The Guelph International Resource Center (GIRC) headed an interesting project taking aim at water conservation and efficiency for a couple of years. Participants led various community events to promote methods of water conservation in the home. Along with building and selling rain barrels in the city of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, the groups also participated in the development of public service ads related to water topics. I was lucky enough to be a part of the project, and here is one of the videos we created
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What Are Electric Tankless Water Heaters?
There comes a time when you must finally give up your energy wasting, outdated water heaters. The huge, tank style electric and gas water heaters are becoming a thing of the past. Innovations in this area are turning up some great alternatives to how people are going about heating household water use, and consequently reducing energy bills as well. Some things you can expect with the installation of a tankless water heater are:

Huge savings on your energy bill – in some cases you may save …

The main cleaning products available in common supermarkets and general stores contain many ingredients that are extremely toxic to people, pets and the environment. There are ways to get around using dangerous cleaning products. This list contains some of the most dangerous and toxic chemicals found in conventional cleaners. Avoid purchasing these products to maintain a safe home environment and an Earth friendly, green cleaning regime.
Dangerous Cleaning Products
Alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), are commonly found in detergents and disinfectants. These toxins are suspected hormone disruptors.
Ammonia is commonly found …

Chemical-Free Carpet Cleaner
Enviromate: Your Homes’ New Best Friend!
If you had the choice, why wouldn’t you use natural cleaning products? Sure, some things need a real, heavy duty cleansing every now and again……like carpet cleaning for example. Have you ever wished you could go about steam cleaning your carpets in a much safer, chemical free way? Children, pets, and even yourself are exposed to some pretty nasty chemicals such as Butyl cellosolve when using conventional carpet cleaning methods. Luckily, Reliable Corporation has developed a new line of …