So I saw a commercial yesterday for some food product that said “Made with Real Ingredients!”.  Made with Real Ingredients????  What is that???  Are they saying that other companies put “fake”  ingredients in their food?  As baffled as I was by this statement it reminded me of quite a few “green” campaigns I have seen over the past few years.  The reality is that the plumbing industry is becoming greener everyday.  Toilets will be made to use less and less water, water heaters will become more and more efficient, and all the fixtures in our homes will be designed to use less water without us noticing the difference.  The other reality is that not all of these products are going to be well made, or with your best interests in mind.  In fact some of them will be “real ingredients” an empty statement designed to mislead you into thinking that you are spending your money on something worthwhile and good for your home.  When the truth is the people who produce, sell, and install these products care more about their bottom line than doing anything good for you, our community,  or the planet we live on.  If everyone was just honest enough to tell us what the ingredients really are, we could all make the right decisions on how to live with more freedom and comfort, without it costing us our valuable time and money to figure out what the ingredients are on our own.

Posted By: Paul Guzman, GM

One of the things that constantly amazes me is how far ahead other countries are when it comes to smart affordable ways to leave a smaller footprint with our daily lives.  This is one of those articles that makes you go, hmm…

 Energy Efficiency Is A Lot Of Garbage - By: Jim Olsztynski - From: The New York Times 

Denmark has 29 waste-to-energy plants and 10 more are planned or under construction. Across Europe, there are about 400 such plants. The U.S., with 50+ times the population of Denmark and more than 60% of the EU’s, has only 87 trash-burning power plants, almost all built at least 15 years ago.

There is something elegantly green about turning useless rubbish into profoundly useful energy. So why aren’t we doing more of it? Click here to read the rest of the New York Times article.