Waking up from The American Dream Continuing to consume excessively, as a way of life, is neither desirable nor possible. It’s time to create a more moderate, more enjoyable, less frantic, American lifestyle. No more “keeping up with the Jones”. It’s time to measure our wealth in terms of our family, friends, health, free time [...]
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Cheap & Easy Solar Projects From off the shelf simple purchases to DIY projects, there are lots of simple solar projects you can get started on: Landscape Lighting – one of the cheapest and easiest ways to get started with solar power. Solar powered lights are available in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and [...]
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Environmental Issues also good for the Economy As the stock market tanks and yet another bank closes, people have quickly switched from being concerned for the environment to be concerned with the economy. Yet they aren’t separate items: good environment practices will mean a booming economy. Germany has created tens of thousands of jobs in [...]
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Tips to Greener Personal Care & Clothing Go fragrance free. Don’t buy perfumes with the words “fragrance” or parfum” which indicate the presence of phthalates. Items scented with essential oils are fine. Wash your clothing in cold water and hang to dry. Don’t buy clothes that require dry cleaning. Hand wash dedicates. Purchase clothes with [...]
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Are Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL) Safe? Compact fluorescent lights, or CFLs, use a small amount of mercury to run. But just what is the impact of this mercury use and what do you do, should a CFL break? Looking at the complete life-cycle of lights, including the generation of power required to operate them, we see [...]
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11 Money Saving Tips for Tough Times We all like to save a little of the “green” from time to time. But in these tough economic times, it’s even more important to make every penny count. 11 Money saving tips that cost nothing to implement: Lower your thermostat by a degree or two for heating, [...]
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Home Solar Panels Adding solar panels to your home for both heating water (solar thermal) and producing electricity (solar photovoltaic) can reduce your monthly utility bills, increase the value of your home and reduce your carbon footprint on planet earth. Let’s start with domestic water heating, solar thermal, as it has the quickest payback. The [...]
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Household Hazardous Waste – get with the program Our municipality held their “annual” household hazardous waste collection, this past weekend. The depots, setup around the city, should have been open for most of the day. Obviously, the general population has received the message, loud & clear – don’t through your excess paint, unused chemicals and [...]
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