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Want to start your own weatherization business in NE? NESEA offers a class
What skills, training and resources does it take to start and run your own weatherization contracting business in Massachusetts? What kind of work will you actually be doing, and what kind of training will you have to get in order to be a success? Sponsored by the MassGREEN Initiative, this free workshop will help contractors determine what kinds of skills training and resources it takes to start and run your own weatherization contracting business The residential weatherization industry is expected to grow dramatically as utility programs and government incentives make it more affordable for homeowners to make their houses more energy efficient.
Green Life Smart Life - Monday, March 8, 2010
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Online Carbon Dioxide Calculator
So in a low carbon lifestyle you live closer to work, insulate your home, holiday by train, buy British products and eat local food. good target is to cut your emissions by 3% per year, the UK Government target. Feel Good There are masses of things that have low carbon emissions, including TV, radio, music, computers, sports, arts, crafts, trains, buses, carshare, mail order, email, gardening, walking, socialising and love making. good Online Carbon Dioxide Calculator: http://www.resurgence.org/education/carbon-calculator.html At the moment humans are making carbon dioxide faster than plants can turn it back into oxygen.
The Green Changemakers - Friday, March 5, 2010
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Steps toward a greener workplace
Green purchasing for businesses can: Save money by eliminating or lowering fees for waste management or hazardous material management (like special training, handling and storage), reducing time and costs for reporting, potentially receiving fewer fines or annual permit fees, and by using fewer resources (from efficiency products), Simplify complianc e with environmental regulations, Reduce risk of accidents, reduce liability, and lower health and safety costs, Improve health of employees and communities through cleaner air and water and less hazardous wastes
The Green Changemakers - Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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  • Training manuals and education resources on sustainability
    Training Manuals “Thinking Critically about Environmental Impacts throughout History” is a workshop developed for history and social studies teachers who want to incorporate the scientific and social aspects of using renewable resources into classroom teaching. Through the Ecological Footprint framework, educators learn how to help students understand cumulative environmental impacts.
    The Green Changemakers - Sunday, February 17, 2008
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  • Waiting on a Train – Book Review
    Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Waiting on a Train The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service A Year Spent Riding Across America by James McCommons 304 pages paperback 6” x 9” ISBN: 9781603580649 Published by: Chelsea Green Publishing October 20, 2009 Price: $17.95 The book “Waiting on a Train” is the story of a passenger rail journey by the author across the United States via the Amtrak long-distance passenger rail service during an entire year, and the author's observations and also the various talks he has had with people involved with the railroads. From reading
    Green (Living) Review - Monday, November 30, 2009
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  • Steam train to the rescue
    Old technology triumphs over modern. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) When during the cold snap in London and the Home Counties in December 2009 the electric trains too and from Kent ceases to work leaving hundreds of commuters stranded in London it was a train pulled by a steam locomotive that rescued a large number of them and got them home. The train was on an excursion trip and is owned and operated by the A1 Steam locomotive Trust who have rebuilt the locomotive, a Tornado, and when they chanced into Victoria Station on that evening and seeing all the stranded commuters space was
    Green (Living) Review - Saturday, December 26, 2009
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  • HM Queen Elizabeth takes train
    by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II decided to ride public transportation to her annual Christmas break and retreat at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Whether this is due to the recession hitting the Royal household's purse too or simply because she is going “green” we do not know. However, this is very much in line with the way the British Royals actually can be and often are. We all know how HRH Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, runs an organic farming estate in the Dutchy of Cornwall and especially how he is for the environment and forests. It was
    Green (Living) Review - Saturday, December 19, 2009
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  • GLSL on Everblue Institute Blog (LEED Training)
    Kim was interviewed by Jon Boggiano of the Everblue Institute , a LEED training firm on her experiences as a homeowner building a LEED home.  Check out the whole article title Building A LEED Home on their blog! Tagged: Everblue Institute, Green Building, LEED, LEED AP, LEED for Homes, Sustainable building ...Tags: Tags: About
    Green Life Smart Life - Monday, June 8, 2009
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  • Training course on sustainable community indicators.
    Sustainable Measures has developed a one-day training course on sustainable community indicators. The course can be used by: individuals as a self-directed introductory course, organizations that work with communities on sustainability issues, and community groups that are thinking about starting an indicator project. Course Manual The training manual is a complete guide for presenting the course. It contains descriptions of the four sections of the course, as well as detailed descriptions of each slide. Each slide description includes a small-size copy of
    The Green Changemakers - Sunday, February 17, 2008
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  • Skills Summit sees signing of new green training pact
    by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Wind industry representatives and skills sector bosses call for commitment from Government to get people into green industries. At the BWEA31, the wind industry’s annual conference, held in Liverpool in October 2001, key business leaders from the UK power sector, alongside leading figures from government and academia, signed up to a new sector training and skills route map with the aim of training up to 60,000 new technicians and engineers. The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) Skills Summit oversaw the signing of the Wind & Renewables Skills Sector
    Green (Living) Review - Friday, January 1, 2010
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  • Online Training Course on Energy for Sustainable Development:
    http://www.e4sd.org Objectives This online-training course is intended to provide deeper knowledge of energy’s relationship to sustainable development and how delivery of clean, affordable energy services, wise management of energy resources, and the leveraging of technological and institutional energy related opportunities can serve as instruments to reach that goal. Participants will learn of sustainable energy options, available modes of implementation, local resources required, and the policy and institutional conditions required to operationalise such options. Why an online energy course? Energy is related to the multidimensional aspects of sustainable development: the social, economic and environmental perspectives.
    The Green Changemakers - Sunday, October 26, 2008
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  • Baby is Hit By a Train and Survives
    The baby survived with only a bump on his head. Miracl
    Green Earth Journey - Saturday, October 17, 2009
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  • Sustrans offers free training for schools across Midlothian to help tackle the school run
    Pupils, teachers, parents and school representatives from across Midlothian will come together at Lasswade High School for a free day of training on Tuesday 24th March. The free training, supported by the Scottish Government, is designed to help schools proactively tackle the school run, promote walking and cycling as a healthy and fun way to get to classes, and find out more about creating and implementing a School Travel Plan. The focus of the day will be to help boost healthy school travel across the region – and there are still places left! The School Travel Plan Action Day
    Green (Living) Review - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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