Archive for the ‘Living Green’ Category
Sustainable San Marcos
In: Living Green
8 Sep 2008Last Friday night found me at the San Marcos Public Library watching a very enlightening documentary film entitled, The Future of Food, by Deborah Koons Garcia. The film was hosted by Edible San Marcos, a new organization promoting local food and gardening. For those of you interested in learning more about organic gardening, local farmer’s [...]
Scent Sense for Selling Your Home!
In: Living Green
8 Sep 2008Just read a great article published by American Home Shield (the Home Warranty Company www.hwahomewarranty.com ) on using scents to better showcase your home when trying to sell. So in addition to staging your home (which we plan on writing on soon), try to utilize some of these tips on scents to set the mood of [...]
Austin City Wide Garage Sale
In: Living Green
8 Sep 2008Wow! Do you love hitting garage sales and flea markets? Then, this is definitely for you! This fall, Austin has its own City-wide garage sale going on at the Palmer Event Center downtown on 1st and Barton Springs Rd. For $5.00 you get to park for FREE and have a 2 day access pass to [...]
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- Tags: Austin, Garage Sales, Green Living, Recycle, Vintage
Biodiesel–Alternative Energy and Willie Nelson
In: Fun Things to see in Austin| Hill Country Happenings| Living Green| Music venues| Texas Lifestyles
11 Aug 2008Not only is Willie Nelson an Austin legend and icon, he is also the owner of what used to be called Carl’s Corner, a truck stop in between Austin and Dallas located just south of Hillsboro on I-35. This legendary truckstop is re-opening soon as Willie’s flagship location to carry biodiesel fuel. For the past [...]
Sustainable Living
In: Living Green
30 Jul 2008Just recently read a new book ( to me) that many of you interested in “Going Green” will find as a wonderful resource. It is called ToolBox for Sustainable City Living – A Do-It-Ourselves Guide by Scott Kellogg and Stacy Pettigrew published by South End Press. You can order it through their [...]
I just saw the coolest video and wanted to share this fun way to carry groceries with you all….The Japanese have been doing this for centuries, of course. But now we westerners can do this also and save our planet from those plastic bags as well…It is called “Furoshiki” and is considered a Japanese art [...]
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- Tags: Folding, Furoshiki, Green Living
More Wind Turbine Power for Texas!
In: Living Green
23 Jul 2008Texas once again makes the national news on its strides for alternative clean energy! On Thursday, July 17, 2008, the Texas Public Utility Commission gave preliminary approval to a 4.9 billion dollar investment in bringing more wind turbine power from West Texas to major cities like Dallas. Experts say this is the biggest investment in US [...]
Green Building Part 1-Resources
In: Living Green
10 Jul 2008For the past few years, I have been very involved with “going green” and “green building”. I became even more intrigued at the 2008 Cool House Tour when I saw the innovative strides that builders, architects, and home owners were making in Austin. While attending a recent conference, I learned that it is [...]
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I'm Vicki E. Phillips and I am a licensed real estate broker in both Texas and Florida. I am also a certified “EcoBroker” which means that I care very much about sustainability and green living!
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- Jordan: There is also a new store called Planet Beach Contempo Spa at the Shops at Arbor Trails. It is an a [...]
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