Happy Friday, and happy Mother’s Day weekend! Here’s your weekly recap of all the things we brought your way this past week on Facebook, Twitter and our DE blog.

Did you watch The Pitch on AMC on Monday? Our Direct Energy Home Services company was featured in this week’s show! That was a pretty good start to the week. Then we found out that our Volunteer Citizen of the Year award program is a finalist in the Community Relations category of the 2012 American Business Awards! That means we’ll be either a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program.

But enough about us! Our DE blog showed you to set up rain barrels and collect rainwater for yard and garden use—lots of great tips for watering your yard with help from Mother Nature!  And 7 Tips to Get Your Whole Family Involved in Saving Energy offered lots of fun ideas and resources to get kids excited about recycling projects and saving electricity.

Our Facebook page put you in touch with iPhone and Android apps that help you get close to nature, solar-powered speakers, great locations for eco-conscious honeymoons and the many clever projects to be found in Martha Stewart’s recycled crafting guide.

Backyard composting tips, recycled modular furniture, green travel tips and a new solar iPad case all showed up in the Direct Energy Twitter feed this week, as well as these #SaveEnergy quick tips:

• Close your exterior doors and windows tightly when the AC is on. Save even more by turning off kitchen and bath exhaust fans.
• Change or clean your AC’s air filters at least once a month to keep your system running at peak performance.

Be appreciative and extra-kind to your mother this weekend—and to Mother Earth as well!