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Green and Healthy Home Resources
We’ve gathered some of our favorite resources about energy efficiency, recycling and green living. We hope you’ll find tips, tricks and inspiration from these sources. Let us know if you have other suggestions for the list.
On our blog we regularly share green and healthy home and home technology tips as well as news about the real estate market, luxury homes and home improvement advice. Check it out here.
Local Resources
Trees Forever – connecting people to the environment through the planting and care of trees.
Green Iowa Americorps – Energy Audits and Energy Saver Kits
Absolutely Clean – They use only organic cleaning products
Linn County Healthy Homes – Home environment education, inspection and radon test kits
Johnson County Healthy Homes – Information on pest control, lead, asbestos, mold and more
Other GREEN News and Information
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