Champion Women’s Reversible Mesh Short, Go Green/White, Small

Champion Women’s Reversible Mesh Short, Go Green/White, Small

• Roll-down elastic waistband
• Fully reversible
• Tag free
• 5″ inseam

Our best selling short just got better with this reversible two-in-one combo.

List Price: $ 20.00

Price:

Small DIY Stirling engine charges cell phone

This is my most useful Stirling engine so far. Running on a 3-wick candle it will run for hours and charge a cell phone or run small electronic devices. On an alcohol flame it runs much faster and will run larger loads as shown in the video. It seems to be quite durable as well. The main change I’ve made is to make the displace/regenerator from a spiral sandwich of aluminum mesh and steel wool. This seems to keep the steel wool from compacting and shifting around, a problem I had been experiencing.

DEP Announces Small Business Advantage Grants to Help Improve Energy Efficiency, Reduce Pollution, Lower Operating Costs

Delta sees 2011 profit rise; pares Q4 margin view
U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines Inc said it expects solid earnings growth in 2011, but its shares eased 1.4 percent as it pared its operating margin forecast for the current quarter, citing TransAtlantic softness.

Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News

20-year license extension approved for Duane Arnold Energy Center
A 20-year license extension for the Duane Arnold Energy Center has been approved over objections from some Iowa environmental groups.

Read more on The Gazette

Scheme ‘to double power bills’
THE Gillard government’s green power scheme will double the usual increase in Queensland power bills next year.

Read more on The Australian

Home Depot raises 2010 outlook on stronger sales
DC Portfolio news Home Depot raises 2010 outlook on stronger sales Special to the Daily Commercial Home Depot Inc. on Wed-nesday raised its fis …

Read more on The Daily Commercial

DEP Announces Small Business Advantage Grants to Help Improve Energy Efficiency, Reduce Pollution, Lower Operating Costs
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — State investments are helping Pennsylvania small-business owners continue to lower their operating costs by conserving energy and reducing pollution, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger said today.

Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! News

All About Biodiesel : How to Make a Small Batch of Biodiesel

Make a small batch of biodiesel to begin with, using pared down amounts of oil, lye and ethanol; learn how with tips from our biodiesel expert in this free alternative-fuel use video.. Expert: Craydon Blair Bio: Craydon Blair has been involved in producing biodiesel since 2003. Filmmaker: joseph wilkins

Environmental Protection Through Small Changes

Environmental Protection – Is green living possible with limited resources? What environmental issues can I tackle? What difference can I make about global warming? Find out how small sustainable changes can make a big difference for our environment. For more ideas, please visit www.FutureEnvironment.Org Environmental Protection, environment, global warming, environmental issues, green living, conservation, wind turbines, alternative energy, compact florescent lights, cfl

Small car under $21,000: Ford Fiesta

BMW Vision Sportscar: A Plug-In Hybrid Bird Of Prey [New Cars]
# newcars BMW’s vision for the future now includes production of the plug-in hybrid sportscar originally shown as a concept last year. It’ll even get a seemingly appropriate name — the BMW Vision . More »

Read more on Jalopnik

STWA Issues Go-Ahead on Production of AOT(TM) Prototype
Initial Product Prototype to Be Used in Full Scale Testing of New Pipeline Energy-Efficiency Technology

Read more on Marketwire

A Look at What Defines a Car Versus a Truck
A look at what defines a car vs. a truck

Read more on ABC News

Champion Photovoltaic Companies and Labs
These are the companies that are installing PV on rooftops and in fields, manufacturing PV cells and modules, and supplying manufacturing equipment and materials, among many others.

Read more on Renewable Energy World

Small car under $21,000: Ford Fiesta
Will the Fiesta be Ford’s first successful hatchback in North America?

Read more on The Globe and Mail

BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: Fuel 02

Airing Tuesdays at 9pm. Fry up some chicken, fuel up the truck and hit the dragstrip!

Green Life – Taking those first small steps

Green Life – Taking those first small steps

 

Making small changes as and when you can puts you firmly on the road to

living a much greener lifestyle. Trying to jump into it all at once can be counterproductive, in fact, because the subject area is immense and is growing all the

time. Instead, decide what your priorities are: Think about where it would be

easiest for you to begin. Start there, and work up to the bigger or more difficult

issues.

 

Your priorities may not be the same as other people’s, but that’s okay:

They’re yours, and you’re entitled to them. Be prepared to adjust them as

new information becomes available, however. Research is ongoing in most

areas of green living, so arguments will change. In the meantime, take one

small step every time you’re ready to, and keep aspiring to be greener.

 

We chose them specifically because they make you significantly greener with minimal effort. Examples include replacing your light bulbs as they burn out with compact fluorescent models and replacing your cleaning supplies as they run out with environmentally friendly ones.

 

Another tip that’s super-easy to implement is to buy items with less packaging.

Consider, for example, what would happen if you bought toilet paper in

double rolls, which contain twice as much toilet paper in a roll than regularsize

rolls. That cuts down the number of cardboard tubes inside the rolls by

half, and it also decreases the amount of plastic that’s used to wrap the packages!

If you recycle the cardboard tubes that remain, even better.

 

And if you slit the plastic wrap open only at the top of the package, you can reuse the wrap, perhaps as a trash bag. See how easy that was?

As you read through this book, jot down a list of actions that you could see

yourself taking fairly easily. When you have a list, it’s easier to prioritize the

tasks so that you don’t feel you need to tackle them all at once.

Turning Green Choices into Habits around Your Home

 

Reducing, reusing, repairing, and recycling are the four most important

actions when it comes to adopting a greener lifestyle because they all contribute

to conserving the Earth’s resources.

 

Tips throughout this book help you reduce your consumption of everything from packaged goods to energy.

Your home is one of the best places to start making green living changes

because you have the control to make the choices that are best for you.

 

Along with energy efficiency, water conservation is a major issue, and it’s

where you can really make a difference. Between the source and your faucet,

water has to be pumped at various stages, and that takes energy, as does the

process of treating the water. If you conserve water, you do double-duty by

conserving both water and energy, and that helps to reduce the amount of

carbon emissions pumped into the atmosphere.

 

 

 

Most of the water used in homes — whether it’s for flushing, washing, cleaning,

or drinking — is processed to the point of being high-quality drinking

water. Although systems do exist to divert greywater (water that’s been used

in sinks, for example, for hand or dishwashing) to toilets for flushing, they’re

not yet a common feature of home building and renovations.

 

However, you can make a difference by preventing as much good-quality water as possible from running down the drain into the sewers from where it has to be

reprocessed back into drinking-quality water.

 

When it comes to waste, reduce what you buy as much as possible — including

choosing the least amount of packaging possible — as this will naturally

reduce the waste you generate.

 

Then assess your waste to see what can be reused or recycled — what’s waste to you may be useful to your friends and neighbors or to a nonprofit group.

Of course, your home extends to your yard, as well.

 

Making Your Greenbacks Even Greener

 

When it comes to spending and saving money, your dollars can go a long way

toward greening your lifestyle. Start with the necessities of life — choosing

what you eat and what you wear — and assess how you can do both in ways

that are both socially and environmentally responsible. Then expand these

issues to the banking arena, looking at where you can park your money and

how you can invest your savings to help you as well as your community

and the planet.

 

Shopping greenly and ethically Shopping is a great opportunity to make your lifestyle more sustainable.

 

Choose the greenest options available to you, such as food produced using

as few chemicals as possible, grown locally in season, and transported over

as short a distance as possible to reduce the amount of fuel used.

 

Other green options include clothes made from organically produced materials,

goods made from recycled materials rather than resources that have to be

mined from the earth, secondhand or vintage goods, and those made from

biodegradable materials.

 

Ethical issues, including how the people and animals involved in the production

processes were treated, are also important to consider. Ask stores

whether the workers, producers, suppliers, and farmers involved in the production

chain are paid fairly, have good working conditions, and can sustain

their production (meaning that they have enough left after feeding themselves

and their families to maintain their premises or buy new equipment

and seeds).

 

Avoiding goods produced using child labor or in sweatshop working conditions also may be a priority for you. Animal welfare is a growing concern as well; consider choosing meat and dairy products that come from animals raised in humane conditions rather than intensively farmed, overcrowded pens and cages.

 

Support your local community socially and economically by buying your

food, gifts, crafts, home items, and clothes from local producers and businesses.

If that’s not possible, look for Fairtrade-certified products that assure

you that growers and producers were treated fairly.

BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: Fuel 01

Airing Tuesdays at 9pm. A couple helps people convert their dream cars to biodiesel.

Green Thoughts: Backyard capitalists make it small out front

FTC revises rules on ‘green’ claims
NEW YORK — It’s an inconvenient truth: Many of the environmental claims in advertisements and packaging are more about raking in the green than being green. Aiming to clear up confusion for consumers about what various terms mean, the Federal Trade Commission has revised its guidelines for businesses that make claims about so-called “eco-friendly” products.

Read more on Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

HOME AND GARDEN GOINGS-ON
All events are open to the public. Some may have fees not indicated here. DANBURY FARMERS MARKET, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Kennedy Park, Danbury. Visit www.citycenterdanbury.com.

Read more on Greenwich Citizen

Green Economy Workshops for Ag and Construction Industries
Workshops for developing and fostering “Green Economy” strategies for the region’s agriculture and construction industries are planned for October 11 and 12.

Read more on Santa Barbara Independent

San Anselmo florist given sustainable award
The owner of a local sustainable flower business was presented with the Sustainable North Bay Award by Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) last week.

Read more on Ross Valley Reporter

Green Thoughts: Backyard capitalists make it small out front
Eating local is a darling topic these days.  It’s made farmers markets sexy, spells good copy for newspaper editors, and next to a baby, posing with a farmer and local produce is the best thing a politician can do. While a worthy cause, this trend has completely overlooked a significant sub-culture.  Members of this group aren’t pictured in magazines and don’t receive government dollars to …

Read more on The Troy Record

Next Page »