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What can I do to make my home green?
There are several things you can do right now to make your home and your living environment green. Below are a few things that you can do right now that will instantly provide you economical benefits, as well as lessen your impact on Earth.

Convert all of your light bulbs to energy efficient bulbs.
Conduct an energy audit on your house.
Buy energy efficient appliances.
Cut your shower time by just 2 min. to save 10 gallons of water
Fill in your empty freezer space with boxes to save on your energy costs.
Shut down your computer to save on energy costs.
Start making it a habit of turning off the lights when you leave a room.
Remove lint from your dryer during each load to increase efficiency in drying time
Start recycling, and keep recycling.
Start using green cleaning products or make your own
Use Earth friendly paint for your home remodel
Go to recycled paper products for your toilet paper, paper towels and napkins
Check out your tap water quality

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What is the best energy efficient light bulb?
Many people have complained about the quality of light that a high efficient bulb produces. To help with your purchasing decision, Popular Mechanic ran some tests on the different light bulbs and summed up their results by grading each bulb. The report gave NVision’s light bulb an A. The publication even went as far as to review the debate around the mercury found in these efficient bulbs being put into our landfill after the bulb’s life has ended. At the end of the day, it’s a great move to switch to green bulbs.

What if my tap water report shows the quality is not that great?
You can do some additional testing of your tap water to confirm the quality. Call the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791) for the names of state-certified testing labs or for your local health authority, which might offer low- or no-cost test kits, or check out www.epa.gov/safewater/labs. You may just decide that you want to buy a water filter. You can review the different water filter types to determine the one that matches your lifestyle and water problems.

What are some safe paints that I can use?
Several main stream paint brands have a non toxic line of pain products. We’ve provided a paint list for you to review to see what the different options might be.

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