Turn off the AC

Turn off the AC...

In writing about the electronics practices of businesses to winterize green, an observed stumbling block emerged. When businesses and home thermostats should be set to 68 degrees, a lot of public buildings are set to cool air to a much lower temperature. Now, how can that be green?...
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Why do people need dish...

Why do people need dishwashers? This is a question I ask myself every time I read about dishwasher uses and dishwasher safe detergents and dishwashers that work on more or less energy, and why people are using dishwashers for whatever purpose is now confusing. If you are in the...
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Warcraft the unGreenest of All

Warcraft the unGreenest...

Momma, don’t let your babies grow up to play Warcraft.   If there is a mother, father, grandparent, or caregiver whose child is learning or participating in Warcraft, apply a magnet to their computer, snip the power cord, and press a curling iron against the CPU of the respective...
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Recyclo Journalism

Recyclo Journalism...

I’ll say this for the quality of journalism that hath not strained in previous decades to cover recycling or environmental issues except as onetime features or special pieces. If you grew in the 1970’s the general information pieces were not nearly as science informed...
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When the Message Blinks Green

When the Message Blinks...

California Governor Arnold Schwarzanegger intends to executive order that all electric utilities in the Golden State generate a third of their power from renewables resources by 2020. But California isn’t called the Golden State for nothing. Why is California needing to import...
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The Greenhouse Cost of Meat

The Greenhouse Cost of ...

The high cost of living just got higher. An article from the February 2009 issue of Scientific American can be read and re-read at the family dinner table (or folded inside dinner menus at every restaurant in town). Most of us are aware that our cars, our coal-generated electric...
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Evil Genius Solar Projects

Evil Genius Solar Proje...

As a girl whose literary tendencies veered toward romance, I am astonished at the latest book-you-can’t-put-down: Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius. After reading this book it will be impossible for an individual to ignore the potential of the solar power home project...
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Food Scraps into Energy

Food Scraps into Energy...

Food waste from 2,300 restaurants is reworked in a new Bay area facility to tank up new efforts at sustainable living. Food scraps are pulped to create a methane producing soup, and the methane gas created is conducted to the grid. All from leftovers that would have stuffed the...
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Exxon Green Company of the Year?

Exxon Green Company of ...

Valdez-wise, I doubt I can ever get down with homies who believe ExxonMobil is the green company of any year. Ask the fishermen in Alaska whose lives turned to mud. The current issue of Forbes would have us believe otherwise, and being that Forbes promotes wealth ahead of sustainability,...
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Clunkerissimus Major

Clunkerissimus Major...

  Green Era So the Fed is throwing the Clunker offer back in the shark tank by Sunday, many pundits ponder. Due to overwhelming underwriting of new car buying across America, landfills will be overflowing with gratitude as functional cars hit the dirt. Obama’s big hit has only...
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