Living Green: Fun for the whole family! “Healthy families create the appropriate environment for sustainable physical, emotional and social development. It is within the family structure that the culture of caring is instituted and valuable norms and values are taught”. Crabtree Farm is a non-profit organization connecting Chattanoogans to our local food shed. Programs at…
Use this when making your next grocery list! We love buying organic. Not only is it smart to reduce your exposure to toxic chemicals, but picking organic also supports environmentally friendly farming practices. Whole Foods Market in Chattanooga brings the very best and freshest pesticide and GMO free foods to you and family. Organics are…
7 Tips for Finding the Best Real Estate Agent for Your Property Real estate agents are a dime a dozen these days, but the good ones are few and far between. Before choosing an agent, do your research. It will pay off tenfold in terms of maximizing the selling price of your home, minimizing listing…
Mountain Bikers Rejoice! This may not come as a surprise, or it might come as a surprise (I really have no idea how you’ll react) but Chattanooga is a really good area to go mountain biking. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, reporting for mountain biking blog Singletracks, the Chattanooga, TN area made the…
A Nifty Map for your Consideration Maps are useful. They are a great way to synthesize knowledge and information, and present it in such a way that is both accessible to millions and easily understood. And with the increasing number of people getting most of their information from the internet, maps and infographics have become…
Prepping Your Home for ALL the Seasons I don’t think anyone would argue that one of the simplest (and least expensive in the long run) ways to live a greener life is to make sure that your home is as efficient as possible when it comes to fulfilling its primary purpose: providing a climate controlled…
JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer NEW YORK — After two years of flat or lower fuel prices, many residents will pay sharply more to heat their homes this winter, according to government forecasts out in early October. There are a number of ways residents can blunt the expected rise in heating bills — beyond putting…
Christmas Tree on a Dime With trying economic times, you may be tempted to forego the tree this Christmas. But you really can decorate an entire tree for under $50. Check out three inspiring, penny-pinching ideas. On the Cheap We asked stylist Rebecca Hawkins to dream up three Christmas trees that cost under $50 to…
Home Buyers Value Environmentally Friendly Features In a shocking (not really) development, new research has shown that home buyers now, more often than not, favor environmentally friendly and sustainable features in homes than in previous years. While this particular development may not come as a shock, the reasons behind this shift in opinion are more…
Looking for a Sustainable Urban Living Website? So you’re interested in green living, sustainable architecture, smart urban growth, the whole shebang. But sometimes you might have trouble finding a site or blog that covers general trends, rather than endless posts about palette gardens and urban chicken farms, and how you too can create your own…