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Five Green Ways to Reduce Your Household Bills

June 9, 2011

Guest post by Liberty-Belle Howard* The cost of living is rising and sadly, most of our salaries are staying the same. When it’s getting harder and harder to make ends meet at the end of every month, cutting spending by any means necessary is a must. But this doesn’t mean that your green credentials have [...]

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Americans unaware of the environmental benefits of new energy technologies

September 3, 2010

The results of a recent survey published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that “many Americans believe they can save energy with small behavior changes that actually achieve very little, and severely underestimate the major effects of switching to efficient, currently available technologies” Technorati Tags: Earth Institute, energy efficiency, Lifestyle, Research [...]

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Ghostbusters: Exorcizing the phantom load

November 4, 2009

Halloween is over but that doesn’t mean your home is a ghost-free area. Yes, the typical contemporary home is full of specters sucking electricity, raising utility bills and carbonizing the planet. Technorati Tags: Energy, Energy Star, Standby power, Television, U.S. Department of Energy, United States Department of Energy, United States Environmental Protection Agency Related Posts:President [...]

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San Jose in California has a Green Vision of the future

April 2, 2009

The City of San Jose in California boasts impressive green credentials. Currently, 12% of its power is supplied by renewable sources. The City is also home to a bevy of solar power companies. But the local administration wants to achieve more than that and in order to hurl itself towards a greener future, San Jose [...]

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The London eco-woman

November 17, 2008

The Guardian newspaper ran a profile of a fascinating woman living in South London that I thought was well worth clipping. 68-year-old Joan Pick hasn’t flown since 1971, hasn’t driven a car since 1973, she only eats raw vegetarian food, washes her own clothes, walks and jogs everywhere and avoids many other trappings set up [...]

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