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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.[...]
A Green Traditional Irish Dish Of Colcannon
Colcannon is a traditional Irish dish that has been around hundreds of years and consists of a classic combination of potatoes and cabbage. It is filled with vitamin and mineral nutrition, and has a richness of flavor that is creamy and satisfying.[...]
Organic Pest Control
“How can I possibly be green when I have to get rid of bugs from my house?” This is a question I have been asked on more than one occasion. When you think of pest control, most people assume that the only choice is to spray your house with dangerous chemicals. But you have other [...]
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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 [...]
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.[...]
Gardening Old Farm Land For Sustainability
Your suburban home is probably sitting on old farm land, an old orchard site or a once productive forest.
Here in the United States we are loosing nearly 3,000 acres a day and many times the land lost is some of the most fertile land we have for growing food.[...]
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 [...]
Gribble: Crustacean Biofuel In Your Gas Tank
The Gribble, a small crustacean responsible for nothing more than eating piers below the water table all over the world, has found a new job in the biofuel industry. [...]
