Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Portrait of an Environmental Hack Job

As the world-wide response to global warming builds, it’s bound to happen. The entrentched interests trot out their lackeys to muddy up the debate.
Some companies and industries have huge investments in keeping things the way they are. They want to slow down government regulation or citizen action that could impact their profits. The oil and […]

Localcooling.com surpasses 1 Million kWH saved!

Local Cooling has just passed over 1 million kWH saved! That’s an amazing milestone. It translates to almost half a million gallons of oil or about 53,000 trees saved. Nice work for a simple, free application.
Here’s some background on the site/application:
localcooling.com is home to a windows-only utility that can be downloaded onto your computer to […]

25 Resources to reduce, recycle and reuse plastic grocery bags

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Here 25 of the best resources we’ve located on recycling plastic grocery bags.
Well, in keeping with our core value to “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse”, we’ve actually provided info on all three of these. All are important.
Learn: Learn about the problems caused by plastic grocery bags:
Here are some resources for learning about usage […]

The New Values of the 21st Century Citizen

Values guide decision making
Values guide decision making. They provide a shorthand to help your mind figure out what actions to take when a decision has to be made.
If you were faced with a choice, for example, between buying a hybrid vehicle or buying an SUV, the decision would be based partly on how much they […]

21st Century Citizen’s Ultimate Guide to Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs

21st Century Citizen’s Ultimate Guide to Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs
This is the first aricle in a series on Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs. We’re publishing this series so there will be a set of pages that provide everything a person needs to know about CFL lighting. If there is anything missing, please contact us so […]

Global warming image of the week

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Berg at Portage Lake, originally uploaded by ‘SomewhereinAK’.
Thursdays each week we’ll be posting an image of the week having to do with one of the topics that is […]

How Peanut Butter helps the planet

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One of the daily decisions we all face is what to eat. How do we eat well and in a way that’s good for the environment — and at the same time have meals that […]