{"id":1112,"date":"2013-11-25T19:20:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orangesand.com\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2013-11-25T19:20:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T19:20:55","slug":"10-eco-friendly-home-improvements-to-help-our-planet-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/25\/10-eco-friendly-home-improvements-to-help-our-planet-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"10 ECO-FRIENDLY HOME IMPROVEMENTS TO  HELP OUR PLANET &#8211; part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(6)\u00a0 XERISCAPE YOUR LANDSCAPE &#8211; conserve water by planting drought-proof plants and\/or installing a rainwater system to get you through the dry months.\u00a0 (7)\u00a0 CONSERVE ENERGY &#8211; upgrade insulation and seal gaps around windows and doors.\u00a0 Turn the thermostat\u00a0 down a few degrees at night.\u00a0 (8)\u00a0 SAVE WITH SOLAR &#8211; install solar panels for swimming pools &amp; pre-warming the household hot water supply. (8)\u00a0 GO GREEN TO CLEAN &#8211; reduce indoor air pollution by using all-natural cleaning products.\u00a0 (10)\u00a0 CHOOSE NATURAL AND RENEWABLE &#8211; use natural fibers like wool or cotton for carpeting, window treatments and textiles and sustainable woods like bamboo for flooring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(6)\u00a0 XERISCAPE YOUR LANDSCAPE &#8211; conserve water by planting drought-proof plants and\/or installing a rainwater system to get you through the dry months.\u00a0 (7)\u00a0 CONSERVE ENERGY &#8211; upgrade insulation and seal gaps around windows and doors.\u00a0 Turn the thermostat\u00a0 down a few degrees at night.\u00a0 (8)\u00a0 SAVE WITH SOLAR &#8211; install solar panels for swimming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thebains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}