Laundry detergents are bad for the environment and harmful to aquatic wildlife, so we are going to show you how to do you laundry the eco-friendly way with baking soda and your washing machine (or by hand if you prefer). If you are going green and haven't discovered the joys of baking soda as a household cleaner, then you are definitely missing out. Baking soda can serve many uses around the house including cleaning your clothes as good if not better than your current laundry detergent. Check out the video below to see how it's done!

Your attic can get very hot in the summer which in turn heats up your whole house and strains your air conditioner and energy bill. A simple fix to get the heat out of your attic is a solar-powered fan which can cool off your whole attic. The video below details how you can install a solar fan on your own home.



Solar Star's 10-watt solar fan was installed in the video above, but there are many similar products out with a price ranging from generally $350 to $400. Do your research and price around, and you too can start saving some serious money on your summer utility bills by installing a solar fan for your attic.

In this post, you will be shown how to make your own solar panel with a simple DIY tutorial video by Green Power Science. Their website can be found at
http://www.greenpowerscience.com/. Making your own solar panels is a great way to save money on your solar project and is a pretty fun process. Check out our solar power section for more DIY tips on solar installs.

Showers are one of the great joys in life and a much needed necessity this day in age. By shortening your shower time you can save a lot of hot water, around 20 gallons to be exact. Baths use even more water, around 60 gallons. Opting for a shorter shower is one of the easiest things you can do to help save some water. Want to find out more about the world water shortage? Visit Water Shortage Facts for more information.

Bamboo, being the fast growing plant in the world, is much more renewable than trees and can be used for many things including building materials for homes or other house projects. There are many companies that specialize in bamboo home building and a simple google search should yield a couple in your area. Check out this video on bamboo homes, and see how much it would help the environment if we all made the simple choice to use bamboo versus trees for our homes.



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There are plenty of options for free energy out there including wind, solar, geothermal, and others. We'll focus on solar power here because of its low initial cost. With so many inexpensive solar power kits out there (initial cost can be as low as $250), there is no reason not to take advantage of the sun's energy, save yourself some serious cash, and help the planet.

In the video below, you are shown a simple solar power setup with a very low initial cost that can power most everything you need. You can purchase solar panels shown in the video at Harbor Freight Solar, and you can get the solar power inverter at Power Inverters.



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We found this great video uploaded by a google engineer on how his family went green. They have some great ideas that you might not have thought of such as automatic lights that turn on and off when you leave a room, replacing cement in front of their house with native flowers, and turning off their AC completely and instead using a fan system in their home to save some serious dough and electricity. He has quite a few other suggestions in this great video on going green. Check it out!



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Eating locally (buying locally grown food) in the winter might be easy if you live somewhere warmer, but what can you do if you live in New York City or somewhere colder? There are many options to be green and eat local in the winter, even for the colder regions of the world. Check out the video below to see how it can be done!



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Going green isn't that hard. The video below suggests a few easy tips to help the environment such as reusable water bottles and recycling. Check it out and see how a few simple steps can make a huge change.



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