Nevada Wildfires … Are you Aware?

In recent decades, wildfires have devastated much of Nevada. They have taken human life, destroyed homes, damaged watersheds that supply municipal drinking water, ruined wildlife habitat, and allowed for the expansion of invasive weeds.

Econet Tip: Tips to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint by 20%
by Nevada EcoNet

2009 marks Nevada EcoNet’s 20th anniversary. Why not help celebrate by reducing your energy, waste, water, and emissions by 20%? Here are 20 tips to help you get started.

PET CORNER: What’s That Smell? How to Deal With Pet Odors in Your Home
by Barbara Marquand

One of the first things visitors notice when they step inside your home probably isn’t the beautiful flower arrangement in the entryway or your art collection in the living room.

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RoxiSpice is an all-naturally flavored sugar and salt rimming kit. Originally developed for commercial sales to bars and restaurants, it now comes in a residential kit, perfect for the home. The complete kit comes with one tower, one rimming syrup and the five most popular spices (Bloody Mary, Margarita Lime, Green Apple, Chocolate, and Pomegranate).

Throughout the year, gifts are exchanged for all sorts of life events, and sometimes simply because. As the holidays approach, it’s fair to expect that more attention is placed on gifting, and therefore wrapping follows suit. Here are some ideas for how to make the presentation of your present one-of-a-kind and worthy of the thought behind it.

If the only ‘emergency’ call you have to make during the Thanksgiving holiday is asking your son-in-law to pick up more milk, be grateful. The day after Thanksgiving may be the biggest shopping day of the year, but it is also the busiest day of the year for plumbers.

If you’d like to incorporate some eco-friendly practices this holiday season, start by revamping your holiday decorations. Instead of buying plastic décor, look to nature for inspiration, using real leaves, dried gourds and squash to give your home a fall feeling. Or use squash and other vegetables that can be used in cooking later.

The holiday season is nearing and with it comes a time of joyful celebration with special friends and family. But with rising energy costs and a troubled economy, many consumers are actively seeking options for sprucing up their décor to create a festive and inviting ambiance without breaking the bank. Also important is the trend towards going green and reducing energy use and costs.

When opening a package, it can be aggravating when Styrofoam (polystyrene) peanuts fall out everywhere and adhere to everything when you’re trying to pick them up. The peanuts also are unfriendly to the environment. During manufacturing, they’re processed with volatile hydrocarbons, such as pentane, and they don’t break down in landfills after disposal.