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How to Make Your Car Greener
How to Make Your Car Greener
Green living doesn’t mean you have to give up your car. While walking or using public transportation are likely the greenest options, there are many things you can do to lessen the environmental impact of your automobile. Here are a few ideas for making your car greener.
– Choose a fuel-efficient car. Small cars use much less fuel than big ones. Also, newer cars are usually more fuel-efficient than older models. Of course, a hybrid or full-electric car will be even better for the environment.
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Woodworking Moisture Meters Overview
Woodworking Moisture Meters Overview
Most lumber is dried before being sold at a lumber yard. The amount of water within rough timber varies by species and region, but a raw moisture content of 80 percent or higher is not uncommon in newly cut logs. For general use, moisture content is not a critical issue and has a wide acceptable range.
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New Eco-Adventure ZipLine In Branson, Missouri
Branson has always been one of my favorite family friendly vacation destinations, but now there is a new reason to go to Branson. They are starting zipline and canopy tours there, just like in Costa Rica!
Here’s the scoop:
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Space Solar Power by 2016?
As far as alternative energy sources go, solar power has always been the 800 pound gorilla. It seems a no-brainer — a free and virtually limitless source of power for any clever enough to harness it. Unfortunately, factors such as the day/night cycle and the filtering effect of Earth’s atmosphere have conspired to make solar power somewhat inconvenient and inefficient.
In 1968, Dr. Peter Glaser proposed a solution to both of these shortcomings. His idea was to put a massive array of city-sized solar cells into high geosynchronous orbit. Undeterred by nightfall, clouds, seasons, or atmospheric interference, these satellites would collect and convert the sun’s energy into an electromagnetic microwave beam. This beam would be transmitted to large receiving antennas on the Earth, where it would be converted to electricity and distributed on the national electric power grid.
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Cut your electric bills and help the earth
Does your electricity bill have you seeing red? Go green and save!
Few things can make you feel more infuriated yet helpless, than opening up your electric bill and discovering that it has doubled and even tripled, with no obvious explanation. Rising fuel costs and greedy electric providers are two of the prime suspects in this war against your finances, but you may be surprised to discover that the other culprit may be none other than you. That’s right; you may in fact be a large contributor to your own expensive electric bills. By making small changes in the way you use and purchase electricity, you can easily save at least a couple hundred dollars per year and green your electricity too.
Ready to start? Here are some tips that can make a difference:
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Obtaining a Green Business Certification for Your Small to Medium-Sized Business – Part 2
Innovative Ways to Become a Certified Green Business
In the business world, there’s an old saying that says, “It takes money to make money.” In part 1 of this article series on obtaining your green business certification, we examined the benefits of becoming a green business (saving the environment, saving money, and gaining new customers). We also looked at some of the obstacles businesses face, one of which was finding the money necessary to make the switch to green.
In this article, we’re going to share a few ideas that can help you gain recognition as an eco friendly business, attract new customers, and even collect government incentives — on any sized budget!
Eco-Friendly Auto Transport
I guess I never really thought about an auto transport company being green before. Recently I had a friend move across the country and they used a company called DAS auto shippers to move their convertible. They are a married couple and they wanted to drive in the same car rather than two cars, so they had the convertible shipped.
They told me they had read that using a service to do the transporting was more environmentally friendly because of the consolidation of vehicles on one trailer. That makes sense, but like I said, green and auto transport is not someting that immediately comes together in my mind.
Eco-Friendly Hotels Strive for a Better Future
By Barbara Wade
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that most families of four use at least 400 gallons of water a day. The EPA also advises switching to energy-saving light fixtures, pointing out that bulbs in your home can reduce electrical costs by 75%. Now imagine that usage multiplied by hundreds or thousands of hotel guests. At hotels with considerable convention activity that stay fully booked year round – like the hotels near Moscone Center in San Francisco – the expense of energy from lights, kitchen equipment, laundry and more is astronomical. With a thought to the future, some of these hotels are leading the way by converting to eco-friendly practices with benefits that can affect us all.
Anyone who has stayed at a hotel in recent years is familiar with the option of reusing towels rather than receiving new ones each day. This saves energy, detergent, and water that are otherwise used in large quantities. The use of low-flow showers and toilets is an additional way hotels save water.
In some hotels, guests are afforded the ability to recycle right in their rooms. One San Francisco boutique hotel offers in-room designer bins so guests can recycle, thus reducing trash in local landfills. In many hotels, the glass, bottles, cardboard and paper discarded daily are prepared for recycling behind the scenes. Reduced waste is one way hotels are delivering environmentally friendly service. Plus, to diminish water and air pollutants, some hotels are switching to cleaning products that are safer for the earth.
Are YOU an Eco-Friendly Traveler? Read These Tips!
Written by Kathy Steinemann
Scientists have spoken: Mankind is destroying the planet. It seems simple enough to cut carbon emissions while we are at home, but what about vacations or business trips? You can be kind to the environment even while you travel.
Here are some tips that will steer you in the right direction.
Plan and Prepare Well in Advance of Your Travel Dates
1. Forego paper tickets and book electronically via telephone or online. You will save paper (and time).
2. Discontinue the newspaper while you are gone or have it delivered to the local library or doctor’s office instead.
3. Before setting out on your trip, reduce the heat on the hot water tank, lower the thermostat, and unplug all electronics (like cable boxes, cordless telephones, and DVD players).
Eco Friendly Ideas and Trends
Most people would love to “do the right thing” if it were convenient, fun, inexpensive, and made you feel good. Going green is a learning process for us all. Choosing to buy eco-friendly products and learning environmentally postive tips is a process and requires knowledge and awareness. This blog is dedicated to providing quality information to help all of us do our part to protect the environment.