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Five ways to green your landscaping


Now that spring is here you may be considering ways to green your landscaping. Here are five green landscaping ideas…

Use solar lighting in the garden and on the patio. Now that the sun will be shining more often, solar lights are the perfect green landscaping lighting solution. Bonus, plenty of companies carry outdoor solar lighting [...]

Are You On Board With Earth Hour?


The annual Earth Hour event is here again folks. In case you haven’t heard Earth Hour is a big ol’ event started in 2007 in Sydney. That first Earth Hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008, more than 400 cities, thousands of businesses and over 50 million [...]

One smart way to conserve gas


There are all sorts of ways to conserve gas but one of the best is also one of the safest – SLOW DOWN. Driving too slow is annoying yeah, but I’m guessing that speedy drivers are more of an issue.

According to a CNN piece from last year, “Every 10 miles per hour you drive over [...]

What Is Greenwashing?


Greenwashing is a complicated topic, depending on who you ask. Many have their own definitions of the term, and some of us are more flexible than others when it comes to supporting a company who may have greenwashed in the past.

Basics:
Greenwashing Index notes that greenwashing is, “When a company or organization spends more time [...]

How To Choose Safer & Greener Dishes


Choosing safe and green kitchenware and dishes is a HUGE topic. Because each type of cookware and dish comes with its own set of concerns (both safety-wise and eco-wise) watch for later posts where I’ll break each type of kitchen item down specifically.

However, for today here are some general tips about kitchenware and dish safety…

The [...]

Using LED Lighting in Your Home


LED lights (Light Emitting Diodes) have been all the rage as of late (actually for a while) but that doesn’t mean that LED lights are appropriate for all home applications.
LED lights from C. Crane Company
Basics of LED lighting:
LED lights have been around for a while, since the 60s, but not until recently have people started [...]

Pork & Onions In Balsamic Vinegar & Wine


Let it be known that Pork is my favorite meat. I could eat chicken, beef, venison, turkey, veal, and lamb but nothing beats Pork in my book. Which is why I’m always looking for good pork recipes and experimenting in my own kitchen to keep it exciting.
Here’s an easy pork dish I came up with [...]

Fake trees key to halting global warming


According to a weird piece at The Times Online, global warming is now such a threat that out only salvation may be geo-engineering.

The plan, “Geo-engineering on a planetary scale” is unique and consists creating artificial trees that can absorb carbon dioxide, or reflect sunlight away from the Earth. It’s troublesome that it’s come to this [...]

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XKCD comic

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  • March 17, 2009

Alternative Energy Revolution technorati tags: alternative energy, webcomic, windmill, energy