Veronica Smith
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Veroncica has built her career on creating eco-friendly home environments. She develops her designs by looking at how a family lives and uses their home, and then she blends natural materials and organic design to make the home fit a family’s needs. Her specialty is creating bathroom and kitchen environments that are made of predominantly sustainable products. She has also spent many years forging relationships with suppliers who share in this philosophy, and she has developed a network of trade partners who share her responsible practice of working in harmony with the environment.
Veronica Smith works with other industry professionals to develop new sustainable building codes that encourage the use of recycled materials. She uses recycled materials in her designs whenever it is feasible. She carefully selects products and materials that are environmentally responsible to include in her remodeling projects. She works directly with cabinetmakers to integrate sustainable materials into new cabinet designs and finishes.
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Adding Greens to Your Diet and "Green" to Your Lifestyle
Eating a diet rich in vegetables is a great way to help stay healthy. Unfortunately, high quality organic vegetables can often be a bit expensive at the grocery store or farmer's market. With just a small amount of space and effort, you can grow your own salad greens and other vegetables at home, even if you don't have a lot of space. Choosing the Vegetablesr It is important to take the preferences of you and your family into consideration when selecting vegetables to grow at home.
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Create Home Accessories from Discarded Items
Reusing and recycling are two keys to green living. Before you throw anything away, give careful thought as to how the item might still be used. In some cases, donating unwanted items to charity is the best approach. You could also consider selling the item in a garage sale or on an online auction site. However, if the item is broken or too worn to be used in its normal fashion, you might need to get a bit creative in order to find a new use for it. Fortunately, there are many different kinds of home accessories that can be created from discarded items.
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Reduce Paper Waste: Get Off Junk Mail Lists
For those who strive to live a "green" life, junk mail can seem like an incredible waste of paper and resources. It can sometimes be difficult to get off of these junk mail lists. However, with a little bit of time and effort, it is possible to get yourself removed from these lists, stopping the waste of junk mail. Registering with DMAchoice DMAchoice is one of the best tools to use if you want to remove yourself from junk mail lists. Registration is quick and easy at the dmachoice.org site.
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Going on a Green Vacation
Although many people equate “going on vacation” with long car rides and plane trips, there are other ways of taking a vacation which are friendlier to the environment. You don’t actually have to travel far from home in order to have a good time. Most people have places in their own area, or even in their own city, that they have never been to. By taking a “green” vacation to attractions in your own area, you can avoid the need to consume a lot of energy in order to get where you are going.
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How to Start a Family Recycling Project
Although almost everyone knows that recycling is important to help take care of the environment, it can sometimes be difficult to get started on a recycling program as a family. It can be tempting to keep putting recycling off, especially since families usually live such busy lives. Instead of simply tossing recyclable materials in the trash, take the time to start a family recycling project. Not only will you have the good feeling of knowing you are doing the right thing to help the environment, but you will also save money and can have a lot of fun doing it together. Start Smallr
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Environmentally Friendly Options for Your Home from Ceiling to Floor
There are many environmentally friendly options and ideas you can use in your home so that it is a more ecologically friendly place. Some of these solutions involve purchasing special products, while others focus on ways your family can reuse and recycle to avoid the need to purchase other products.
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Growing Heirloom Vegetables in Your Garden
There are many advantages to growing heirloom vegetables and plants in your garden. These open-pollinated plants have been loved for generations and are often the tastiest and most interesting vegetables you'll find anywhere. In recent decades, there has been more of a focus on hybrids and standardized varieties of vegetables for home gardens. As a result, many of these old favorites have almost been forgotten. Although heirloom vegetables aren't always a good choice for large farming operations, they are ideal for home gardens.
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Learning to Start Your Own Plants Indoors
If you garden, you've probably been dismayed to discover how expensive purchased plants have become. In addition to the cost increase per flat or container, it has become common for containers to have fewer plants than in years gone by. The cost for purchasing all of your vegetable and flower plants at a nursery has really gone up, making it less economical to have a garden. In addition to the high cost, you are usually limited to just the most common varieties.
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Help Protect the Environment by Using Fewer Batteries
Although almost every household has a myriad of gadgets which require batteries, it's a known fact that they are an environmental hazard. Many communities even forbid them to be disposed of along with the rest of the household trash. The end result is often a drawer full of dead batteries, without a convenient way of disposing of them. Many times the best way of dealing with the problem is to just find ways of needing fewer batteries in the first place. The Dangers of Batteriesr
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Decorating a Green Home with Bamboo
Bamboo is a wonderful alte ative to traditional hardwood. One of the Earth's most versatile grasses, it is fast growing, readily renewable, and can be harvested selectively without the destructive types of methods used when cutting down trees. It is the fastest growing of all the woody plants, and is very strong and resilient when used as a building material. It has been cultivated in China for thousands of years, and has many everyday uses which are just now catching on outside of Asia.
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Natural Decorations for a "Green" Holiday
When the holiday season arrives, it can sometimes be tempting to overlook your normal "green" lifestyle. Instead, why not focus on natural decorations to create a festive and yet environmentally friendly holiday atmosphere in your home? Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to use beautiful natural decorations to enhance the beauty of your home while still allowing you to be friendly to the environment. Here are some great "green" holiday decorating tips that you can use to have a festive and yet responsible holiday season. Avoid Disposable Decorationsr
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Planning "Green" Holiday Meals
The holiday season is a time when family and friends come together, often around the table of a deliciously prepared meal. When cooking your holiday meals and treats this season, why not try focusing on foods that were grown in an environmental responsible fashion? Foods that were grown organically or by using methods that are non-destructive to the earth are frequently more nutritious and delicious than many of the other foods you could choose. If you are starting to plan your holiday foods and treats, here are some ideas you can use to add a bit more "green" to your holiday menus.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Veronica Smith
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. — George Orwell (1903-1950)
One today is worth two tomorrows. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)