Author Archive for guyp422
guyp422 is a contributing author for Green Earth Friend. He is also the site admin for Green Earth Friend. He researches and writes on environmental issues including renewable energy, sustainable living and the go green movement.
Catlin Expedition Disaster
The Catlin Expedition is a collaboration with scientists to find out exactly how much the ice cap is actually receding and how long polar ice will continue to be a year round event, but it has been a disaster from the beginning. From equipment failure to frost bite, the beat up members of the expedition can’t last much [...]
New Green Projects, Programs & Resources For The USA
Have you ever wondered what your particular state and county in the United States of America is doing to be green or become more sustainable and help the environment? Here is an inclusive list by state and county, with links to those programs and resources, that are environmentally friendly and their plans to add green projects to that state. [...]
Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency
Many people would like to be more energy efficient and go green with their home energy use and appliances. Solar panels and solar powered water heaters are a great way of going green but at this point can be costly. Here is the new program to accumulate federal tax credits by greening up your home and saving money on your utilities.[...]
Amazon Forest Shrinking Due To Global Warming
A new study of the Amazon Rain Forest carried out by scientists at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, has determined that any rise in temperature in the Amazon area could kill off 85 % of the plant life. Tim Lenton, a climate expert for the University, says that when he was young, he thought [...]
Environmental Programs
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ENRIN – Capacity Building
Central & Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Policy development and planning for sustainable development and coherent environmental management demands information, national data and knowledge of the state of the environment. As assessments and analyses become multi-sectoral, the degree of complexity generates the need for integrated information. These products in turn require organizational [...]
Overpopulation: One Cause Of Global Warming?
Uncontrolled population growth threatens to undermine efforts to save the planet, warns John Feeney, a free lance writer with the BBC. In this week’s Green Room, he calls on the environmental movement to stop running scared of this controversial topic. This is a headline in the [...]
Coal Fired Plants: Will They Be The Death Of Us?
James Hansen, a head NASA scientist and climate expert, is pleading with world leaders one more time. Coal fired plants have been found to be one of the greatest threats to mankind. Pre industrial CO2 levels were at a level of 280 parts per million. The levels have increased to 385 parts per million [...]
TerraCab: Emission-Free Pedi-Cabs
New eco-friendly TerraCabs are set out to serve the public free of charge beginning Earth Day 2009 in an effort to reduce transportation congestion and pollution in downtown areas.
There’s no secret to getting people to go green [...]
Freecycle: Finding Treasures In Recycling
Freecycle is a network of users that want to recycle things they no longer need or want but do not want to place it in the garbage or have a yard sale. Freecycle works by email.[...]
Green
Green is not just a color anymore. Green stands for a whole environmental movement or subsequently called the “Green Movement”. In this Green Movement, you can “Go Green” or become “Eco-Friendly”. Environmentalism started in the 1800’s with Henry David Thoreau who wrote the book [...]
