Reduce Winter Heating Costs

Reduce Winter Heating C...

1) Protect your system. Change furnace filters regularly to keep your air clean and to ensure maximum air flow. If your home, apartment or condo unit has an individual furnace or boiler, have it inspected by a professional. A furnace that works properly will be more efficient...
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The New Hot Mess

The New Hot Mess...

Solar Powered Garbage compactors live up to their billing. More and more municipal areas are purchasing these units to crumple garbage without electricity and utilize solar power in yet one more way to keep the earth green and sustainable. The cordless solar power waste compactor...
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Renewable by 2020 or bust

Renewable by 2020 or bu...

Considering the vast (read, ugly pig trough) of Treasury green being flung to consumer over home mortgages and new hybrid cars, the California mandate to be at least 30% renewable by year 2020 should be within range. With the scope of available alternate power sources, California’s...
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Sow Your Power Towers Nigh…

Sow Your Power Towers N...

Maybe the U. S. Power grid is the biggest clunker of all. Reading the National Geographic’s piece this month on Solar Power is a science and economics lesson boiled into one. Who knew wind power was so cheap? Who knew farms in Bavaria and Andalusian plains could afford solar...
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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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Sustainable Action Items

Sustainable Action Item...

Here are some sustainable living action items for you to do today: 1. Get the Freecycle bulletin out of your spam folder. If you didn’t sign up for it, sign up for it. Find one thing in the house and list it. Talk to neighbors and find one who doesn’t know about it. Evangelize...
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Green Jobs

Green Jobs...

The sustainable world and its technological discoveries is moving so fast and covering so much ground that publications released into the occupational media slight years ago may not be wholly relevant anymore. Green collar employment and eco-friendly occupations may be preferable...
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Recycling Power Progress

Recycling Power Progres...

We are entering the age of bordering on implementation of many energy processes that utilize natural resources for electricity. The Star Trek scenario of living with communications at the snap of a handheld device and information at our mouse tips is here. But smart energy devices...
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Pet Power?

Pet Power?...

As I was taking a morning promenade in the leafy suburb of Los Angeles, I was mulling the recycling blog entry of the day, and with recycling energy on my mind, I noticed quite a few pet owners taking their “pets” out for a morning exploration. The energy imbalance was tangible. The...
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7 New Tech Ways to Recy...

Want to save money and power? Trying to cut back on Unnecessary consumption? Looking to re-use whenever possible? Here are seven sneaky ways to recycle using new technology. 1. Use your laptop as a heater. That old super heating thigh cooker makes a dandy small room heater when working...
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