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(Non-green) Apartment Living... (Help!)
Posted by lianaclaire on September 15, 2007 - 10:47pm.

Okay, so my husband and I are moving into an apartment. This doesn't seem like a big deal, but we've been living in a duplex that gave us "creative control" so to speak. I was able to paint the walls with low-VOC paint, choose greener carpet, etc etc etc.

 But now we're moving into an apartment where those choices are already made for us & they're most likely not the greenest. While it's a wonderful & gorgeous apartment, I'm still left to think....

How can I make it as green as possible (without violating our lease)? The walls are already painted, the carpet's already laid (and it's already fumigated... good and bad...). Should I focus instead on the positives that I can control, like what I bring into our new place? Open the windows and let in fresh air as much as possible? What do YOU do?

Thanks!!




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All right...
by founderofinfoga... on September 16, 2007 - 12:24am
Go and sign on, for free for Easy eco-living tips are delivered in a short, sassy email each  weekday  at:
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great tips
by Vicki_R on September 16, 2007 - 7:06am

I just looked at these links and they are awesome tips.  I even bookmarked this site for future use.  I like the fact that it is easy to use and the tips are simple ones. 

I think that for you, the tips make sense.  I would try and decorate using green products and keep what I could control as natural as possible.  Maybe in the future, when the apartment needs painting, you could convince your landlord to use low VOC paint.  I know when I lived in the city, my landlord would periodically paint my apartment and update the appiances.  It would save them money too. 


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