Reminder: Free Going Green Seminar

When: Saturday May 2, 2009 (9:30am—11:00am)
Location: Lansdowne Town Center (Offices above “Froots”)
19301 Winmeade Drive (Suite220)
Lansdowne VA. 20176

What does it mean to go green? Interested in learning “eco-friendly” tips and ideas? Do you qualify for “green” tax credits? Come to this first of its kind FREE seminar and learn about:

• First time home buyer secrets, strategies and tax credits
• Federal tax credits for energy efficiency
• Government FHA energy efficient mortgages
• How to make your home more energy efficient
• The top 5 health hazards in your home
• What to look for in your next home

This seminar is brought to you by NOVA Green Team, Loudoun County’s Eco-Friendly Real Estate Experts, West Star Mortgage and Ardently Green Energy Auditors.
The seminar will be conducted by David Harbour, Founder of NOVA Green Team, (RE/MAX Premier Realtors) who draws on more than a decade of success serving Northern Virginia clients in fast and slow markets. He has been inducted into the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and often appears as a real estate expert on HGTV’s national show, “Get It Sold,” sharing tactics for sellers in a softening market. He is also a Certified EcoBroker®.



Seminar Registration Link

"Green" Babies

How To Go Green: Babies
While having a baby is consumer heaven, the key is to not be gulled into an unnecessary buying frenzy. In truth, a baby has very minimal needs. On the flip side, there is more to a sustainable life with your baby than cloth diapers, organic baby food, and fair-trade clothing…read on for more.

Create a Green Baby Nursery
With just a few simple choices you can turn a typical baby nursery into a green oasis.

Great Green Baby
GreatGreenBaby is a shopping blog devoted to green, eco-friendly, babies and their parents.

Get Ready For Earth Day

Preparing For Earth Day
April 22, 1970, was not only Earth Day, but it also signaled the start of what is considered today to be the modern environmental movement. An estimated 20 million Americans took part in the day’s activities that were aimed at creating a healthier and more sustainable environment for everyone on the planet.

Earth Day Network
The Official Earth Day Site

earthday.gov
US Government Earth Day Site

How To Go Green: Earth Day
Earth Day has come a long way from the first events in 1970, which were based around demonstrations that called for responsible sustainability—and which resulted in the creation of the EPA and legislation protecting water, air, and endangered species.

Green Cleaning

How to Go Green: Cleaning
Cleaning products are everywhere in our homes and offices: on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and floating through the air. In our war on dirt and germs we may often actually be making things worse.

Non-Toxic Home Cleaning
There are many inexpensive, easy-to-use natural alternatives which can safely be used in place of commercial household products. Here is a list of common, environmentally safe products which can be used alone or in combination for a wealth of household applications.

Green Products Coupons and Discounts:

Green Coupon Codes

Pristine Planet

Ecobunga

How To Go Green

Easy Ways To Go Green
(goodhousekeeping.com)

How To Go Green: Back To Basics
Here, we bring it back to basics and break it down into bite sized chunks of simple, everyday ways to live a greener, healthier, more ethical (and ultimately more fun) life.

10 Ways To Go Green At Work
Greener homes are in the spotlight these days, but what about the other places where many of us spend huge chunks of our time--our offices?

Going "Green" For St. Patrick's Day

Celebrate Green!
Celebrate Green with these Green St. Patrick's Day tips.

Erin Go Green: Celebrate An Eco-Friendly St. Patrick’s Day
The first rule to celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is that you don’t have to be Irish to love the Irish. The second rule of the day is that you gotta go green…and the greener the better! So enjoy the luck of the Irish this year and celebrate an eco-friendly St. Patrick’s Day.

Eco-friendly St. Patrick's Day Party Ideas
Need some ideas for your St. Patrick's Day party? Planning your St. Patrick's party means breaking out the green. Are you getting ready to rush out to buy paper decorations and plastic cups for your green beer? Have any idea about how most of that stuff ends up in a landfill? Try environmentally friendly ideas for your St. Patrick's party instead. You can plan a St. Patrick's Day celebration that is fun and eco-friendly.