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Benefits and Drawbacks to Wind Energy

Guest Author — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:36:19 +0000

Residential wind turbines are an excellent way of generating power, thanks to developments seen in the past ten years. New materials and technological advancements have made improved turbine designs possible, which in turn generate even more energy from less wind than ever before. Furthermore, there are plenty of styles and sizes of residential turbines available [...]

How To Live Environmentally Friendly

Guest Author — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:26 +0000

Both radical and moderate ways define people’s efforts of learning how to live environmentally friendly. It all resumes to the willingness to make personal changes. Nothing can be implemented by force and only personal awareness and consideration for the natural world can make a difference. Day-to-day situations provide plenty of opportunities for those seeking to [...]

Eco Friendly Products

Guest Author — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:11:30 +0000

The categories of eco friendly products have become a lot more numerous and versatile with the increased insistence on green lifestyles. If very few green products were available ten years ago, now we can shop for gift ideas, green services, organic foods, green gifts, green clothes and even green appliances. Reduce, reuse and recycle, this [...]

Earth Friendly Products

Guest Author — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:11:25 +0000

Earth friendly products are goods and services that don’t have a negative impact on the environment either in the manufacturing process or the consume. Such items are easy to recognize by the eco-labels, nevertheless, not everybody will get the same exposure to earth friendly products. In some countries the very concept is pretty vague and [...]

12 Volt Solar Chargers

Guest Author — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:12:17 +0000

Many people are aware that solar chargers are a good alternative to non-renewable sources of energy, but not everyone is familiar with how easy they are to build. The purpose of this piece is to outline important information about different types of solar battery chargers, including how to put together your own. Generally speaking, a battery [...]

Are We Running Out of Safe Water?

Guest Author — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:27:20 +0000

Berkey Filter Review Water is a life giving substance! Both scientists and civilians are aware that life cannot continue without liquid water. People are able to live weeks without food but merely days without water. Recent moon explosions were planned for the purpose of, hopefully, detecting the presence of water through analyzing the dust, [...]

Why Use Solar Energy?

Guest Author — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:45:41 +0000

If I was a betting man, I’d bet you are already using solar power. It is in your fuel, your food, and in some form or another almost everything you do. In more practical terms, though, we are talking about heat and electricity. Why should we use soar power to provide energy to our homes? [...]

Swartzenegger Big On Renewables

Guest Author — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:45:34 +0000

In September, there was a post to a solar industry Linked-In group suggesting that solar markets were declining and not very important. The evidence is GLOBAL and to the contrary in terms of dollars now moving in solar markets. Two of the world’s largest engineering giants, German conglomerate Siemens and US powerhouse General Electric (GE), [...]

What’s green printing?

Guest Author — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:43:23 +0000

Today, going green is not only a jargon it is requirement. Each of us has to do what we can to help keep the environment healthy for the next generation. Often times it is straightforward to overlook the day-to-day things we do possessing a huge impact on the environment. Printing is one of those areas. If [...]

Green Goes The Mobile Phone

Guest Author — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:43:15 +0000

So many things are now going green and it looks like the mobile phone is set to hit the market too. All electrical appliances with the energy star are already deemed to be green and of course you have the option of going green when it comes to the car thanks to the hybrid. However, when [...]