When I was doing the research for our Ultimate Guide to Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs, I put together a short section on calculating the savings for each CFL bulb you installed. In order to make it easier for our readers to find this work, I’ve summarized it here in this post. Compact Fluorescent Light [...]
Recently, the prefix ‘eco’ has gained a life of it’s own. Like a Frankenstein’s Monster, it is being mish-mashed onto every conceivable idea, thought, brand, product and celebrity around. It endows a certain sense of Al Gore-ish, environmental correctness to whatever it touches. In just this morning’s news we have the following examples: “Eco-protesters” are [...]
In an earlier post, we asked the question “What is Government’s role?” when it comes to forcing the behavior changes that will be required to get people to conserve resources. The discussion threads on that post debated whether government should reward good behavior, or punish poor behavior. As a follow up, I thought it would [...]
Did you know that you can recycle old cell phones and have a charity benefit from your efforts? Cell phones contain trace metals such as copper, gold and lead. Tossing old phones into the garbage could result in these materials being lost forever — rather than being reused. Companies exist, such as Japan’s Dowa Holdings, [...]
We get a lot of people coming to the site searching for links to Futurama’s episodes on Global Warming. In order to make it easier for those people to find what they’re looking for, here’s a page that contains links to the episodes we could find: Related PostsThe top 5 Global Warming Videos on YoutubeHere’s [...]
digg_url = “http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/08/10/how-to-clean-up-a-broken-compact-fluorescent-light-cfl-bulb/”; One of the simplest activities that anyone can undertake to reduce their energy use (and their electricity bills!) is to switch out their traditional light bulbs with the newer, Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) bulbs. They save money, last longer, and are better for the environment. Our regular readers may remember that we [...]
One of the things I love about writing this blog is that the interaction among our readers is amazing. Like any family, sometimes we all get along — and sometimes we argue. Especially when it comes to people being forced to change their behaviors. For example, the topic of government involvement generated some good discussion [...]
I’m a big believer in the power of questions to direct people’s thinking. The point of this post isn’t to come up with great answers, it’s to come up with great questions. I’ve been a fan of Anthony Robbins and have been listening to his CD’s and tapes since I was in my 20′s. One [...]
Here’s your morning green news, straight off the Internet press: Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward examines the state of ‘Green Business’ in his thoughtful essay Have We Reached a Green Business Tipping Point? A New Green Earth brings us the latest on the Australia’s severe water shortages and resulting government restrictions on water use in [...]
I’ve noticed that as we gain more and more regular readers, commenting has been increasing on the site. I think it’s great — I’m seeing some interesting ideas get tossed around. It makes things more fun. So to encourage this, I’m going to write a commenting round-up thread on Fridays to review some of the [...]
