Greener Living

Recycle Day – Brooks PTO Cancelled

Feb 12th, 2012 | By | Category: Community Posts, Greener Living, Medford MA

Unfortunately the Brooks PTO found out that the company they were using for the electronics recycling fund raisers weren’t recycling responsibly so the event has been cancelled.



Electronic Signing

Feb 4th, 2012 | By | Category: Greener Living, Real Estate, Selling, Technology

Technology continues to change the way real estate transactions are done. A few years ago I started using electronic signature software for my clients. This has greatly simplified signing documents for both local clients and people from out of state. Scanners have made it easier to read real estate contracts are they are sent around [...]



5 Easy Ways to Use Less Water

Oct 15th, 2009 | By | Category: Greener Living

Remember growing up when we never thought twice about water? Just the idea that people in the future would be paying to buy bottled water would have made us all laugh hysterically.Today is Blog Action Day, a day when bloggers around the world unite to talk about one topic. This year’s topic is Climate Change. [...]



Medford Historic Home Seminars

Oct 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Community Posts, Greener Living, Medford MA, Real Estate

Do you have an older home and want to know information about it’s history as well as ideas on historic preservation and upkeep? Then you won’t want to miss Medford Historic Home seminars by the Medford Historical Society. On Saturday, October 17th at 10:00 AM at the Royal House Slave Quarters, preservation specialists will talk [...]



Energy Audit

Oct 8th, 2009 | By | Category: Greener Living, Other Stuff, Real Estate

What could be better than saving money and reducing your impact on the environment? Not spending any money to find out how to do it! Mass Save offers free energy audits. Whether you heat your home by oil, gas or electric, the 1 – 2 hour audit will give you many tips on how to [...]



Recycling Appliances & Electronics Saturday

Sep 18th, 2009 | By | Category: Community Posts, Greener Living

If you’re looking to recycle an appliance, TV, monitor or computer, bring it on Saturday 9/19 to The Woburn Daily Times Building, 1 Arrow Drive, Woburn. Not only will you pay less than if you put the item out for curbside pickup, you’ll also be helping raise funds for the Woburn Council of Social Concern. [...]



Harvest Time

Aug 17th, 2009 | By | Category: Greener Living, Other Stuff


Summer, Summer Fruits. . .

Jul 21st, 2009 | By | Category: Greener Living, Other Stuff

“from California – it wouldn’t be summer with out you!” Does that jingle take you back to eating a sweet plum as the juice runs down your arm? Unfortunately for years that has been just a memory. Even organic plums that I’ve bought couldn’t match my memory of the delicious fruit we had for just [...]



The Morning’s Harvest of Organic Veggies

Jun 11th, 2009 | By | Category: Greener Living, Other Stuff


Earth Hour – Turn off & Participate!

Mar 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Greener Living

It’s not often that we have the opportunity to do something not just as a community or even a country, but as the entire population of Mother Earth. In 2007 Sydney, Australia shut off the lights in the city for one hour as a comment on global warming. Last year the movent went global. I [...]