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How Your House or Business Can Invest in a Greener Planet

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Fossil fuels continue to ruin our environment, and as they are also running out it is time for us to understand how we can use renewable energy for all of our business and home needs. Renewable energy. At the minute, less than 8% of the energy used in the United Kingdom comes from renewable energy. That’s not good enough.

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Ways Going Green Can Improve Your Health — And Save You Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I admit that I’m not the greenest person out there, although I am working to improve, from participating in my utility’s efforts to increase power from renewable resources to looking for local produce and food sources whenever possible. Locally grown produce is likely to be healthier, since it can remain on the plant longer.

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How to Be Green and Save Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For a small outlay of cash, the savings you’ll make by knowing your energy usage are amazing and soon add up. Many energy companies also now offer a ‘green energy plan’ This means that if you switch to this service, most of your energy will be sourced from renewable sources.