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Build green in DC

August 06, 2008 By: dcgrrl Category: bedding, build, DC, design, eco, energy, environmentally-conscious, floors, gifts, green, home, lighting, paint, paper, re-use, recycle, reduce, renewable, shopping, solar, water, wood

If you live in DC and are looking for green living resources, I’ve got a great place for you!

Eco-Green Living is jam-packed with resources for building and living green, especially if you are looking for ways to renovate your home. Stroll around downstairs and you’ll see natural paints and carpets, light bulbs, mattresses, even gifts and natural shampoos. But you’ll also notice there are samples of recycled tire flooring and maybe a few long boxes of bamboo flooring. This is just a hint.

Go on upstairs – you’ll find every color in the rainbow in sustainable countertops, flooring and tiles. Plus tankless hot water, eco-insulation, skylights and more.

These folks just keep taking in what they find to make it available for you, plus they have connections for installation services. It is really awesome to see how MUCH you can do, how many CHOICES you have while keeping green. Check it out.

Eco-Green Living is located a short walk from either the McPherson Square or U Street/Cardoza Metro stations, on Church Street between 14th & 15th Streets, one block over from the P Street Whole Foods.

http://eco-greenliving.com

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Dutchtub: You didn’t even know you needed a green hot tub, did you?

July 08, 2008 By: dcgrrl Category: burn, eco, energy, garden, green, home, re-use, water, wood

This is guilt-free luxury! A wood-burning hot tub you can enjoy with your family and friends, chemical free.

It’s light enough that two people can move it around, you can put it on top of your car and take it camping with you. It fills up with a garden hose, and warms up with the use of a nifty coil off the side, where you burn wood, and water runs through pipes.

In my mind, every yard needs one, large or small. Why not? The manufacturers of Dutchtub suggest using the leftover gray water (that means dirty water with no chemicals) for your garden, an excellent green idea, rather than trying to maintain the mini chem lab many hot tubs require.

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