Utility Companies Going Green

May 1, 2009 · Filed under Energy Efficiency

I have just found out that the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory wants to share the list it has of Utility companies that are leading the way to becomming renewable energy companies. The list are

1. Austin Energy

2. Portland General Electric

3. PacifiCorp

4. Xcel Energy

5. Sacremento Municipal Utility District

6. Puget Sound Energy

7. Public Service Company of New Mexico

8. We Energies

9. National Grid

10. PECO

Even in our bad economic times these Companies still rose for the better. This is great news and we can only hope that this list will grow bigger and bigger.

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For You Coffee Drinkers

May 1, 2009 · Filed under Home And Garden

My husband drinks alot of coffee. I dont drink coffee but I make it for him often. Did you know that their are so many ways to recycle your used coffee grinds?

Used coffee grinds can be used for great fertilizer by mixing it in your soil. It even feeds the worms which help your garden.

Or if you have places that are being taken over by insects or slugs sprinkle your used coffee grinds around those areas and you will soon eliminate the problem by making them run, fly, or crawl away.

How about those pots and pans you just can not seem to get the grease and yuk out of. Scrub your pots and pans with your used coffee grinds to clean them.

I bet you did not know you could rub the coffee grinds all over your dogs and it will be used as an organic flea dip.

Their are so many other things to use your used coffee grinds for so the next time you start to throw away that soaked coffee filter full of used coffee grinds, take it outside and sprinkle it around your garden.

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Natural Lice Treatment “The Olive Oil Hat”

April 28, 2009 · Filed under Eco-Wear

It is true, their is a natural lice treatment out there that works better then any of the lice treatments that contain chemicals you can buy at the store. Putting these lice treatments that you buy at stores on young children can be very harmful and make them sick. Here is something better for them to use. Saturate scalp and hair in Olive Oil. Put a shower cap on and let them where it over night. When they wake up wash their hair with Dish soap and then do a regular shampoo and conditioning. Other lice treatments will not kill the eggs and it is so tough trying to get all the eggs out with the little comb when they are attatched to the hair. The Olive Oil  will smuther the lice and the eggs and loosen the eggs so that you can comb them out more easily. The bonus to this is an olive oil treatment makes you hair alot softer and helps you get rid of dandruff or dry skin. Our experience only took one time and our daughter had it really bad from her kindergarten school plus she has long thick hair. We tried a couple different lice treatments from the store first and none of them worked. After being told not to use them anymore because it is harmful and will make her sick we were advised the Olive Oil treatment. If needed to you can do this treatment once a week and by the third week everything should be gone for sure. Feel free to comment with you experiences.

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Let’s Make Some Sun Tea

April 8, 2009 · Filed under Energy Efficiency

A good way for a natural way of making sun tea. put tea bags in a glass jar with a lid and set it in the sun until ready.

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Solar Fruit Dryer

April 8, 2009 · Filed under Energy Efficiency

Did you know? You can take layers of screens and set them in the sun. Layer your vegetables on top and leave them out to dry.

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Solar Barbeque

April 8, 2009 · Filed under Energy Efficiency

Did you know? You can use a box lined with heavy duty tin foil. Set it in the hot sun until scorching hot and then use it as a barbeque.

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Vegetable Fertilizer

April 8, 2009 · Filed under Environmental Preservation

How would you like to start gardening? Gardening is a good way to teach your children about a more healthier way to eat. Planting your own organic garden and letting your children go pick the fruits and veggies that they want with dinner can be a great way to keep them interested. Did you know? A good fertilizer to make on your own would be to take a bucket and put first and used veggie and food waste, grass clippings and on the farm my dad always used horse manure for good compost. As the temperature gets hotter it decomposes faster. This is a way to keep your garbage down and keep your fertilizer packed with nutrients for those flowers, veggies, and more.

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Earth Craft For Kids

March 31, 2009 · Filed under Recycle

Here is a great craft for young kids to do who like art. It relates to earth and combines there artistic abilities at the same time. My daughter made this craft when she was three years of age at a festival on an organic farm that we go to every year. It is part of a tree that she took and painted a picture. Then she strung a piece of string or you can use hemp through it to make a necklace. I hang it on my window mirror in my van to remind us of the festival.

                                                                                  Tree Art

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Affordable Nontoxic Cleaners

March 30, 2009 · Filed under Home And Garden

Do greener cleaners really work?

Yes, you can get more greener cleaners now that are affordable and great for your health and environment.

The clean smell we love is actually toxic synthetic chemicals like ammonia and chlorine. If you are willing to try greener cleaners look for products that list all their ingredients such as Ecover, Seventh, Generation, and Trader Joe’s.

A few good cleaning products are baking soda, distilled white vinager, and Borax.

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Home

March 26, 2009 · Filed under Introductions

Welcome to RelyEarth.wordpress.com! This is an open site where we can learn how to rely more on the earth and save more money doing it. Share ideas, tips, and so much more on how to better protect our world and environment and how to live more green. I know there are several people out there with new  ideas everyday on how to live more green and would like to share them so others can live the same way. Eventually we all all have to live more green and with the help of all of you we can make it happen. Hope you enjoy the site.  

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