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It ain’t easy being green

I think it is time for me to give a status on how well this going green thing is doing. I am all greened out this week. I have writer’s block and frankly just don’t have the energy to do another radical green change right now. I have talked about a lot [...]

October 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Cleaning, Household Chemicals, Shopping, energy, laundry, paper, recycle | Leave a comment

Green Tip: How green is my laundry?

Take the quiz on http://www.sierraclub.org/howgreen/laundry/default.aspx. I got an 85 out of 100. I am a clean, green machine according to them. I use a high efficiency, energy star washer and dryer that uses less energy and water.

August 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Water, laundry | One comment

Dryers use 10 to 15% of domestic energy in the United States!

Some of my friends are getting a kick out of me doing this. My friend “Moldy Mom” wants to know how to dry her clothes when it is raining because her solar dryer is on the fritz. The question is, what are lower energy / more green options out there for [...]

August 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: laundry | Leave a comment

Beginning my green journey in Austin

Hi and welcome to my blog!

So I started to really care about going green and being healthy when I moved to Austin.  When I lived in New York, I thought my town was nice, but the conditions all around New York City made it a little overwhelming – the air and water seemed so [...]

August 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Household Chemicals, Shopping, Water, asthma, kids, laundry, paper, recycle | 5 comments