Green Homes

Many may wonder how to go green in home designing and decorating. Let us know how to....

Eco friendly homes mean using less energy, less water, non VOC or less VOC, less non renewable resources in construction, design and decoration. There are many activities carried out in designing and finally decorating our homes. They are like....cleaning, decluttering, organising, painting, laying the floor, furnishing, lighting, so on and so forth. While carrying these activities we can hold on to our motto of reducing our carbon foot print. This is how we can....

1. Using natural fabrics in the place of artificial ones
2. Going for flooring made out of cork, linoleum, bamboo, etc.
3. Using jute, recycled products in decorating
4. Going for a second hand furniture or that of cane.
5. Growing organic garden and refusing plastic flower pots.
6. Using paints made of non volatile organic compounds
7. Using compact flourescent bulbs or rather going for natural lighting.
8. Purchasing products, whether they are paints, furniture, flower pots, cleaning agents etc., only from local shopping malls, markets.
9. Using natural cleaning agents in the place of chemicals.
10. Saving energy while using electronic gadgets and using solar energy. .
11. Saving water applying different ideas.
12. Reducing pollution inside the home.

These ideal practices for homes also help in leading a hygenic life style.

Any other tips, advices, suggetions and ideas can be shared by posting under comments which help us in updating our knowledge on eco friendly habits.

Retain that green hue on Nature's palatte

We all are aware of the alarming sounds on the disappearence of green and the measures taken up by various governmental and non-governmental organisations throughout the world for conserving it. SAVE (Society for Awareness and Vision on Environment) is one such non-governmental organisation from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, contributing in its own way for creating an eco-friendly society. This organisation is sketched in 2006 by artist Mr. Vijay Ram who owns a sweet shop at the well known green Indira Park, Near Tank Bund, Hyderabad. He felt that, as a responsible man he has to do his best for mother earth, and as a man of action.... he distributed eco-friendly baskets to people who carried pooja articles in polythene bags, donated for surgeries for cows which ate polythene bags, distributed clay Ganesha idols, 2000 in number, during the festival. These are only a few to mention. Articles are published relating to his activities in 'The Hindu' daily. SAVE has a website. There is a link under the head 'Save Mother Earth' in this blog.

I feel it is my responsibility in retaining the green hue on Nature's palatte. I will be posting on how to go green in home designing and decorating from next post. Hope they will be useful to you. Let us cultivate habits and extend helping hand to lead a green mode of life.