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The data from the EPA indicates Americans live indoors 80% of the time. How does this equate to Energy Efficiency and healthy environment? Here are nine key features for creating a healthy living environment. Features that would enhance your families health and energy efficient tips that would balance a healthy home lifestyle. Key features found […]

The EPA lets us know that most of us spend 80% of our time indoors. Yes, that is a lot of time indoors! Fall is here, and Winter is tapping at our doors! With that in mind here are 10 tips to lower health care costs, create greater comfort, and lower your utility bills. Have […]

Litter Hurts Many people use synthetic fiber masks that are meant to be thrown out after just a few uses instead of washable cloth masks that can be used over and over. Mindlessly discarded, you see masks and gloves lying on the ground when you walk around a community or in a parking lot at […]

Today, it seems like everything is considered a hoax. Remember when cell phones started to become popular? There were so many articles on how bad they were, yet, nobody believed it or at least wanted to believe it. We are a technology dependent society, so how do we reconcile our dependency with our electronic devices […]

by Karla Locke #StayHome #StaySafe This was the directive mandated for Washington Citizens and others around the world. As we hunkered down in our homes a quiet stillness settled into our communities. Our neighborhoods reverted back to what I remembered from childhood…. quiet, friendly, comforting. Gone was the busyness, the chronic stress of hurry-up, of […]

A pandemic has swept around the globe, wreaking havoc and causing death wherever it goes. For most of us, life as we know it has ground to a halt or at least a slow crawl. Fear, grief, loss, and anxiety weigh heavily on many of us as we try to figure out how to cope […]

The healthiest thing we could do right now is work in our yards, start a garden, and play in the dirt. With so many of us having to stay home and the weather showcasing such gorgeous days what better way to enjoy this time. Number one reason to play in the garden – it boosts […]

“Most importantly, we are a community that cares and watches out for each other. Keep yourselves and your families safe. We are Anacortes and we will survive this and be stronger for it. Look for unexpected opportunities and gifts in these unprecedented times. Be kind and take care,” Mayor Laurie   There are many lessons […]

It’s been a long winter. Wet Cold Dark Now that it is February, it is the month of hope. It is just one short month till March and spring. Till: Daffodils To longer days Warmer Rain More sunlight Fresh, fragrant air During the dark, wet winter we quietly sustained ourselves in the warm cocoon of […]

There is almost 80 million tons of packaging waste each year, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. An 80 million ton reason for businesses to think outside the box when designing packaging for consumer goods. The demand from consumers for businesses to design eco-friendly packing is growing. And some businesses and countries are […]