Go Green!: Your Kitchen, Your Bathroom, Your Wallet

By Cassaundra Brooks

Many people across America are budgeting better and counting quarters during this time of employment and financial nervousness. On your own individual quest to cut some costs, looking to your energy, water, and gas uses may be a wise first step. In our increasingly green-conscious society, you may find that ecofriendly money-saving options are actually more accessible than you had imagined.

Niagara Conservation is a company that produces a range of conservation products, big and small. Their award-winning flapperless low-flow toilet is a popular choice, but low-flow massage showerheads and weather stripping are just two of many small products that could make a big difference in the size of your utility bills.

The company has developed an EcoKit series that is not only environmentally friendly but also is practical and easy on the pocketbook. Water, electric, and gas kits provide several little items that go a long way. To save money on water, try out the Deluxe Water EcoKit, which includes a massage handheld showerhead, a dual-spray kitchen swivel aerator, bathroom faucet aerators, a toilet water diverter, a water leak detection kit, a flow meter bag, a water conservation wheel, and a Toilet Tank Bank. Reduce your electric bill with the Electric EcoKit, which contains a refrigerator/freezer thermometer, limelight, mini-spiral CFL light bulbs, draft stoppers, furnace filter whistle, and energy conservation wheel.

By becoming even a little more aware of conservation methods, you can do your part to reduce waste of natural resources—and unnaturally large utility bills.

Check out these EcoKits and more at niagaraconservation.com.