Living Green & Saving Energy

JUNE 7, 2016

Did you know that your home has a carbon footprint? Appliances, water consumption, heating, cooling and electricity usage are just a few of the ways it contributes to its carbon footprint. green home green home audit saving energy saving money energy saving home Home Carbon FootprintReducing or modifying your home’s reliance on fossil fuels will not only be beneficial to the environment, but also reduces your utility bills, saving […].

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Green Home Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Carbon Footprint – Summer Travel. For the remainder of the summer why not re-adjust your carbon footprint summer travel plans. kg of carbon per passenger mile. kg of carbon per passenger mile for car transport and 0.48 kg of carbon per passenger mile for air travel. Amtrak is a huge proponent of carbon footprint reduction implementing electric trains (The Acela) and regenerative braking technology.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JUNE 20, 2015

In addition to increased productivity, reducing your carbon footprint can help reduce your costs and overall expenses. Companies that go green are also more productive, according to researchers from UCLA and the University of Paris-Dauphine. According to the EPA, companies worldwide have saved millions simply by upgrading their air conditioning chiller installations. Going green doesn’t […].

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Living Green & Saving Energy

APRIL 28, 2011

The best way To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint depends on where you live. Here is now to figure out the carbon footprint reduction plan that is best for you. Green News carbon footprint calculation Green living how to go green How To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

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Green Home Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2012

What Is Your Carbon Footprint? This drastic change in our earth’s climate is caused by greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and ozone (O 3 ), that trap sunlight in the atmosphere and heat the earth below. What Is a Carbon Footprint? The term carbon footprint refers to the amount of greenhouse gas released by a person or community. There are a number of website that allow you to estimate your personal carbon footprint.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 15, 2019

To help inspire you, here are some low carbon footprint self-employment ideas to consider. There are many more low carbon footprint business ventures out there to discover. Buy Nothing Days every day. Except for maybe a bike.

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Green Living Tips

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

HTML clipboardWhat are the carbon dioxide emissions associated with a pound of chicken? string, but here's some details on the carbon footprint of food items and a. cheeseburger? A quart of milk? It's a little like asking how long is a piece of. couple of points to consider when making food choices

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Green (Living) Review

DECEMBER 12, 2010

by Michael Smith (Veshengro) A carbon footprint is “the total set of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event or product”. For simplicity of reporting, it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent of other GHGs, emitted.

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Green Home Blog

MARCH 2, 2012

What is YOUR Carbon Footprint? This drastic change in our earth’s climate is caused by greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and ozone (O 3 ), that trap sunlight in the atmosphere and heat the earth below. What Is a Carbon Footprint? The term carbon footprint refers to the amount of greenhouse gas released by a person or community. There are a number of website that allow you to estimate your personal carbon footprint.

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Wend Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2011

’ There was a great article on Slate last week in which writer Brian Palmer asked and answered a pretty interesting question: how far does one have to ride on a bicycle to cancel out the carbon that went in to making it? How many miles does it take on bike instead of in a car to make up for 530 pounds of carbon? How Big is Your Plastic Footprint? File this one under ‘things it’s easy to forget about.’

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Green Home Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2012

WorldWatch Institute Aims for Small Consumer Carbon Footprints. The important thing about used is that the item has already built its burden of carbon emissions. That is, a toy made of plastic has already been assembled from petroleum-based liquid plastic and machine-molded, packaged and shipped, and will never again have to incur a carbon footprint for these stages of its life cycle, which means you and your young one get off scot-free!

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Eccorazzi

JULY 28, 2015

Just another reason to go vegan: new research shows a direct correlation between eating more plants and reducing your carbon footprint. The study, published in the journal ‘Climatic Change,’ analyzed the diets Read More The post Study: Vegans Have the Lowest Daily Carbon Footprint appeared first on Ecorazzi.

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Green Prophet

MAY 9, 2014

Design Lifestyle 3D printing carbon footprint The $55 billion beauty industry may have been dealt a fatal blow by a brainy Harvard Business School beauty! Inventor Grace Choi has come up with a way to circumvent pricey cosmetics counters with a point-and-click process in your own home or office. Choi lets you turn any phone, camera or computer into your own personal beauty store!

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Green Earth Journey

DECEMBER 5, 2008

There are many simple ways to reduce the footprint you leave on the planet. Learn how to reduce your footprint in each consumption category–carbon, food, housing, and goods and services—but don’t stop there. Reduce your Carbon Footprint Use cleaner transport Walk, bike, or take public transit whenever possible. Purchase carbon offsets to make up for the energy use you can’t eliminate. Reduce your Food Footprint Eat more local, organic, in-season foods.

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Green Prophet

MAY 17, 2012

According to the World Wildlife Fund’s latest report, Qatar still has the world’s largest carbon footprint. It’s been a couple of years since Qatar was awarded the ‘largest carbon footprint in the world ‘ title (relative to the size of its population), but it appears little has changed since then. Denmark and the US were the fourth and fifth rank, respectively, in terms of the size of their carbon footprint per capita.

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Green (Living) Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The Environmental Footprint of Gardening and how to reduce it by Michael Smith (Veshengro) There has been a lot of discussion about carbon footprints – though I prefer to call it environmental footprint, for when we concentrate just on carbon we forget the other impact that we have on the Planet – in the news and elsewhere for some time already, but how does this relate to gardening? It is measured in units of carbon dioxide, hence the name carbon footprint.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JUNE 23, 2013

These minor choices mean you are contributing more to your carbon footprint than had you been fit. tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year. The average carbon footprint for Americans is just over 28 tons. You cannot eliminate your carbon footprint. Green Tips carbon footprint carbon footprint of e The health consequences of being overweight are well-documented.

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Eco Friendly Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

According to the University of Manchester in England, about 44 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions are produced from a typical Thanksgiving dinner for eight people. A whopping 60% of this carbon footprint comes from the life cycle of the main dish: the turkey. Environment carbon footprint of eating meat carbon footprint of Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a holiday that forces you to stop and think about what you’re grateful for.

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Green Prophet

JULY 23, 2019

Therefore, countries from around the world have started taking initiatives to reduce the carbon footprints, because they are clearly anticipating a huge problem to our planet itself. In this post, we shall look at some of the green business ideas that can help in reducing the carbon footprints. The great thing about doing businesses online is that you will be helping in reducing carbon footprints to quite an extent.

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Environmental Economics

AUGUST 19, 2016

NPR asks the tricky question:  Should we think about not having kids to reduce carbon emissions ?    Here are some of the lifetime (80 year) carbon savings they report:  Increase car's fuel economy from 20 to 30 mpg: 148. Reduce miles driven from 231 to 155 per week: 147. Replace single-glazed windows with energy-efficient windows: 121. Replace ten 75-watt incandescent bulbs with 25-watt energy-efficient lights: 36.

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Eccorazzi

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Well, coffees carbon footprint is most strongly set by the milk stirred in to it. The ‘milk math’ Paramo Coffee did found that milk represents 60 to 70 percent of the carbon footprint of a cup of coffee that contains a few tablespoons of milk. Myers has deduced an interesting solution, now using milk from a dairy farm that has converted some of their grazing land to “carbon farming.”

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Eccorazzi

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The National Hockey League will become the first professional sports league to wipe out its entire carbon footprint. The NHL announced last week that it’s partnering with Constellation Energy, an Read More The post NHL Commits to Wiping Out Its Carbon Footprint appeared first on Ecorazzi.

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Hug a Tree with Me

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

The sustainability rabbit hole goes pretty deep, and if you have the knowledge and resources, there are countless ways you can strive towards running a carbon-neutral business. The idea of sustainable living has been a hot topic for the last several years, and it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. In fact, it’s still an incredibly hot trend in Google. Especially in urban and suburban areas, people go nuts over trying to be more “green” in how they live.

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Green Earth Journey

DECEMBER 4, 2008

Yay, I'm carbon neutral for a day! Do you want to be carbon neutral for a day? The first 25 people who click here [link] will get their carbon footprint deleted for one day!! Brighter Planet is getting into the holiday spirit! Yesterday they launched the One Day Campaign.

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Eccorazzi

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Former Vice President and climate change crusader, Al Gore, was in Los Angeles yesterday for “24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon,” an annual live-streamed multimedia show dedicated to sparking Read More The post Al Gore Explains How He Lowers His Carbon Footprint appeared first on Ecorazzi.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JULY 7, 2013

If there is a skeptic in your household, you can still find easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint and sell him to the idea. After all, the average American’s carbon footprint is less than 29 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 Eq.). While the skeptic in your house may not appreciate carbon dioxide equivalents, he can certainly appreciate cost savings. Green Tips carbon footprint energy conservation

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Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

My feet are big, at US women’s size 10, but my footprint is enormous. Drop a teabag in a mug, add boiled water, and in the time it takes to brew, you can calculate your carbon weight. A free and simple to use carbon calculator is available on the Carbon Footprint website that tabulates your carbon imprint in a matter of minutes, and benchmarks it against performances of your country, of industrial nations, and of the entire world. Carbon Footprint Ltd.

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Elephant Journal

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Research in the U.S. indicates that we use 80-100 gallons of water per day for domestic consumption (out of which only 28 precent or 38.4 liters is for. Food Green Health & Wellness Z ADMIN Food Featured Today Z ADMIN Green Featured Today Z ADMIN Wellness Featured Today animal abuse animals climate diet environment health vegan veganism

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Green Living Ideas

JULY 1, 2010

Radhika Oswal, an Australian environmentalist and vegetarian, founded a [.] [ Otarian Serves Up Carbon Footprints With Its Menu from Green Living Ideas ]. Tags: Dining Out Food and Cuisine carbon emissions carbon footprint Otarian sustainable food Eating is something we all have to do, but as all earth-conscious people know, fast food restaurants are not the place to do it.

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Celsias

AUGUST 8, 2012

The carbon footprint can be measured by undertaking a GHG emissions assessment. Once the size of a carbon footprint is known, a strategy can be devised to reduce it, e.g. by energy saving, technological developments, better process and product management. Facebook has revealed the carbon footprint and energy use of its US data centers and has pledged to use 25 percent sustainable energy by 2015.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

carbon footprint reduce fossil fuels saving energy how to reduce carbon footprint save energy Maintaining your HVAC system regularly and properly is an easy yet effective way to decrease your energy consumption without sacrificing your comfort. It is also a good way to safeguard the environment, since inefficient systems release harmful pollutants into the atmosphere. Running the air conditioning throughout summer in order to stay comfortable can be very […].

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Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

If every year around 3 million people make the journey, what is their carbon footprint? In the first installation of a three-part feature, I will be totting up the carbon footprint of the Hussain family’s pilgrimage from the UK to Mecca. tonnes of carbon for their flights.

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Green (Living) Review

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Everything from recycling, to using a laptop, to breaking out a caulk gun can literally save tons of carbon emissions. To do it right, check out the below 52 ways to lower your carbon footprint in college. Automotive Ways To Lower Your Carbon Footprint In College Go beyond Hybrid driving to find out how to get the most out of your car and the least environmental impact. Change It Up : Maintain low carbon levels by keeping your car running better and longer.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JULY 31, 2013

You will be paid for reducing your carbon emissions. You can then put your carbon credits on the Celsias.com trading system and when someone buys them, you get paid. This is the only peer-to-peer carbon credit trading system with no minimum trading volume and it is expected to be two times as big as the Google advertising market and grow over 10 times as fast. Sources: www.alternative-energy-news.info , Incentives to Reduce your Carbon Footprint, December 28, 2006.

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Green (Living) Review

JULY 5, 2014

These emissions range from carbon dioxide related to fossil fuels used to power farm machinery, to the methane released by livestock. As the economic, political and personal costs of doing nothing to mitigate climate change skyrocket, there''s one lifestyle change that slashes dietary greenhouse gas emissions in half: Veganism. Climate change is predicted to cost the U.S.

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Eccorazzi

APRIL 3, 2012

News flash: global warming is very real, and it’s not disappearing anytime soon. Read More. Causes Environment News Top News

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Green Prophet

MAY 22, 2015

Having continued to reduce its carbon emissions, waste, energy and water consumption, the Taj has become one of the most efficient and green (is it possible?) In fact, as well as focusing on the physical footprint it leaves on Dubai, the property is also socially sustainable. Lower Carbon Footprint. The most obvious benefit online casinos have over their live counterparts is the lack of carbon emissions. Are we really having this conversation?

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Green Living Ideas

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The post Your Carbon Footprint at the 2016 Green Festival appeared first on Green Living Ideas. Green Lifestyle carbon credit carbon neutral emissions food Gardening Green sustainabilityGreen festivals incorporate environmental considerations to minimize their negative impacts through reduction of waste, water, and energy, use of fair trade or organic food, incorporating local suppliers and locally sourced products, and providing education about environmental impacts.

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Green (Living) Review

OCTOBER 27, 2011

LONDON 2012 SPECTATORS INVITED TO SET NEW CARBON OFFSET WORLD RECORD TEAM GB OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC HOPEFULS LEAD CALL FOR BRITONS TO NEUTRALISE THEIR TRAVEL CARBON FOOTPRINT TO THE GAMES In supporting the ambition for London 2012 to be the most sustainable Games possible, BP Target Neutral announced today that they are inviting London 2012 ticketholders, from across the world, to try and set a new world record for the most number of people offsetting their travel carbon to a single event.

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Eco Friendly Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The study looked at the carbon footprint of publishing, particularly how books and other paper media compare to the newer electronic devices. The study found that the carbon emissions from an electronic device over its lifetime is generally offset during the first year of use. The purchase of just three electronic books per month for a period of four years equates to about 170 kilograms of carbon dioxide production.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JULY 30, 2013

There are so many ways you can reduce your carbon footprint after you’ve done an assessment of your contribution. Small actions like unplugging electronics or taking them off the charger can yield big results when it comes to your carbon footprint. For the average person, shelter contributes nearly 20 percent of the total. That includes all the electricity you use in your home. Certainly, you know about switching to CFLs and using electricity wisely.

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Mother Jones

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Coal Country Bank First to Report Carbon Footprint to Shareholders. Skip to Navigation. Skip to Content. Mother Jones. Politics. Environment. Culture. Photo Essays. Blogs Political MoJo. Kevin Drum. Blue Marble. Tom Philpott. Mixed Media. Subscribe. Support. Must Reads: America Under the Gun | How to Win Any Climate Change Argument | Sequestration, Explained | Best. Study. Blue Marble Previous | Next. → Corporations , Energy , Environment , The Climate Desk.

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Green Living Ideas

JUNE 16, 2009

Summer Tips to Save Money and Reduce your Carbon Footprint. 10 Easy Ways to Reduce Your CO2 Footprint. How to Shrink Your CO2 Footprint with Carbon Credits. Tags: Eco Home Living Home Energy Usage carbon footprint CFLS clothesline reduce energy costs use less energy As summer approaches, it becomes far too easy to rely on air conditioners to keep you cool from the warmest days or in some areas the overbearing heat.

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