3 Great Home Improvement Blogs for Sustainable Living

Going green with your home improvement projects has many advantages: you can lower your energy bills, throw out wasteful habits, and reduce your family's exposure to harmful toxins. The simple truth is that when you feel better you function better, and the same goes for your home.

Wouldn't it be a relief to know that the air you breathe in your home is actually clean? Or that your bathroom is free of any harmful toxins? Wouldn't it also be nice to know what tax cuts you can get for having an energy efficient home? All of the aforementioned and more are a part of what makes the following websites must reads for green home improvement.

Green Home Improvement Blog for Sustainable Living #1: Ecofabulous

Ecofabulous was founded by Zem Joaquin, a mother whose children were suffering from severe asthma. No matter what she did, or what kind of traditional methods she tried, her family's asthma never improved. With research she concluded that the asthma was triggered by the harmful toxins around the home. Consequently, she immediately began a green home improvement overhaul of her home and founded Ecofabulous.com to prove that sustainability and style could coexist.

Today Ecofabulous.com is one of the top environmental blogs on the web and a supreme authority on all that is green and beautiful. Zem Joaquin also writes for the Huffington Post, does videos for eHow, and creates eco-friendly models for home improvement shows across the country.

Green Home Improvement Blog for Sustainable Living #2: Re-Nest

Re-Nest is the green living blog of home improvement website Apartment Therapy. In addition to helping people make their homes beautiful, Re-Nest aspires to help people make their homes eco-friendly. The green design movement is seen as a challenge to many, however Re-Nest hopes to make it just a little easier for the DIY homeowner.

Green Home Improvement Blog for Sustainable Living #3: Inhabitat

Inhabitat is the motherload of all that is green design. Their slogan says it all, "Design will save the world." Inhabitat seeks to track innovations in technology, practices, and materials that are pushing architectural design into a green future. Like Ecofabulous, Inhabitat's goal is to prove that sustainable design can also be beautiful. The founders of Inhabitat believe that design is not all about color or style, but rather about considering the user, the experience, and it's social impact on the world.

Going green at home doesn't have to be full of trials and tribulations. With the right resources and a little elbow grease, a green home can easily be sustainable, beautiful, and cost effective.

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Ecofabulous

Re-Nest

Inhabitat