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Green Choice Awards For Environmental Nonprofits
About the 2009 Green Choice Awards
The awards were hosted by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user-generated ratings and reviews of nonprofits. Reviews appear on both GreatNonprofits.org as well as GuideStar.org, the premiere source for donor research on nonprofits. Nonprofits with the most positive reviews in their budget category are determined the winners of the 2009 Green Choice Awards.[...]
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 [...]
Green Collar Jobs
The demand for Green collar workers, to fill Green Jobs, will dramatically increase in the near future. This is happening because of policies and programs that are being passed to improve environmental quality and a move to renewable energy sources. Included are zero waste policies, energy and water conservation, whole home performance and residential solar energy. [...]
Green Your Vehicle With A Tune Up
Green your vehicle with an efficient, eco-friendly tune up that will also save you money in the long run. The gas prices have finally gone back down for now, but how long it will last is anyone’s guess. Here are some tips to make your vehicle run like new and save some money along the way. [...]
Geothermal Power Plants: A Sustainable Green Energy
Geothermal Power Plants have been installed all over the world and are an inexhaustible or sustainable source of energy. The way they work is this: Holes are drilled to the core of the earth. Pipes are installed and heat comes up through the pipes.
The largest Geothermal Power Plant is located in California in a place called [...]
How To Build A Sustainable Bamboo Fence
Bamboo is a material that can be used in hundreds of applications where wood was used. It is considered both sustainable and renewable because of it’s quick growth rate and durability. Bamboo can be used for fencing, flooring, boat building, fly fishing rods, wall paper, bridges and hundreds of other uses. Bamboo has also been [...]
White Roofs Are The Coolest
When in hotter climates, you may notice that people around you are wearing lighter colored clothes usually white or beige. This is because people that live in warmer climates know that wearing light colored clothes is going to reflect heat away from themselves. Making your roof cool takes advantage of the same technology. Basically painting your roof [...]
About Us
Green Earth Friend is a web site dedicated to the Green Movement. We are a family of eco-friendly people who want to do our part to help our earth replenish and maintain a healthy environment.
To learn more about us, check out our Welcome Page for more information.
Welcome Page
Whether you use reclaimed water on your lawn, recycle aluminum and plastics, bought an energy saving vehicle or energy saving appliances, you are doing your part to be eco-friendly and green. This website is dedicated to the Green Movement which encompasses sustainable living, renewable energy and environmental awareness. We believe in sharing ideas, knowledge and [...]
BioFuels
In these days of economic strife, we are sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for biofuels to hit the corner gas station. Why it’s taking so long is another matter and we have no clear answer on how long its going to take for biofuels to be a viable option in our community. The difference between biofuels and fossil fuels is the amount of time an organic material has been dead. Biofuels can be produced from any biological carbon source. Most common sources are photosynthetic plants. Also a wide array of different fuels ranging from water to White Lightning. White lightning, of course, being Ethanol.
