Basic insulation and sealing techniques can reduce your home's heating costs up to 20% according to the EPA. With winter just weeks or days away, here are a few inexpensive, simple and fun ways to ensure your home will retain the most energy and heat possible to get your family through the season toasty and affordably.

The thing is that we are so used to buying bottled, "organic" shampoos, conditioners, moisturizers, lotions, and oils, that we tend to forget that we can put these delicious home ingredients in our hair as well.

Recycling goes far beyond the typical paper, plastic, glass and aluminum that occupy those colored bins.It is lack of information and resources that often keep wanting persons from recycling all that can be recycled.

For those who choose to make their home more eco conscious, the bathroom is great place to concentrate your energy to conserve water and reduce toxic chemicals.

Composting. A term you hear getting thrown around by eco-experts on a regular basis but can be achieved by anyone. Combining all your yard trimmings and food wastes with a bulking agent will allow it to stabilize over time and create something nice and earthy, a type of soil that can be used for your garden and lawn.

Like gardening but don't have the space for it?  Grow one on your roof!  While this is unfortunately not possible for everyone, green roofs are wildly popular in places like the UK and Germany and are picking up speed in...