How to take simple steps to green your home!

Below is a link to an articel about how to SIMPLY green your home!

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to visit many different families to help them create more eco-friendly homes. More often than not, their first questions are “How can I install solar panels?” or “What are the best options for green countertops”? Very relevant and laudable questions to be sure, but ones with fairly expensive answers! While we at Low Impact Living help with questions like these, we also try to help people understand that they can make many simpler changes that protect the planet and save money - money that they can use to fund those larger projects.

Typically, we recommend that people make changes in a particular sequence. As an example, everyone wants a tankless or solar hot water heater. But if you install one before you install low-flow showerheads, faucet aerators, and Energy Star clotheswashers and dishwashers, you’ll likely be buying one that is 50-100% bigger and more expensive than what you truly need. So, we recommend a four-step process for greening a home:

To read more copy and paste the link:

http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2007/11/27/green-your-home/

Fun Facts about Berkeley

Berkeley was started by Englishman Robert Jenkins who received a grant for 1,000 acres in this scenic area near the San Francisco Bay. For many years before it became industrialized Berkeley’s primary industry was farming and dairy. Today Berkeley is a multi-ethnic city that is often thought of as the center of the visual arts scene!

Berkeley was named after Englishman founder Robert Jenkins’ historic estate in the county of Gloucestershire, England.

Founder Robert Jenkins died in 1822 after falling from his horse. He was 45.
Berkeley is very compact and only takes up 18 square miles.

Almost half (40.94 percent) of Berkeley is water.

Berkeley is currently the fourth most populated city in Alameda County following Oakland, Fremont and Hayward.

In 1910 Berkeley was the fifth largest city in California.
Berkeley is home to the prestigious University of Berkeley, one of the first American universities to allow women to study with the men.

Berkeley has one of the highest rates of bicycle and pedestrian commuting in the United States.