The Geobin Composting System is a low-cost, easy-solution to your yard waste problem. It replaces the unsightly pile in your backyard with an attractive, functional container. This adjustable bin will hold over 14 bushels of perfect composting ingredients. Geobin can take grass clippings and leaves and turn them into a rich soil conditioner for use in your gardens. The Geobin is easy to assemble, easy to fill, and easy to maintain. It is made of rugged, lightweight plastic that you can start using in minutes. Due to the generous number of air holes and open top, the composting process takes place very quickly. Don’t let the simple appearance fool you this is a hard working tool that should be in every backyard.

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The unique Planter-Urn Rain Barrel - Terra Cotta has a planter-top and ancient urn shape that will elegance and beauty to your home and garden!Features:Holds 54 gallons Planter on top to display flowers Spigot and hose included This rain barrel has strength and durability while adding to your environmentally-friendly lifestyle with its nicely rounded urn look. This rain barrel is not only beautiful in its own right but lets you add another level of garden decor with its unique crown planter on top. A screen guard to prevent debris from entering and clogging the drain. Attach the hose to the spigot and allow gravity to give your pressure to water your garden! When done using the hose you can hook it right on the side when not in

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Composting with worms allows you to turn kitchen scraps, paper waste and cardboard into nutrient-rich soil for your plants. The Worm Factory 360 composting system makes the entire process quick and easy. With a thermo siphon air flow design, the Worm Factory 360 increases the composting speed. Now you can produce compost much faster than traditional composting methods. Master Gardeners agree, worm castings are one of the richest forms of fertilizer that you can use. The Worm Factory 360 can be used indoors or outdoors allowing year round production. Now composting is no longer limited to backyards. The Worm Factory 360 is odorless making it great for apartments, kitchens, garages, porches and more. Simply add a handful of worms and your organic waste to the bottom tray. The worms will start processing the food. Once the bottom tray is filled add another tray. The worms migrate upward to the newest food source leaving the bottom tray full of nutrient-rich compost. As waste is broken d

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The unique Planter-Urn Rain Barrel - Terra Cotta has a planter-top and ancient urn shape that will elegance and beauty to your home and garden!Features:Holds 54 gallons Planter on top to display flowers Spigot and hose included This rain barrel has strength and durability while adding to your environmentally-friendly lifestyle with its nicely rounded urn look. This rain barrel is not only beautiful in its own right but lets you add another level of garden decor with its unique crown planter on top. A screen guard to prevent debris from entering and clogging the drain. Attach the hose to the spigot and allow gravity to give your pressure to water your garden! When done using the hose you can hook it right on the side when not in

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If you have ever been stuck for some going green in school ideas, here are five easy, environmentally friendly projects to implement at your local school:

Growing A Vegetable Garden at School

Many schools these days are getting their students involved in extra curricular activities, such as learning to how to grow a vegetable garden at school. You'll see the unique landmark of a scarecrow in the midst of the garden.

The kids can have fun gathering materials to erect a scarecrow. The scarecrow can be a unique landmark of the garden, and also ensure that birds and wild animals don't destroy the vegetable garden.

On a special school day, the kids can invite their parents and friends to view their vegetable garden, and the fruits of their labor. Hopefully, there might be a vegetable or two for each family to take home, to use in their cooking.

Recycle for Cash Drive

The kids come home and they say "Mum, we need to raise some funds for the school". You are wracking your brains to come up with another innovative fund raising event to help the school raise funds for much needed facilities. Consider organizing a Recycle for Cash Drive. It's a fantastic way to get the kids involved, and to become educated about recycling and what is involved to recycle old materials.

Start your fund raising drive by promoting the event far and wide. Get the kids to put up posters at the local shops to let everyone in the local community know about your recycle for cash drive. You'll soon become a Recycle for Cash expert, and other schools may soon be contacting you to find out how it's done!

Recycle School Materials

At the start of a new term at school, the kids usually have to get their parents to buy new school supplies for them. These supplies can be expensive, especially if you have three or four children in the family to supplies for. Rather than buying new supplies each term, consider using recycled materials.

Schools should be promoting the use of recycled materials, especially materials used in creating art works for projects. There are many useful art supplies that can be found around the home such as old jam jars, toilet rolls, old scraps of paper, and magazines. All of these materials can usefully be applied for art projects at schools.

Set up a Paper Collection Depot

As well as using recycled materials for art projects, the school can be actively involved in paper recycling. Just like with an office that has different bins for recycling, a school can set up paper recycling depots in the classrooms. At the end of each month, a designated teacher along with students can collect all the paper from the depots to send off to a paper recycling company. You'll probably be surprised how much paper is used at schools and how it can be used for recycling.

Metal Recycling Program

Another recycling program to set up at school is a metal recycling program. Similar to workplaces that collect drink cans for recycling, a drinks recycling collection point can be set up near the canteen to collect cans. At the end of the month, all the drink cans collected can be sent off to a cash for drink cans recycling program.

There are so many ways that we can educate the young generation about caring the environment. The kids can have fun as well become more educated about caring for the environment and our planet. Going Green as a lifestyle can be learned at a young age!

Worm composting is an incredibly efficient way to convert kitchen scraps, junk mail and cardboard into nutrient-rich compost for your garden. Master gardeners agree that compost produced by worms will produce the best results and help your plants thrive. The Worm Factory's unique stackable, multi-tray design makes it the most efficient worm bin composter around. Worms begin eating waste in the lowest tray, and then migrate upward as food sources in that tray are exhausted. By allowing worms to migrate upward, the worms separate themselves from the finished compost that is ready for the garden. Besides the worm castings that are produced through this process, the Worm Factory also produces a second type of compost. As waste is broken down, moisture filters through your Worm Factory, taking nutrient-rich particles with it. This liquid fertilizer, know as leachate is gathered in the special collection tray of the Worm Factory and can easily be drained from the spigot. Simply add a handfu

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Guess what--there is plenty in it for you. The savings and rebates for a green lifestyle are amazing. And right now who wouldn't like to trim the budget a bit more?

Reduce: Cutting back on the resources we use is the first and most important way to live greener. It may seem to be the hardest one to achieve; but maybe not. What about making better choices in the things we consume? Buying locally saves in several ways: the transportation cost on the product, your energy cost to acquire the product and, most likely, a cost savings to you as well. Especially at this time of year, local farmers' markets and farm stands yield a wealth of nutrition and savings. Shop for recycled products, and don't forget to bring your own cloth bags to tote things home.

Kitchen: Roughly 25% of all the food bought by Americans goes to waste. For the average household that is $6000 a year. If you eliminate this waste by preparing smaller portions, eating leftovers and storing foods more efficiently, just think of the savings to your food budget.

Water Use: Wow! How much do you waste running the shower to heat up the water before you hop in? Do you leave the water running while you brush your teeth? Give these two some thought, especially if your water bill has been through the roof this past year.

Electricity: You would be surprised how many appliances continue to suck energy even when they aren't being used. Anything with a built-in clock, a sleep mode or a tiny indicator lamp. Turn them completely off when not in use, or better yet, pull the plug--especially when you are going on vacation. Also, check out a meter called "Kill-a-Watt". It measures the electric consumption of your appliances, and could be a very good investment. Online link: Kill A Watt.

Natural Gas: Lower your water heater to 120 degrees, if it isn't already; and turn it down lower when you will be away for extended periods. Programmable thermostats are also one of the best ways to trim down your energy bill. Don't forget to change your furnace filter every month. Plus, if you have an older gas stove, you really don't need to have your pilot light going all the time. You can re-light it before you use the stove--especially in the summer months when it is fighting with your air conditioner!

Reuse: Find some thrifty and creative ways to stretch the value of what you already have. Compost your food scraps instead of buying costly, and sometimes toxic, fertilizer. That sweet soft shirt you loved and wore until it was so faded you didn't dare wear it out anywhere makes a great PJ top. In fact, it would cost you fortune at Vic Secret to buy anything that soft and comfy. Ratty and stained towels become cleaning rags, saving you a bundle on Swiffer and paper towels. Use the back side of printer pages whenever you can.

Recycle: Paper, plastic, metal and glass are not the only items to recycle. Look to your community, or communities around you, for places to donate computers, printers and cell phones to be refurbished and used again. Even motor vehicles can be donated and recycled. Donate clothes, household items, canned goods--anything that may be used again by someone. Be creative! One of my friends has a sign on her trash can that says "Landfill". It reminds her of the impact of everything that gets thrown away on our environment. Try typing "recycle" into your search engine. You will come up with an enormous list of places where you can dispose of or donate items for others to use. You may also find things you need free or very reasonably.

If you are considering some changes to your make your home more energy efficient check ENERGY STAR: ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy-efficient products and practices. Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2008 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 29 million cars--all while saving $19 billion on their utility bills.

So now you know, "What's in it for you," when you live Green.

Carol Woodard is a realtor, serving home buyers and sellers in west suburban Cuyahoga and northeastern Lorain counties since 1976. She keeps her clients up-to-date on trends in the market so they can make informed decisions on the most important purchase or sale of their lifetime. She had the honor of being named Realtor of the Year of 2008 of the Cleveland Area Board of Realtors. Please visit her website at http://www.CarolWoodard.com

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Our eco bin composter features an easy-to-assemble, easy-to-use design that can simplify and speed the composting process. It includes a spring-loaded design that makes set-up and storage a breeze, in addition to offering easy access when it’s time to aerate your compost. An open bottom, round shape and mesh walls work together to maximize the breakdown process, yielding usable compost as efficiently as possible. A windproof lid, sturdy construction and included anchoring stakes help our eco bin composter withstand the elements and years of use. Includes compost bin, windproof cover and four anchoring stakes. Limited lifetime warranty.

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