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Greening up your Spring Cleaning
and use one of Dad’s old undershirts or even newspapers to produce the cleanest windows you’ve ever seen.
*If A couple of years ago after being fed up buying bottles of “green” window cleaner that never offered a larger sized re-fill version–I started making a few of my own cleaning products for everyday use around the house. Since then I have enjoyed a home free of that stinky cleaning product smell-which absolutely nauseates me just thinking about it, and keeps my lean budget a little meatier.
Green Life Smart Life
- Thursday, March 11, 2010
Discovery’s “Life” A Glorious Follow-Up to “Planet Earth”, but Party Smacks of Hypocricy
And however you feel about the eating of animals (I’m not even going to go into animal cruelty here), nobody can deny the fact that meat takes an incredible amount of energy – and produces tons of emissions, compared to veggies: Cows produce more methane (a greenhouse gas), takes more fresh water, and create more CO2 per pound than almost any other food. wrote: “We are very healthfully able to eschew carbon-producing, energy intensive foods like beef and fish, who have enough pressure on their populations and habitats-thanks to our voracious appetites-as is.”
Eco Chic
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Air travel to get more energy efficient?
In the UK Business Secretary, Mr Peter Mandelson, has announced that £45 million of taxpayer’s money will be spent on funding a “partnership” (as these things are fashionably bit inaccurately called) between nine Universities and Rolls-Royce, who produce aircraft engines, in a quest to discover ways of making aircraft engines more efficient. One of the stories that crept under my personal radar a couple of week ago related to aircraft engines. Aircrafts account of 2% of the greenhouse gas emissions.
Green Me
- Monday, March 8, 2010
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Manchester, U.K. Producing Methane from Human Waste
Cities across the world have begun to embrace methane gas produced from human waste. has announced an ambitious scheme to convert sewage produced by city residents to biomethane in waste water treatment plants.
While Producing Methane from Human Waste
Now Manchester, U.K. While most sewage plants burn raw methane to create electricity, Manchester’s plant cleans the gas by removing [...]
Green Living Ideas
- Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Buying Organic - Is There any Bang for Your Buck?
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...Tags: 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.
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Agriculture of the Future: Japanese Plant Factories Methodically Produce Lettuce
Agriculture of the Future: Japanese Plant Factories Methodically Produce Lettuce
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...Tags: What do you do in a country where the average farmer is 65 and only 5% of all farmers are under 40?
Green Living Ideas
- Thursday, June 4, 2009
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When it Comes to the Dirty Dozen, Buy Organic
Tags: Food and Cuisine Fruits and Vegetables dirty dozen fruits herbicides organic food organic produce pesticides vegetable Do you know about the dirty dozen? I am not referring to the movie about twelve prisoners on a rescue mission, but rather to a list of twelve fruits and vegetables that are particularly susceptible to pesticide residues.
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Green Living Ideas
- Monday, March 23, 2009
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Next Generation Wind Turbine Produces 3 Times the Power
The Dragonfly Wind Turbine uses three sub chambers working in line to speed up the airflow inside the turbine, which [...] [ Next Generation Wind Turbine Produces 3 Times the Power from Green Living Ideas ]
...Tags: A radical new design in wind turbines takes a page from the design of jet turbine technology to generate three times the amount of power as a standard wind generator using propellers. Tags: Wind Energy Alternative Energy Betz Law Dragonfly Industries wind turbine desig
Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Energy producing costs down
The Irish Wind Energy Association says the cost of producing electricity in this country has been reduced by over €200,000 per day as a result of renewable energy technology.
However, the association says Ireland is in danger of lagging behind other countries if the Government does not develop policies to support new businesses in the sector.
The association will launch the findings of a new survey at an international conference in Galway today.
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Green Me
- Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Buying Organic - Is it Really Worth the Bang for Your Buck?
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Organic Produce: The Very Best of Seasonal, Sustainable Agriculture
Locavore Living Ideas: Host an Organic Local Foods Potluck
...Tags: Tags: 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.
Green Living Ideas
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Wash Your Produce
This time of year more and more produce is available in North America as harvest time is here. Lifehacker comes through again with a recipe for a produce wash. 1 cup water 1 cup distilled white vinegar 1 tablespoon baking soda 20 drops grapefruit seed extract (available at Whole Foods or your local health food store or you can substitute lemon juice in a pinch) Combine all ingredients in a large container. Spray mixture on produce (avoid using on mushrooms), let sit However, all those tasty fruits and veggies need to be thoroughly cleaned of pesticide residue.
Living In a Toxic World
- Friday, August 21, 2009
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Keep Produce Fresh
If you're spending a small fortune on good produce or growing more than you can handle check out these tips on storage from Farm Fresh to You .
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...Tags: Tags: green living organic food green lifestyle agricultur
Living In a Toxic World
- Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Ethanol Producers Concerned About Antibiotic Regulation
Antibiotic overuse concerns the health care industry, as bacterial infections have become resistant to them, but why are ethanol producers concerned? Ethanol Producers Concerned About Antibiotic Regulation
...Tags: What do antibiotics have to do with making fuel from corn? The answer lies in the process to convert corn into fuel involving enzymes, yeast and sugar and the by-product called [...]
Green Living Ideas
- Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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