Environment
Oxygen Bleach: The Effective and Safe Alternative
We know that chlorine bleach is a huge no-no. Not only is it bad for the environment, but it can burn your skin, it is very poisonous, dioxin and chloroform are by-products and it can create highly toxic chlorine gas if mixed with ammonia. We have known this for a long...
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Eco Friendly Bathrooms–Saving Water
With so much emphasis on saving energy and reducing climate change, people often forget there are other aspects to being green and living in an eco-friendly way. With rumours of water shortages this summer, saving water is something we should all think about....
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Worldwide Symbol for Sustainable Energy
Groningen, The Netherlands - Happy Energy, a young initiative that advocates a new positive culture change, proposes a new symbol as a recognizable and universal sign for sustainability. A clean world requires us to switch to renewable energy and durable production ...
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Outdoor Living–Cabins and Cookhouses
Reports in the pres s suggest that this summer could be a real scorcher, so we can all look forward to a barbecue summer and long hazy days in the back garden, enjoying the sunshine with our friends and family; however, the sceptics among us may suggest that weather...
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Burning in the Sun
Burning in the Sun featuring Daniel Dumbele. Note the film-festival awards across the top. My husband loped into the living room while I was watching the DVD, Burning in the Sun. He had hoped to turn on a baseball game, but he stopped, watching a scene on the DVD...
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Bird Tables and Nesting Boxes for Small Birds
Summer brings with it plenty of pleasures including warmer weather, prolonged daylight and the beauty of blooming flowers in our back gardens. And for those lucky enough to have a back garden, enjoying long summer evenings can often be made more enjoyable by ...
Read more...Want a better organic garden?
by Robert Lalasz.Cross-posted from Cool Green Science .There are 1 billion bacteria in a single gram of soil. (Give or take a few million.)But how can you get that army—and its insect friends, like the two-inch Jerusalem cricket pictured to the right—to help you...
Read more...Using competition to change behavior
by Sarah Goodyear.A couple of weeks back, I went to a conference at the Garrison Institute, located in a former monastery in the Hudson River Valley of New York. The presenters included municipal officials from around the country, many of them somewhat weary veterans of b...
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What It Will Take to Change the World
Many years ago, when I was stuck in traffic, a cyclist zoomed by me. I’d just added a new bumper sticker to my car that read, “Earth’s best friend is vegetarian.” I thought it was rather witty, with its graphic of the Earth in the shape of an apple, and I personally consi...
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A Better Dry Cleaning Bag
What: Bondi Bags eco-friendly dry cleaning bagsFeatures: Made of breathable, washable, reusable, water-resistant heavyweight nylon, Bondi Bags are a great alternative to plastic dry cleaning bags and suitable for travel, too.Green Factor: We all know plas...
Read more...No nukes, no problem?
by Arne Jungjohann.Cross-posted from RenewableEnergyWorld.com . This post was coauthored by Wilson Rickerson , CEO of Meister Consultants Group , who leads the company’s international energy and climate work .During the last several years, there has been talk of a gl...
Read more...Say Earthalujah!
by Nicole Greenfield.The Reverend preaches: “It’s not easy for Americans to slow down their consumption. No, it ain’t! We’ve got to help each other out. Give each other the power. Yes we do! To back away from the product. To turn. To escape the big box. The hypnosis of co...
Read more...Green Eyecare
Many want and need good, reliable eyecare and for some, that means purchasing green eyecare and green accessories. Some eyewear designers and eco-friendly manufacturers are going green these days and producing green products for everyday eyecare needs. Some eyecare centers are...
Read more...Obama’s oil plan
by David Roberts.In his weekly address , Obama once again promoted an energy plan that centrally involves increased domestic drilling for oil and gas. You can read the ugly details at The New York Times or Politico .Here’s the political thinking that informs this mov...
Read more...Is Obama’s calling for more drilling?
by Joseph Romm.One thing we know for certain—more domestic drilling starting now will have exactly the same impact on prices that the increased domestic drilling in the last two years had. Zilch.The U.S. Energy Information Administration has been making that precise ...
Read more...Eco Holidaying–Staying Green on Vacation
With summer now approaching, many of us are turning to thoughts of summer holidays and getting away from the hustle and bustle of daily life for a week or two. Holidays are perhaps the most eagerly awaited period of the year for many working families, but when we go a...
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When is a Coke can an elephant?
A: When Farai’s had his creative way with it! Farai is a member of the Mother City Craft Collective, a collective of traffic-light crafters who you can see selling their wares as you drive through the streets of Cape Town. This group of Zimbabwean crafters ...
Read more...Compassionate Communication for the Planet
Ever since I was in high school, if I saw someone throw their cigarette on the ground, I responded. Sometimes I would pick it up and hand it back to them and say, “Excuse me, you dropped this.” Sometimes I would honk if I was behind someone who threw their butt out the wi...
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Economic Woes and Green Products Sales
Since the recession, sales of eco friendly products and green consumables has dropped . In Europe things have not been too bad. While sales of organic produce has declined in supermarkets, some consumers still hanker for green products and look to eco and environmenta...
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5 Green Products: Green Kid Crafts
1. Green Kid Crafts: Canvas Puppet and Guatemalan Worry Dolls One of the things I think I could do to become a better parent is to do more craft projects with my kids. Unfortunately, it is my nature to take on big projects. We’ve started a quilt, but in reality, ...
Read more...Eco Friendly Motor Show
Normally when you go to a motor show, you expect to see gas-guzzling Ferraris and Porsches, however, an eco-friendly motor show has just been announced that will demonstrate all the latest green motoring initiatives. Ecovelocity will run from September 8-11 at...
Read more...The Smart Grid Data Learning Curve
Last week I wrote about the challenges of Smart Grid data impacting utilities and potential outsourcing trends. While utilities do have a learning curve to climb about data management and analytics, end users (residential, commercial, and industrial customers) also need t...
Read more...The Oil Earnings Backlash
Another oil industry earnings season bolstered by high oil prices has sparked the customary controversies about price gouging and industry subsidies . Last Thursday I participated in ExxonMobils press call following the release of that companys first quarter earnings. In a...
Read more...Eggplant Flowers Falling Off?
There could be a few reasons for this. 1 Lack of water will cause stress and the flowers will dry up and drop off. Deep watering is best. 2 Lack of pollination Normally the flower is wind pollinated, if the weather has been very wet, humid o...
Read more...Microfinance NGO Kiva Offers Green Loans
You’ve probably heard of Kiva , the peer-to-peer microfinance website. Founded in 2005, Kiva has earned a reputation as an innovative nonprofit: It has enabled loans to be made to about 573,000 low-income entrepreneurs worth more than $210 million in 60 countries. More tha...
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Surfing Green in Cali
Cayucos Surf School Did you know that California Wine Country hosts some of the most beloved surf spots in all of California? So we think, what better way to be green than to take in the sunset and swells at famous surf spot Pico Creek in San S...
Read more...Smart Grid: Getting (Even More) Heated
Very few would contest the potential benefits of Smart Grid, but the topic has always been a little … heated. Why? Perhaps the number of stakeholders involved -- surely, any time you sit consumers, policymakers, utilities, technologists, and environmentalists at the same t...
Read more...Discarding CFLs
Post from the Past: Recently one of our CFLs burned out. Since they contain a small amount of mercury I knew that I could not just discard it. So I clicked over to Earth911.com. At the top of their webpage they have this nifty thing where you type in what you want ...
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Making Good Use of the Sun – Solar Power
With the summertime promising to offer plenty of sunshine this year, one way of really taking advantage of sunshine is to use it to power your home. While many people think solar power is a pointless exercise, in a country such as the UK which is too far North to get ...
Read more...The Future Of Oil In Mexico
Mexico, one of the largest oil exporters to the United States, could become a net oil importer in the next decade if it fails to make sufficient upstream oil field investments utilizing new and advanced technologies, according to a new Baker Institute-Oxford University stu...
Read more...3 R Friday
Welcome to 3 R Friday A weekly series of simple tips geared toward helping you darken your shade of green. Easily. Reduce: Reduce your plastic bag usage. Use reusable bags instead For times when you forget your reusable bags ask for paper inst...
Read more...Royal Wedding a Green Affair
An audience of two billion people watched the marriage of Prince Williams and Kate Middleton and people from all over the globe tuning in. Thankfully, the marriage has been planned as a ?low carbon’ event with Clarence House keen to set a good example. With P...
Read more...Is Global Sustainability Even Possible? Yes.
Oh and he happens to also publish Mother Earth News , Utne Reader , Natural Home , and, um, Gas Engine magazine. This former newspaper man turned publisher has had an eclectic background that has helped him develop a broad perspective that doesn’t have the bli...
Read more...Gadgets and Gizmos – Saving Energy
Energy saving are two buzzwords that are often applied to many new products and appliances. Energy efficiency, low carbon, zero emissions are buzzwords aimed at appealing to our environmental consciences. But saving energy really does benefit the environment b...
Read more...The Basic Tenets of an Eco Product
With more and more people becoming aware of the environment, climate change and the need to live in a greener and more responsible way, a lot of products are often labelled as green, eco, or energy efficient. The term eco-friendly can often be misleading with...
Read more...My Adopt-A-Road Experience
This weekend I participated in my first Adopt-A-Road clean-up. 7 of us spent 3 hours picking up litter on a half a mile stretch of roadway. I have to say, this was a very positive, fulfilling, and eye-opening experience for me. One of the ladies compared it to vacuum...
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Older female elephants assess danger best
African elephants feeding, Kruger National Park. Photo: Sally Kneidel Male lions are deadly predators. A single male, alone, can bring down an elephant calf. Females cant do it alone - more than one female lion is needed to attack any elephant successfully. S...
Read more...Saving Money by Going Eco Friendly
When asked, a lot of people who don’t buy eco friendly products often suggest the main reason is that they can’t afford them. It is believed that eco friendly products are generally more expensive than similar non eco varieties, and that making the change is and added...
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Ways To Go Green
In honor of Earth Day, I thought it would be good to post about some ways we can all go green. After all, going green isnt just for the planet, its for you and those around you too. Here are some tips from Natural News for improving your health, as well as the health...
Read more...A Day, Without Plastic
A Day, No Make That An Hour Without Plastic At 4:04 a.m. as I am trying to go back to sleep my brain decided otherwise and as so often happens I think about something I was working on earlier. What was that you might ask? Humor me here. It was plastic and with nothing be...
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