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Tip of the Week – Switch to a Corded Phone
Cordless phones use between 2 and 3 watts in both active & standby modes, according to tests by Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and about 60% of cordless phone energy use occurs during standby time.
Here’s an easy tip to save big on electricity …Switch that cordless phone to an old-fashioned corded version.
How is this eco you ask?
The Go Green Blog
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
RI Chapter of USGBC announces lineup of events and workshops
The National Football League Is Green
The RI Chapter of the USGBC has been planning its events and workshops for the first half of 2010 and has provided an exciting line-up including the NFL’s Climate Change Initiative event coming in mid-March. Information and sign-ups can be found on the Chapter’s website . You’ve should become a
Green Life Smart Life
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Wanted: an eco prophet
More United Nations panels, flying lugubriously hither and yon in the cause of consensus. It’s an exceptionally inconvenient truth. Only one American in three believes that human beings are responsible for climate change: a polling result 10% down on where opinion rested the year before. Worse, the number of Americans who believe that climate change is a hoax or a scientific conspiracy – not doubting, just damned blank certain – has doubled
Green Me
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Donors to Pay Ecuador to Keep Oil Underground
Ecuador is pioneering the use of a fund to preserve Ecuador's rain forest above an approximately one billion barrel oil field in the Yasuni National Park, permanently foregoing extraction of fossil fuels from the park. Tags: Carbon Offsets/Credits Carbon/ GHG Reduction climate change Ecuador lower greenhouse gases save Amazon rain forest UN Developement Program Yasuni National Par Here's a novel and timely use of Trust Funds. In return, the Ecuadorian government has asked for compensation of $350 million a year for 10 years. [
Green Living Ideas
- Friday, January 15, 2010
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Can the Color of your Roof Impact Climate Change?
Tags: Roofing climate change cooling Hashem Akbari Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory rooftops white roof White roofs might not be in vogue but apparently they can positively impact climate change.
The The cooling effect of white roofs is based on a simple principle of physics. The color “white” reflects sunlight, rather than absorbing it.
Green Living Ideas
- Monday, August 10, 2009
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Buying Organic - Is There any Bang for Your Buck?
Tags: Food and Cuisine Fruits and Vegetables farmers markets food National Academy of Sciences nutrition organic organic food organic produce Organic Trade Association produc As consumers in a recessed economy, we are all forced to make tough choices about how and where to spend our hard-earned dollars. We want to do what is best for ourselves, our families, and the planet, but we also know that this is not the time to be splurging.
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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GTR: Bringing Safe Drinking Water to Developing Nations with LifeStraw
GTR [...] [ GTR: Bringing Safe Drinking Water to Developing Nations with LifeStraw from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: Tags: Drinking Water Podcasts Water Conservation developing nations GreenTalk Radio LifeStraw Sean Daily Vestergaard Fransen water purifie GreenTalk Radio’s Sean Daily talks to Peter Cleary about LifeStraw, a water purifier that helps to get access to safe drinking water at home and outside in regions where water is an issue. LifeStraw is made by Vestergaard Frandsen.
Green Living Ideas
- Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Portsmouth, RI Wind Turbine Featured on National Geographic Program
Imagine my surprise when I was channel flipping the other night and came across an hour-long National Geographic special chronicling the arduous process of lifting over 100 tons and 366 feet worth of wind turbine parts into place when the weather just doesn’t want to cooperate. Tagged: green energy, green living, National Geographic, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Sean Riley, Wind Turbine, World’s Toughest Fixes
...Tags: Back in March, I posted an entry entitled, “ Wind Powers My Hometown Pride ,” in response to the 366-foot wind turbine erected in Portsmouth, RI, the town I grew up and continue to live in.
Green Life Smart Life
- Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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National Grid Applies for $200 Million in Stimulus Funding for Largest Collective Smart Grid Project in the Northeast
National Grid, the nation’s second-largest utility, has applied to the U.S. Through its smart grid program, National Grid is partnering with the three states to help them achieve their vision for a clean, efficient energy network of the future while creating new jobs and economic development opportunities for the region. National Grid’s project will demonstrate the benefits of combining “smart” and “green” technologies from end-to-end (transmission to consumer) including demonstrations Department of Energy for $200 million in stimulus funding to develop an “end-to-end” smart grid deployment that will include approximately 200,000 customers in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Green Life Smart Life
- Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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National Railway System
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Britain must, and I am serious here, re-nationalize its railroad system, including the operating and running of trains, for the good of the nation and the traveling public. While British Rail of old may, at times, has been problematic and many of us complained and strikes caused problems at times, in general, it worked and was reasonably priced. Ken Livingstone (and yes, he used to be known as “Red Ken”), the former Mayor of London, said on BBC Radio 4 recently that he would suggest that the government bring all the current franchises back into public
Green (Living) Review
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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Gross National Happiness
In their eagerness to taste the fruit of modernization, developing and newly independent nations were compromising their identity, culture, and their soul. It was within the human dimension that he conceptualized his national development plans. Now more than ever, during these difficult and uncertain times, when dreams of a more secure future cross our mind, Gross National Happiness (GNH) has become relevant. When the world leaders gathered at the last session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, they were struck by a multiplicity of crises as never before.
The Green Changemakers
- Friday, January 29, 2010
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Blood Diamonds-National Geographic
I watched this documentary last night and I thought it was very informative. Please check it out HER
Green Earth Journey
- Friday, August 7, 2009
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National Organic Weeks Gets Underway!
National Organic Week 2009 is taking place this week 14th - 20th September. National Organic Week, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and co-ordinated by Bord Bia, aims to continue to raise consumer awareness of organic food, how to recognise it and where to buy it.
National Organic Week encourages people to buy locally produced food and provides a great opportunity for consumers to focus on the origin of food. Bord Bia?s s
Green Me
- Sunday, September 13, 2009
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