Happy Earth day everyone! Today I have a great list of websites you can check out to find more information on global warming and the history of earth day. I also have a great site where you can help save the rain forest for free. Thats right you don’t have to spend a dime. What do you have to do? Well just click the picture under this paragraph and thats it. You can also come back here every day and do it or bookmark the site and visit on your own.

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Radiant glass was a product I did some research on for my interior design blog. I decided that the product was so environmentally friendly that I had to share it on this blog for going green Monday. Radiant Glass is glass that has be manufactured with an electric current going though it. The power that is run is the equivalent of running two light bulbs and in most cases a few pains of this glass will heat or cool your entire home year around.

Radiant Glass Industries makes this product and it really works well. Many users have claimed that they almost never run their heater and instead of feeling hot or cold next to a window it’s usually the best place to be. The glass is also fog resistant so that you can see out of it year around also. A great addition to any home that has an amazing view.

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I am really getting tired of watching the gas prices go up. Since my car broke down in December I have been using my mom’s trail blazer to go to class and now back and forth to the hospital. It’s cost about 70 to fill it! I’m going broke just to get to class. I will be so happy next month when I can get a small car.

The fun part with that is now the prices on these nice small cars are going up. I have the worst luck in the world I swear. Every time I need something I have to pay more or do more to get it. Usually I just don’t worry about having whatever it is I need at that point. This time I can’t do that. I really wanted to be able to get a new car that could run on e85 as we have a station a half hour from us, but last week I finished a report on ethanol that I will put up for going green Monday next week. it was very interesting and I think we still have a ways to go before ethanol becomes a great solution.

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Concrete flooring no longer has that dull effect that reminds you of a grocery store, warehouse or a parking structure. Concrete flooring has come a long way. Now you can get concrete in a variety of finishes and colors. It can be made to look like stone, brick or any other strange creation you can come up with.

You can also die it any color so if you like blue with pink and purple stripes for your living room floor concrete may be something for you. I personal like how it can change with a room in a way that will bring them together in a great flowing way.

The best part about using concrete for flooring and other things in your home is that it is great for the environment. Here are some statistics taken from concreatenetwork.com

 This is something that can be helped, with the use of concrete to build your home and your floors you can help keep more trees from being cut down for home use.

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Is this the way of the future: A cell that is powered with hydrogen and oxygen that will produce electricity like a battery, but never die. I hope so. This technology is called a fuel cell and it runs clean and quiet.

These fuel cells can be used to power anything from your laptop to your mp3 player. You probably have heard about them being used in cars to replace our engines. There are a few cars that already run on fuel cells, Honda has one, and so does Chevrolet. Fuel cells can also be used to help provide power in remote places, since they can be left alone without worry.

The following is taken from the website Fuel Cells 2000, You can get more information about fuel cells there.

A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water and heat as its by-product.  As long as fuel is supplied, the fuel cell will continue to generate power.  Since the conversion of the fuel to energy takes place via an electrochemical process, not combustion, the process is clean, quiet and highly efficient – two to three times more efficient than fuel burning.

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Once again I’m late. I just forgot what day it was, really!

Today though I wanted to talk to you all about different ways you can go green that are simple things to do. I’m actually happy I’m late writeing this as I got a great email from IVillage today about ways you can go green. In the article I checked out they had a list of different things you could do to go green. Like taking shorter showers, gardening with native plants and turning your computer off at night.

But did you know that there is something else you can do that will help not only the environment, but it could help you too. According to this article one hundred million trees are waisted on junk mail. Yes all of those unwanted ad’s we get waist that many trees. Did you know you can stop these things from coming to you? There are two websites they suggested using. The first will only cost you about a dollar, it’s called New American Dream. It will take you about 20 minutes to get everything filled out. Then you will print the letter and send it and your dollar off to the mailing lists that you chose. After that you should stop getting most of that junk.

The other site will have a professional do it for you. They are called Green Dimes and they do pretty much the same thing as the other site, they just do it for you and charge you $20 to start, then you have to pay a refresh fee of $10 every year. When you sign up they will also plant 5 trees for you. On top of that they will plant one tree for each catalog you opt out of. They promise to keep you off the list so you don’t have to worry about being put back on.  The other fun part is, anyone who lives or has lived in your home will benefit from the service too! So you can not only stop junk mail for yourself, you can also help stop it for other people.

The main reason we get junk mail is because companies sell our information. This includes credit cards, banks, product warranty cards, and contest and sweepstakes. They make there money selling your information. You can write to your credit card companies and banks and let them know you do not want your information sold. Other then that watch what you sign up for, make sure it’s a company you trust, because most contest are run just to get your personal information.

I plan on joining the Green Dimes site very soon. When I have the extra $20 to spend. They also offer an affiliate program if your interested. I’m still waiting to be approved.

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This addition of going green Monday is about a website called The Green Guide. This is a wonderful site I ran across while doing some research for next weeks going green Monday. They have many features, tips and products that will help you to live green and be healthy in the process.

They have a newsletter you can sign up for as well as daily tips for living green. There is a huge list of articles that can help you to live a green life. Today I read a great article about olive oil and what it does for you. I use olive oil a lot as it is healthier for you then butter and I think it taste a lot better too.

There is also another great article on green flooring. I talk alot about bamboo flooring on my Interior design blog. Bamboo is a great way to help the environment as it grows quickly and can be grown in many places. It also last just as long as other hard woods and can be stained any color.

Of course if you looking for some green design tips, stop here, then go on to The Green Guide for some more great info on going green.

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