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Besides all those trees, paper making uses huge amounts of water, more water per ton of product than for any other industry. One sheet of copy paper has required more than a couple of gallons of water in its making. (This includes growing the wood, other stats indicate 13 ounces per sheet.) And yet it costs well under a penny, and so is eminently squandered, and wastable. Americans use about 2 … [Read more...]
·A Greener Home for a Greener World Our homes are our sanctuary from the chaos of the day-to-day world. However, it's important to remember that we remain part of that world, even at home. Keep environmental impact in mind, and as this LivinGreen.com post notes, “use the most environmentally sound products you can afford.” lCutting Energy in the Kitchen “Buildings consume more … [Read more...]
According to the American Royalty Council (as in drilling royalties, not kings), refining a barrel of crude oil makes 20 gallons of gasoline, 10 gallons of fuel oil, 4 gallons of jet fuel and then some other petroleum products for feedstocks making things like fabrics and plastics, asphalt, wax, lubricants, etc. Refineries that do this are closing here in the U.S. and worldwide, partially due to … [Read more...]
Breaking news: Climate Change Is REAL! - say new, more comprehensive climate studies funded partially by the conservative Koch foundation, and likely to their dismay. So maybe we are closer now to joining the rest of the world in putting a price on carbon and working together to greatly decrease our dependence on it. Solutions will be for using less coal, oil and gas, generating fewer … [Read more...]
Happy New Year to us, and to other life forms as well. “Out with the old, in with the new!” – such a simple sounding new year’s concept, and yet so rich with potential. Besides things though, some of our ideas sorely need replacing. Old ideas like tossing the toaster - or the entire kitchen - to replace with a newer, shinier model; like the idea that the less something costs, the more … [Read more...]
150 years ago, Levi Strauss, a fellow with a vision of a successful dry goods store in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, soon learned that there was a great need for durable pants, and so his sturdy denim jeans came to be. Nowadays, the jeans are a bit less rugged, with distressed and stonewashed styles being sold to an urban public who may only keep them for a few years. The cotton is often … [Read more...]
The Sinking Costs of Solar In a recent article, Kees van der Leun, COO of an international renewable-energy consultant group, did some math and figured solar will reach grid parity by 2018, only seven years from now. Read the article here. He recalls his 2004 trip to a solar cell factory in Germany, where he came to understand solar's true potential in the free market: They gave me a stack of … [Read more...]
Some easy tips to live more green: Eco-Friendly Alternatives From our friends at CulverCity.org Got a tip? Click here to send us your tip. A Green Ending Green funerals don’t just mean a woodland burial. Very few people actually know about the green alternatives to steel or hardwood coffins. May private funeral homes present green alternatives to traditional coffins, including wicker … [Read more...]
Are Economic Smart Choices Common Knowledge? Is it common knowledge that appliances, no matter how small, are able to leech small amounts of energy from your supply on the main grid when they are turned off, but still plugged in? Apparently it is common knowledge and this is in fact what happens when we are not looking and we call these appliances "energy vampires". We know that that small LED … [Read more...]
Livingreen and PermaCity Solar invite you to come to Livingreen's Culver City and Santa Barbara stores on March 22 to learn about how solar panels can reduce your energy costs At this all day event (store hours 12pm to 6pm), you can: - See solar panels and talk to experts about how they work and how they are installed. - Have all of your questions about solar energy answered by an expert. - … [Read more...]
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