Healthy Homes of Rochester

I searched for a while for a portable radio for an emergency if the power went out to have around our home. I found a few options available. Then I came across an emergency radio which is powered by solar or by a crank. Yes, you read that right! I was very excited when this item arrived. It works great. I love how the emergency radio can run on solar power or by cranking it. I use it outside on my patio when I want to relax in the sun. It is nice that I am also living a greener life by not using batteries or electricity. This item is a hit with me.
It is just another idea to save our planet and save money.
Below is the link the same type of emergency radio that I have. Hope this makes your searching easier.

Another great product suggestion by the Fixie Chick
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Here is a great product that I absolutely love. My solar watch. I purchase one for myself several months ago and one for my husband. Now, as you know I always love to save energy and save our planet whenever I can. So what another perfect way to do so with solar watches? They do not need to be charged or take batteries every year like all my previous watches did. They simply use the sun to charge them. They can run for hours without the sun once they are charged up. Therefore not needing the sun on them 24 hours per day.

This is a great example of a solar application that is extremely effective. There are so many choices on the website link below that you can get anything your heart desires in terms of solar watches. I just am showing you the type and style of solar watches that I chose for myself and my husband. These are not too expensive as compared to some.

Another way I feel good about contributing to saving our planet and using less energy.

I hope you have enjoyed my short review of these products.

Another product review by The Fixie Chick.

Did you know that an American home can waste, on average, 11,000 gallons of water every year due to running toilets, dripping faucets, and other household leaks? Nationwide, more than 1 trillion gallons of water leak from U.S. homes each year.
FACT: According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoors, 3/4 of all water is used in the bathroom.

One easy and inexpensive way to green your bathroom is to simply save water. Reducing your personal water usage has a tremendous positive impact on the environment and on your wallet. The first step is being mindful of your habits. Do you leave the water running while brushing your teeth? Does your husband shave with a constant stream of hot water running from the faucet? Do you let warm-up water go down the drain while drawing a bubble bath? Changing one of these costly habits will result in immediate savings to you and your planet.

To save even more money by conserving water, consider installing an aerator on your faucet. Without an aerator, water usually flows out of a faucet as one big stream. An aerator spreads this stream into many little droplets. This helps save water and reduces splashing.

Showering represents approximately 17 percent of residential indoor water use in the United States—more than 1.2 trillion gallons of water consumed each year. Inexpensive and simple to install, low-flow shower heads can reduce your home water consumption as much as 50%, and reduce your energy cost of heating the water also by as much as 50%

To cut down on water waste, put an inch or two of sand or pebbles inside each of two plastic bottles to weigh them down. Fill the bottles with water, screw the lids on, and put them in your toilet tank, safely away from the operating mechanisms. You can also purchase an inexpensive “tank bank”. This may save ten or more gallons of water per day.

TIP: Be sure at least 3 gallons of water remain in the tank so it will flush properly.

If you are in the market for a new toilet, consider a “low flush” model, which use 1 to 2 gallons per flush instead of the usual 3 to 5 gallons.

Replacing an 18-liter per flush toilet with an ultra-low volume (ULV) 6-liter flush model represents a 70% savings in water flushed and will cut indoor water use by about 30%.

No matter what model toilet you use, never flush garbage of any kind. Every time you flush a cigarette butt, facial tissue or other small bit of trash, five to seven gallons of water is wasted.

Overall water is our least costly utility, but continued wastefulness will likely drive it’s cost up too.

WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, makes it easy for Americans to save water and protect the environment. Look for the WaterSense label to choose quality, water-efficient products. Many products are available, and don’t require a change in your lifestyle. WaterSense is promoting Fix a Leak Week from March 16 to 20, 2009, to remind Americans to check their plumbing fixtures and irrigation systems for leaks. To learn how you can fix a leak, go HomeAndYardRadio.com-Living Greener and click on the WaterSense link.