Is Las Vegas Green?

Is Las Vegas Green?...

Petropolitics aside, the broad desert spans of Nevada could be soaking up solar energy in record waves. The old saying what happens in Las Vegas stays in Vegas is never more untrue than in the waste disposal analysis and energy consumption of this desert oasis of sustainability reason. Green...
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Recycled Junk Bonds

Recycled Junk Bonds...

Green investors rushing to cash in on the wave of alt-fuel, eco-friendly sustainable living technologies, products, and markets may be spinning their square wheels. The day of the eco-friendly business may truly be here.   Green investing means good news to sustainability ventures...
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Winterize Green

Winterize Green...

It’s winter time and the home must convert from coolness conserving breeze promoting airways to warmth catching pockets of warmth. Cold and flu season means lost productivity from in the home shivering. Make sure your home passes the heat test. Make some simple changes to make...
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The Recycling/Vegan Link

The Recycling/Vegan Lin...

I was not raised vegetarian. I was not raised even thisclose to vegetarianism. Those people were the weirdos. They munched granola.  They wore weird old clothes. They wore bell-bottoms and had long hair in the wrong places. But maybe they knew what they were doing. Veganism had...
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Green Songs

Green Songs...

An ecoTunes Playlist That Won’t Make You Cringe Gathering from all corners of the musical map–bluegrass ballads, black-metal dirges, pop sarcasm, and classic folk anthems–Bookmark this set of songs in favor of not trashing the planet, in the order we’d play...
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Waterless Lawning

Waterless Lawning...

This Old Garden The greening of lawncare has got to be one of the sharpest and most impactful pain points in the cuture today. Maintaining the strip of green lawn in frot of the hosue, in the back yard, or throughout the estate has long been a yardstick of success and happiness. Status...
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The Dishwasher is for DISHWASHING

The Dishwasher is for D...

I take exception to the growing trend of urging folks to use their dishwasher to perform services or render effects the machine was not built for.  Dishwashers, electric or not, conservational or not, are the lazy man’s luxury as it is. But why would you go to the trouble...
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Top 100 Green Companies

Top 100 Green Companies...

The recent issue of Newsweek has on its cover the top 100 green companies. This list is headed by Hewlett Packard, Dell, and many other familiar names. Even Starbucks cracked the top ten. But the really interesting reading comes when you read how they arrived at the rankings. Why...
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Unlearning Consumerism

Unlearning Consumerism...

I was scanning Stephanie Kaza’s excellent book “Mindfully Green” and an operative key phrase popped out. Unlearning Consumerism is the class we all need to take. The current generation of Western cultural residents have grown up in plenitude and conspicuous consumption. Pride...
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A Green Career?

A Green Career?...

The scope of green careers is getting broader with every passing day. Qualified green scientists are getting their qualifications all the time. Eco-banking and green home investment means qualified assessment is required. Certification of the latest green building practices is the...
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