I'm feeling a bit like a crazy lady.  I've been hauling water in a big bucket around the house.  It's 'grey-water' from our high-efficiency furnace.  You see, the furnace  condenses water from the air (as part of the heating process) and that water drains into our laundry room sink.     I'...

This is an updated version of a post I wrote last year.  I've added Healthy Child Healthy World to my list of favorite non profit organizations that focus on green & healthy living.  There's more to giving than buying a bunch of stuff.  And there's more to living green than the daily decisi...

I can see why the idea of composting could be intimidating.  Especially when you have small kids, no time, a tight budget, little or no yard...the excuses could go on and on.  Does knowing that food scraps and yard trimmings make up about 1/6th of what the average household throws in the g...

Turn down the thermostat to save energy and money - we've all had that crammed down our throats for as long as we can remember - but how low do you actually go?  I thought I was doing OK with my programmable thermostat set for 68 during the day and 63 at night.  But then I discovered the F...