Cindy Lin | Staged4more & EcoJoe

This is a great story on entrepreneurship and saying no to uphold your principles. Well done! Cindy Lin Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns www.staged4more.com www.Facebook.com/staged4more EcoJoe, the Original Eco-Friendly St Joseph Home Selling Kits www.ecojoekits.com www.facebook.com/ecojoe

While I agree with most of the green suggestions, however, the points on using the CFL is false and misleading. It's true that CFL contains very small amount of mercury, however, ask yourself this, would you rather have uncontrolled mercury floating in the air or contained and controlled mercury in a much lower dose in a light bulb? CFL can reduce the amount of electricity generated and used. During the process of getting electricity into our plugs of our homes, large quantity of mercury is produced and emit into air. This is why electric power plants is one of the largest pollution source in the United States. ****Each year, the plants spew a total of 48 tons of mercury into the atmosphere-- roughly a third of all human-generated mercury emissions. Additionally, the mercury amount contained in a light bulb is so little that it is considered as harmless. EPA estimates this amount to be 4-5 milligrams (mg) in a typical CFL. It is not true that if you break a CFL bulb, you need to scrub the floors for 15 minutes. So ask yourself this, would you rather deal with uncontrolled 48 tons of mercury pollution? Or controlled and contained 5 milligrams of mercury in your CFL light bulb??? So please stop telling people that CFLs are dangerous! Cindy Lin | Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns ASPM, CSP, IRIS, IAHSP, RESA 2008 MMAM Micro Award Winner 2008 Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award Winner www.staged4more.com www.staged4more.com/blog www.GreenREtraining.com

As someone who moves frequently (I am a home stager), I can't stress enough on how important it is to hire the right professionals to do your move. Good movers will have great pricing policies (i.e. won't hijack your stuff until you pay extra fees), move your stuff fast and securely, wrap everything properly. It's well worth the investment to hire someone who is going to do it right the first time, instead of someone who is a lot cheaper but will cost you a lot in emotional distress, additional money and worse, damaging or loss of your property. Cheers, Cindy Cindy Lin | Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns ASPM, CSP, IRIS, IAHSP, RESA 2008 MMAM Micro Award Winner 2008 Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award Winner www.staged4more.com www.staged4more.com/blog