should have green kids, no? There are......
• How Nutrition Can Effect Your Feelings When It Comes To Detoxifying Your Body If you're feeling fatigued no matter how much sleep you get or bloated no matter how much you diet, then you may need a body detox to increase your Health and Wellness. Even if you eat healthy foods, waste products can build up in your system, and leave you feeling......

Dolphins! Have you spoken to anyone who swims with them in the wild frequently? On Smart Green Travel, you’ll hear Lisa Alpine share spectacular play by play details of water dancing with the dolphins and what she describes as dolphin daycare,  in Hawaii, where pods of dolphin parents drop their baby dolphin kids off near shore, while they go out to grab lunch and dinner. Plus, a beautiful interactive story of what happens when hundreds of dolphins arrive in front of you, with their kids in tow, and what ensues from there.

Meanwhile, there’s nothing cute about this.  It’s hard to believe any country would still allow dolphin hunting.  At the Cove in Taiji, the dolphin killing continues. Although the killing of bottlenose dolphins -  slaughtered for meat by the Taiji fishermen starts September 1st in Japan, the fight for the protection of all marine mammals goes on. Sign the petition with SaveJapanDolphins.org as Smart Green Travel joins Ric O’ Barry’s heroic efforts to expose the plight of dolphins worldwide  and save these innocent precious creatures.

Green Aquariums

Where can you climb through the layers of the rain forest and descend into a 100,000 gallon “Flooded Forest” tank, where freshwater fish cruise overhead? Where can you see a 2 ½ acre Living Roof, an expansive solar canopy, an extensive water reclamation system, and walls insulated with recycled blue jeans? Only in San Francisco!

Smart Green Travel takes you to the Greenest Aquariums in the country, including San Francisco’s Steinhart Aquarium, the largest green public platinum-rated building in the world, for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

Special Highlight! “Penguins and Pajamas”. Overnight sleep overs this fall and winter, at the Aquarium.

Then, down to L.A. and the “Aquarium of the Pacific” in Los Angeles ,where guests hop onto big boats to go whale watching.  And, the “Tennessee Aquarium”, celebrating green consciousness and connectedness to mammals and animals, saving extinct endangered species, including the “Redneck Turtle”. no pun intended

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Steinhart Aquarium
Manager of Sustainability Programs
Aaron Pope

Lisa Alpine
Swims with Dolphins in the Wild 

Aquarium of the Pacific
VP of Special Projects
Barbara Long

Tennesse Aquarium
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• I heard it through the Green Grapevine on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco American's pair wine with food, while Europeans pair wine with life. The numbers speak for themselves. Whether you're like me, a novice with wine, or a connoisseur, the FACT IS: Europeans drink 28 gallons of wine per year, per person. American's drink 3 gallons of wine per year. What can......
• Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco: Saturday March 6th, 2010 Visit www.thegreenmorning.com to learn more about Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart Show: Saturday March 6th, 2010 Sponsor: BetterHealthForDogs.com Guests: Sam Friedman, Founder of Better Health for Dogs.com Kevin Fletcher of Audubon International Todd Stevens - Green Architect. Zach Conen of Green Key Global Vice President of Sales & Marketing......
• Free Family Event Summer Sailstice on Treasure Island on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco Summer Sailstice for the family, on the Island we treasure, Treasure Island. Toss one of the Boat, Yacht, or Sailboat owners a small donation [for tight budgets, we're talking small, like 5 to 20 bucks] to support sailing schools for kids, and you're entire family can sail on all kinds......
• What's Going Green in Amusement Parks? on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Yep, that's the "Harry Potter Forbidden Journey" ride at Universal in Florida. Buckle up and pull down your harness, for a virtual roller coaster ride on Green in Amusement Parks. Smart Green Travel, hears from America's biggest Amusement Parks and their Green steps to sustainability in the most wild places.......
• Ernest Hemmingway once said that THIS BEACH was the World’s Best Beach - Best Green Beaches on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco National Geographic joins Smart Green Travel to reveal what is a Green Beach? Plus, I'll share my Top 10 beaches, the ones to get too, before they become certified green. I turned to the Clean Beaches Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that runs the Blue Wave beach program in......

• Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume Seventy Three. OK, so camping in your own house is not that much fun! Although our furniture is supposed to show up today, we have now been living with an air mattress and 2 camping chairs for two weeks, and it is getting old. However, we have already seen more rain......
• Thinking Outside The Green Box. What different, wacky, strange, outside-the-box ideas do you have to help save our planet? There are hundreds of ideas thrown around in the media every day for "easy ways to go green" - but what about ways no one else might know of yet? Things you are trying at home......
• Lengthen Your Pool Season With Solar Swimming Pool Heating Solutions Who would rather dive in heated water than freezing water? A lot of us want to warm our swimming pools without skyrocketing our electricity payments. In the past, this isn't possible, but now that we have the solar energy system, we can have heated water in our pool without paying......
• Green Building Materials Green Construction is the practice of building in a way that increases efficiency of the use of materials like energy, water and other materials and resources while reducing the impact on human health and the environment during the process of building through more efficient design, site selection, construction, operation, maintenance......
• EarthTalk: Rooftop Solar Panels For Home Energy And Hot Water. EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: I am considering solar panels for my roof to provide heat for my hot water and possibly to do more than that. Are there some kinds of solar panels that are better than others? How do I find a......

Carbon neutral: the 'fairy tale' castle of Neuschwanstein

Yes. We know from German folklore (think Hansel and Gretel, and Little Red Riding Hood) that the forest, or Wald, was an important part of life in Germany’s past. With forest still covering 31 per cent of the country – almost three times as much as the UK – the nation is deeply green.

It is also way ahead in terms of “green” issues. Germany recycles three-fifths of domestic waste compared to about one-fifth here; there are now only 150 landfill sites in Germany, compared with 50,000 in the early Seventies.

If you are choosing the nation at the heart of Europe initially for its environmentally friendly credentials, you are in for a treat in terms of the green and open spaces it offers. Germany has one-third more people than Britain, but the population density is lower and more rural.

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An Organic Conversation
Helge Hellberg & Mark Mulcahy

VistaNuova
Andrey Tamarchenko

• Greenest Cities in the World with Jerry Hart on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco [/caption] Who's recycling more and "trashing" less? Smart Green Travel visits the top green cities and few runners up who have made the most impressive strides toward eco-friendliness and sustainability. Factors are air, the climate, our health, the landscape and the habitat. When a city accepts as a mandate its......
• Green in the Mountains on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco BREAKING NEWS: Calif State Parks will only allow you in FREE to all STATE PARKS if you have an ACCESS PASS.  How to get one?? Find out on Smart Green Travel. Mt. Tamalpais - means 'Bay Mountain' - the Coast Miwok Indian definition Plus, Mom's and Dad's,  I have an......
• Ernest Hemmingway once said that THIS BEACH was the World’s Best Beach - Best Green Beaches on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco National Geographic joins Smart Green Travel to reveal what is a Green Beach? Plus, I'll share my Top 10 beaches, the ones to get too, before they become certified green. I turned to the Clean Beaches Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that runs the Blue Wave beach program in......
• What's Going Green in Amusement Parks? on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Yep, that's the "Harry Potter Forbidden Journey" ride at Universal in Florida. Buckle up and pull down your harness, for a virtual roller coaster ride on Green in Amusement Parks. Smart Green Travel, hears from America's biggest Amusement Parks and their Green steps to sustainability in the most wild places.......
• Swimming with Dolphins in the Wild on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960am San Francisco Dolphins! Have you spoken to anyone who swims with them in the wild frequently? On Smart Green Travel, you'll hear Lisa Alpine share spectacular play by play details of water dancing with the dolphins and what she describes as dolphin daycare,  in Hawaii, where pods of dolphin parents drop their......

• Money Hacks Carnival: Middle Name Pride Day Edition Happy Middle Name Pride Day, everyone!  There seems to be a bit of inconsistency as to what the proper day to celebrate MNPD is - Holiday Insights says that it's "always March 10th" whereas the Wikipedia article says it's on the Friday of the first full week of March as......
• The 'Real Unemployment' Needs Real Solutions [/caption] by: Leo Hindery, Jr. chairs the US Economy/Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation. He is the former chief executive of AT&T Broadband and other major media and telecom companies. "Everyone agrees that the recession is over," said Larry Summers, President Obama's top economic advisor, on December 13.......
• Quick Green Reads For The Weekend Volume 144. Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions “The carbon offset has become this magic pill, a kind of get-out-of-jail-free card,” Justin Francis, the managing director of Responsible Travel, one of the world’s largest green travel companies to embrace environmental sustainability, said in an interview. “It’s seductive to the......
• Choosing California Fishing Lakes In every area of the state of California, you will find an abundant supply of lakes rife with fish that are waiting to be caught. All told, California has more than 3000 different lakes, reservoirs, streams and other excellent bodies of water that are available to the avid angler who......
• 22 Tips for Weight Loss pt 3 Here is a quick no nonsense guide to what you can to in order to get healthy and lose weight. This is part 3 in a 5 part series. 9 - Identify the right exercise for your needs. No two exercises are created equally. If you enjoy running and it......

American’s pair wine with food, while Europeans pair wine with life. The numbers speak for themselves. Whether you’re like me, a novice with wine, or a connoisseur, the FACT IS:

Europeans drink 28 gallons of wine per year, per person. American’s drink 3 gallons of wine per year.

What can we embrace from other cultures that do both?; pair wine with food, and, pair wine with life.

Hear from the smallest, to the largest green wineries on Smart Green Travel, providing all kinds of ways to evaluate how they’re going green, and offering such great combination’s  of antiquated farming techniques, with modern technology to offer you authentic carbon-offsets.

A green winery is only as green as the companies values, consciousness and ethics. Meaning, does the winery invest in projects that truly reduce emissions, and at the same time benefit the employees,  local populations and Eco-systems?

If you miss Smart Green Travel every Saturday, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, on Green 960 AM or, on the Web at TheGreenMorning.com, then count on Hart of Green.com to help you connect with fresh green news, for example, we shine the eco-spotlight on….

• America’s first carbon-neutral winery
• Green wineries, sustainable using 100 percent solar and wind power
• Synthetic-chemical-free farming
• Integrated pest management - Now, there’s a reason to celebrate what’s organic at Green Wineries!

These Green Vineyard Thought Leaders, working each day in their gift, and with their love for living green, will leave your palette craving your favorite wine, and incentives to make immediate plans for a stay-cation at your next Green Winery close to home

Smart Green Travel is nudging you to get away from your work, for a day or so, grab the ones you love, and truly be in touch with your inner voice and nature, right here in our Bay Area backyard.

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LaRocca Vineyards
Founder
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Parducci Vineyards
Director
Paul Dolan

Sonoma Kutrar
Marketing Director
John Hudson

Navarro Vineyards
Founder
Debra Cahn

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• Green Adventures in the Air with Jerry Hart on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco Have you seen this behemoth white whale in the sky over the Bay Area? FYI, I was also informed we are not to confuse Blimps, with a Zepplin Air Ship. Yes, at the top of that illustration to the left, the AirShip nearly dwarfs our largest jumbo jets. The Zepplin......
• In a museum in the morning and on a mountain in the afternoon, only in San Francisco! on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco What are you doing for a Green Memorial Day Weekend? Stay home near the cool fog, treat yourself and that work-a-holic schedule to a cool relaxing restaurant. Next,  open your intentions to the best of our city, our neighborhoods yet to be explored, so many cultures to experience. Always more......
• What's a Green Cruise? Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Show: Saturday April 10th, 2010 Green Cruises around the world part 1 run time 26 minutes part 2 run time 26 minutes The Cahill Foundation Sarah E. Moss, Regional Director sarah@GreenFestivals.org - 303.219.0639 office Green Festivals™, a joint 510(c)3 project of Global Exchange & Green America www.greenfestivals.org ~ Facebook: Search......
• The Magic Bus: a tripped-out travelling show, and the creator is on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco What a long strange trip it's been! The Magic Bus, takes off from the center of San Francisco, transporting you back to a time of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll.  Smart Green Travel showcases the man behind this Transcendental Transportation Authority. Plus, what an honor to speak with the......
• When the government can't afford to be green, we make it happen. Check out Minnesota's mind blower on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco Minnesota's government pulls the plug on what would be history making.  What did Minnesota do to resurrect their states largest environmental Green Event? What a story to inspire anyone who feels defeated by negativity and oppression of this recession. Is Vermont's Governor Crazy? Shutting down their freeways and interstates statewide......

• Move Complete, Craiglist Purchases, and Some More Links After another three days of moving, we finally have everything at our new place. About 80% of it is still stacked in boxes, but we have the important stuff like clothes, food, and wine. Tomorrow hopefully, we'll get the cable set up. Honestly, I'm not sure if we plan to......
• Prevent Lung Disease With These Four Super Foods Lung disease is quickly becoming a bigger problem throughout the world. Tuberculosis figures are up, air quality is down and throughout the globe, people are suffering from various respiratory ailments. Medication can be expensive and vaccinations do not always work. There is good news however, in that there are actually......
• My New Years "Green" Resolutions - What Are Yours? Every year around this time people set big goals for themselves - to quit smoking, lose weight, get a new job, etc.. And about a month from now, many of us fail to meet all the goals we set because we aimed way too high and to do too much.......
• High Energy Foods for Better Immunity If you want to boost your immunity and prepare your body for physical activities, then you need to find high energy food options that will benefit you in this way. Essentially, our bodies are constantly in need of high energy food options every single day in order for us to......
• A Taste of Fate: Meeting Winemaker Jacky Blot Wally August is the owner of a gift baskets business. Since 1987, this commitment to quality, beauty and service has made Fancifull Gift Baskets Hollywood's #1 gift basket company with a worldwide clientel. They have provided baskets and gifts for over 500 movies and TV shows. Wally said me: I......

Have you seen this behemoth white whale in the sky over the Bay Area? FYI, I was also informed we are not to confuse Blimps, with a Zepplin Air Ship. Yes, at the top of that illustration to the left, the AirShip nearly dwarfs our largest jumbo jets. The Zepplin company, that also built the Hindenburg, is not the same Airship our Great Grandpa’s engineered at the Zepplin plant back in 1925. And, it’s significantly Green, in many ways, one of the safest aircraft in the sky. Who knew? Blimps and Airships, how are they Green, and what’s the difference between the two?

The Zepplin is the largest, and only AirShip in North America, for the average Joe, like you and I, to see the Bay Area, like no other 360 degree visual experience possible.  Some have described it as a ‘personal cloud’ or ‘knowing what birds feel like’. Find out how Airships are a significant part of a post Green world, for example, right now,  one big-momma-of-a-Zepplin-Airship, is assisting in the clean up of our oil spill in the Gulf.

Hot Air Balloonitics - Welcome Aboard!
From Hang Gliding, to Gliders, to Green Hemp Hot Air Balloons, blowing hot air in Sonoma County, Smart Green Travel is soaring, with the help of the thermals, like a Falcon over Mt. Tamalpais, and will lift you to virtual heights. If you feel like someone else can do that crazy-in-the-air stuff, than Smart Green Travel, can serve as a reminder, of what it is you REALLY want.

It can give you courage and self-confidence to actually “GO FOR IT”, and know that personally, what you want to commit your life too, those far away dreams, CAN become reality in your life. A fresh new mindset of awakening, and self-love, to do the unexpected, for your sustainable soul. Now that’s what I call GREEN.

Come glide, fly, jump, balloon into this weeks Smart Green Travel, aired Saturday’s from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, with Jerry Hart, on Green 960 AM San Fransisco, or stream at www.TheGreenMorning.com

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Wine Country Balloons
Scott VanderHorst

Airship Ventures
Alex Hall

Quest Richlife
Bay Area Glider Rides

Hang Gliding
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• Greenest Cities in the World with Jerry Hart on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco [/caption] Who's recycling more and "trashing" less? Smart Green Travel visits the top green cities and few runners up who have made the most impressive strides toward eco-friendliness and sustainability. Factors are air, the climate, our health, the landscape and the habitat. When a city accepts as a mandate its......
• Sounds and Smells of Spring - Green 960 AM San Francisco - Show: Saturday March 20th, 2010 Show: Saturday March 20th, 2010 Sponsor: BetterHealthForDogs.com part 1 run time 26 minutes part 2 run time 26 minutes Guests: Renel  Brooks-Moon Voice of the San Francisco Giant Chris Dickerson CEO/Co-Founder "[Our] goal is to bring professional athletes together to inspire communities to build awareness of the growing environmental crisis.......
• The Magic Bus: a tripped-out travelling show, and the creator is on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM San Francisco What a long strange trip it's been! The Magic Bus, takes off from the center of San Francisco, transporting you back to a time of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll.  Smart Green Travel showcases the man behind this Transcendental Transportation Authority. Plus, what an honor to speak with the......
• Underground Portland Walking Tour, a no-holds-barred excursion into the worst Portland has to offer on Smart Green Travel with Jerry Hart on Green 960 AM San Francisco So what is the Underground Portland Walking Tour? It's a no-holds-barred excursion into the worst Portland has to offer. The dark and sordid side of Portland. A treat for lovers of all things sinister and you'll only hear it on Smart Green Travel on Green 960 AM, Saturday's starting at......
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• 22 Ways To Energy Efficiency, From The Free To The Expensive. From one of my favorite sites, Co-op America, here are 22 steps you can take -- each with the energy savings you can achieve each year. Pick the ones you'll do to get your first 10% energy savings. (These energy savings assume an average US home, which uses about 11,000......
• The Best Home Improvements for Home Value Home improvement is a field that is relatively widespread in nature as there are a number of different ideas for you to choose from when it comes to choosing the best home improvements for your space. During the summer months, many people put thought into remodeling and improving their home,......
• 25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler, Part 5 I hope that you've enjoyed this series! This article on MSN.com, 25 cheap ways to keep your house cooler, will help to beat the heat this summer on a budget! Today we conclude this five-part series by planning ahead! (The descriptions from the article are bolded; my unbolded comments follow.)......
• Importance Of The Systems Inside Your Energy Efficient Home. The following is a guest post by Nan Fischer, a Certified EcoBroker specializing in green real estate in Taos, NM. Check out her website www.nanfischer.com, and follow her on Twitter for a daily green news feed, www.twitter.com/nan_fischer. Nan writes about green building, solar energy and the environment on her blog,......
• Ramit's Tip#2: Turn Your Thermostat Down     Photo Credit:  Ramit Sethi I got my second tip on Ramit’s Save $1,000 in 30 Days Challenge. The tip is turn your thermostat down by 3 degrees. I'm a bit happy he brought out how you can save with a small change. Turning your themostat takes less than a minute and......