How To Build a Greener Dream Home

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                    One of the most important reasons people choose to build or renovate their home is to personalize it to meet their needs. Many home builders specialize in ways to incorporate energy-efficient and sustainable building practices. Sustainable building practices are products or techniques designed to reduce a building’s impact on its global and local environment. Here are some ways you can incorporate green building practices into your home renovation or building process.

5 Renewable Energy Sources

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                    Earth harbors many different species of life. There are millions of plants and animals that have called this planet home for billions of years and many more, including humans, that will continue to reside here well into the future. Due to the longevity of the planet, people tend to treat its resources as though they are unlimited, which is far from the case. Forms of energy like oil, coal, natural gases, and nuclear power, once depleted, can't be replenished. Once consumed, these forms of energy also create gas emissions that are harmful to the atmosphere. There are however renewable resources that can be utilized to ensure that the planet remains a habitable place for its current and future occupants. Here are five sources of renewable energy that you can use today.

Waterhawk™ Smart Showerhead is Our Home Superhero

We recently moved into a new home and like anyone, we have begun making lots of changes to make the house "our home".  However, we aren't just personalizing it to be our own.  We knew this was our forever home which we were going to make as self sustainable and efficient as we could.  There are literally pages to our project list for each area of the house but we knew we wanted to start in the most "used" area of the home - the bathrooms.  Between having a houseful of boys and being a family of five, we feel our bathrooms are a key part of our home.  

Ready To Sell? Make These Home Improvements First So You Can Sell Big

You may have scrimped and saved for years to get into your beloved home, but now that you have outgrown it, and you need to move on. While preparing to move can be overwhelming, there are some things you can do before you go that can help you sell your home more quickly and for extra cash. Here are four home improvements that can help add big bucks when you sell your house.

Clean Green Future #Giveaway Event @MOON_Blogs - #BloggerOpp

Prize:

Year Supply of Dizolve Eco-Strips

4 Winners

ARV:

$80 Each

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Grow like a Green Thumb Guru

Ever since I was a little girl, I have had an interest in the "green" lifestyle.  From my free spirit personality and love for the outdoors to my green thumb mother.  However, I've never claimed to have the same green thumb she does.  I've actually said for years that if it's edible, I can grow it.  Otherwise I leave the "other" plants and growing to my mother.  It doesn't have to be difficult though for those starting out or even those who feel struggle with certain aspects like I do.  The following brands and products have TRULY helped me grow bigger, stronger, and more fruitful gardens in the past few years.

Spring Showers #Giveaway Event @MOON_Blogs

Prize:

Premium All-In-One Micro Sprinkler Kit

Mister Landscaper

2 Winners

ARV:

$90 Each

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Grow Oya Review #OyaGrown

        In past years, I've grown this huge beautiful garden that produces some really great fruit and vegetables in the beginning of the year.  Then towards the end of the summer each year, I get busy spending my time with the kids or friends.  It never fails, I forget to water my plants one day, one day only and everything is down hill from there.  They each slowly begin to die or just don't end up the same for the rest of the season.

Growing a Green Planet @MOON_Blogs #Giveaway Event

Prizes will all focus on the planet, transitioning into a more eco-friendly lifestyle, and homesteading in the hopes of becoming self reliant.

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A Lucky Ladybug, Tyrneathem, and ECO Drain

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Michigan Savings and More, Oh My Heartsie Girl, and A Ladybug on the Go.

Welcome to the Growing a Green Planet Giveaway!!  I have to thank each and every wonderful sponsor who helped truly make this giveaway event possible!

Please be patient with our bloggers websites and load times since this is such a large event.  The forms may take a little extra time AND it may seem like this one has a little extra work to enter.  Even though each of the packages have their own giveaway form, you will find that most of the entries are identical.  This way if you like/follow a page in one you will already have it done for the next!

GE Lighting Home Makeover Review and #Giveaway

        One of the first way's I feel like I learned to be more eco-conscious was through my light bulbs.  When, I was a single living on my own, it was through changing my light bulbs to the energy efficient one's that I started leaning the small ways I could make a difference for my planet.  Of course it wasn't until getting married and having children which I transformed into this tree huggin hippie!

GE reveal Light Brings Your Home to Life

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13 Easy Ways to Go Green

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Contrary to popular belief, you don't have to completely renovate your home to become more eco-friendly. While things like photovoltaic panels and recycled swimming pool water are all well and good for people who have the time, even busy parents can help save the environment with these 13 tips.

Comfort Revolution The Hydraluxe Cool Case Review

        When Comfort Revolution contacted me to review The Hydraluxe Cool Case I was pretty excited as my husband it quite picky about how he sleeps. He constantly wakes up sweating like crazy in the middle of the night causing him to toss and turn all night long.  Then, of course this keeps me awake half the night.  I was thrilled to give something new a try!

Home is Where the Heat is @MOON_Blogs #Giveaway Event

Prize: 

Logan Portable Infrared Heater

$249

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Monica's Rants, Raves, and Reviews

Logan Portable Infrared Quartz Heater is the perfect heating solution for living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, kitchen areas, basements, and craft rooms. Plug this electric heater into your wall outlet and immediately enjoy the warmth. Its heat exchanger combines with the humidity in the room to provide soft, moist, safe heat without reducing oxygen or humidity.

• Supplemental heating up to 1000 sq. ft.
• Balanced heat keeps the temperature difference between floor and ceiling within 2 to 3 degrees
• Fine Furniture Finish with castors
• Color: Walnut
• Thermostat controls room temperature
• Air purifying function through high efficiency lifetime filter
• LED display - Display's Ambient Temperature
• Remote control (2 AAA batteries included)

This giveaway is open to the Continental US only (because of shipping costs) and will end on November 12th, 2014.  Good Luck!!

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Home is Where the Heat is @MOON_Blogs #Giveaway Event - #BloggerOpp

Prize: 

Logan Portable Infrared Heater

$249

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A Lucky Ladybug
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Sign-ups close 10/26

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Heat Storm Logan Portable Infrared Heater Review

        I have to first off start this review by making sure everyone knows I currently live in Michigan and although I lived down south for 2 years, I am a born and raised Michiganander.  It can get pretty freaking cold up here and we usually only get to enjoy a very short summer.  Being prepared for the winter season and cold weather is a non-negotiable living here.

$500 Tyent Water Ionizers Children's Sports #Giveaway

Now I don't know about you but my kids are extremely active!  They've been dying to start playing sports and are finally old enough to do so this Summer.  This kind of presents a problem for me as sports are not cheap.  Having two boys and a teenage girl can be quite costly when they are all active!  I also want to be sure they are staying hydrated and healthy in the warm weather when running crazy throughout the Summer!

Best Clothes Drying Rack Review and #Giveaway

        You know not only have I had a dream of living in the country being completely self sufficient for years, but I've made every attempt to live that way without the property and means just yet.  One of the odd things I miss from my childhood is having a close line in our backyard.  Even as a child I truly loved when my mother would air dry our clothes and sheets.

Mister Landscaper Micro-Sprinkler Landscape and Shrub Kit Review and #Giveaway

        It's actually very interesting to me that I acquired my green thumb from my Mother but in a very different way.  She can grow any type of plant or flower better than any one I know whereas I will more than likely kill it.  But when it comes to edible plants, we are the complete opposite!  I can grow food like a pro farmer and her crops are pitiful.

Making Your Bathroom More Eco-Friendly

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You know I am all about moving our homes in the green friendly direction!  With all the water and energy the average person uses in their bathroom on a day-to-day basis, it's no wonder families are looking for way to "green" up their bathrooms. Turning your bathroom into an eco-friendly zone is not only a great way to conserve water and help the environment, but it can also make your bathroom healthier and more cost-effective. Here are some tips on what you can do to make your bathroom greener.