It's Easy Being Green
It's Easy Being Green: Memphis TERRA House Uses Green Building Practices E-mail
Written by Terie Box   
Thursday, 23 April 2009
    Spring is the traditional time for home improvement projects, and since the housing market isn’t reviving just yet, you’re probably not looking to buy a house soon. If you happen to be looking to invest a little money in your biggest asset, you may be thinking of making your domicile a bit more environmentally friendly this year.    
Last Updated ( Thursday, 23 April 2009 )
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It's Easy Being Green: Be Kind to Your Yard with Eco-Systems Lawn Care E-mail
Written by Terie Box   
Monday, 12 January 2009
    During the winter months, while you’re out running long and starting back to Masters swim practices, your lawn is sitting, mostly untended, waiting for warm spring temperatures to bring back the color of your beautiful grass...along with a new batch of weeds and insects to drive you crazy until the first frost of fall. If you’re a typical homeowner, you certailny don’t have time to worry with all of these pests, so you may have a contract with a lawn care service to keep some of the problems you see year after year at bay.
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It's Easy Being Green: "Leave No Trace" on your camping trip this fall E-mail
Written by Driven Staff   
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
    Camping out with the family is a favorite fall activity in the Midsouth, and local campgrounds and national parks will soon be flooded with people out to enjoy fresh air, fishing, hiking, and of course, setting up camp. However, most of these people will do quite a bit of damage to the area they’re enjoying, quite unintentionally, so we’ve recruited a local Leave No Trace master educator, Mark Moody, to suggest a few ways to enjoy your outdoor experience without causing too much trauma to the outdoors. 
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It's Easy Being Green: The Lowest Car Emission are No Car Emissions E-mail
Written by Terie Box   
Monday, 30 June 2008
    The staff of Driven regularly receive spam in our e-mail inboxes, just like the rest of the world. And we delete it all, just like everyone else does. One day we were cleaning out the massive amount of junk in our e-mail when we ran across a forwarded and then double forwarded e-mail about a “Car being made in India.” For some reason, we decided to glance at the content of this message, Googled the topic, and found, to our surprise, that this e-mail was no hoax. The following information is true, no matter how inconceivable it may sound, and we hope you will believe it.
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It's Easy Being Green: It's About Time to Get Serious About Recycling E-mail
Written by Driven Staff   
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
    Here at Driven, we don't like to tell you the same thing you've heard over and over again, but at the risk of beating a dead horse…you need to recycle. Recycling is one of the easiest and quickest ways for all of us Average Joes to make a difference in global warming, the overproduction of waste, and the cost of dealing with global warming and waste.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 July 2008 )
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