Ever stop to think about what it means to throw something away?
Where is “away”?
Just because you throw it away from where you are, does that mean it’s gone?
What if there were no weekly garbage pick up? If we were responsible for our own waste disposal, would the average American family still throw out more than a hundred pounds of food a month?
Would we have a mini-landfill in our backyard for all the food scraps, plastic wrap, and other product packaging we toss each day? Can you imagine what an eyesore that would be? Not to mention the smell…
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Low-Voltage Lights in Different Settings
Many homeowners have discovered that their front and back yards can be used as outdoor rooms, before and after dark. It follows, then, that a homeowner should take outdoor lighting design as seriously as their interior design.
Low-voltage landscape lighting has become very popular. Jim and Tracy Landsiedel own NiteLites of Cincinnati, OH, which puts them in a good position to tell us why this trend is taking off.
Advantages of Low-Voltage Landscape Lights
Low-voltage lighting, says Tracy, “is very energy efficient to operate, extremely low maintenance, and falls in line with the green industry.” Very few outdoor lighting products are “green” in themselves, which means that, among other things, they are made from recyclable or renewable materials. However, any option that saves energy and doesn’t require constant replacement parts could be considered environmentally responsible.
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