Today is Earth Day and its time to celebrate .  Using Earth friendly items around your home increases the selling opportunity and also helps with environmental issues.  Lets start with solar power.  Solar power is now becoming more affordable nationally across the board.  You can now get solar panels that will heat your pool, preheat your water going into the water heater, and to power your home off the electrical grid.  In some areas you can actually sell the excess power generated by solar panels back to the power company, thereby helping pay for the initial cost.

Another good Earth Day item is water collection.  In most places in the US, droughts have effected how you use water, for showers, washing cars, drinking  and watering the lawn and plants.  I recommend buying 55 gallon drums that are designed for collecting rainwater and to use that water for your plants and shrubs.  If you look around, you will find containers similar to 55 gallon drums but smaller and designed to be pleasing to the eyes.

When you get into your new home, or getting ready to sell your home, think about installing low water usage toilets and shower head restricters.  That helps conserve water as well.  An instant heat water heater also saves energy by heating water extremely fast as needed, instead of the typical water heater that uses a thermostat.

So Happy Earth Day!  Lets do what we can to help save our earth.  Its the only one we have!