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Freeganism – Extreme Frugality or Extremely Crazy

Freegans base their beliefs on being anti consumer and reducing their impact on the environment. But do they take it too far? read more »
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Turning Oil Into Water: The Middle Eastern Resource Accident Waiting To Happen?

Saudi Arabia uses its massive oil reserves to produce more water, in which it lacks. But this takes more energy than the water it produces. read more »
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Tax Credits for Making Your Home Greener

If you want to “go green” or just lower your utility bills, Uncle Sam is willing to help with not one but two tax credits for energy-saving home impr[...] read more »
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How To Make your Own Homemade Air Conditioner

Dealing with the lack of any AC options at any retailer in Western Washington I decided to make my own homemade Air Conditioner. A fan, copper tubing[...] read more »
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10 Things Health Food Stores Won't Tell You at SmartMoney.com

So what does organic really mean? Produce is grown without the use of most synthetic pesticides, genetic modification, irradiation, or fertilizer mad[...] read more »
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What’s Worse than Trillions on the National Debt Clock? Try the Carbon Counter!

Think the National Debt Clock is scary? Checkout the amount of carbon we're belching into the air. Debt in dollars won't mean much when no one can [...] read more »
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Watson Inc: The Sad State of American Finances

The 2009 Consumer Financial Literacy survey sampled 1000 Americans over 18 years old between March 13-16. Their results demonstrate that most America[...] read more »
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4 Ways to Go Green & Increase Profit as a Business Owner

4 Ways which your business can save loads of money. Lighting, energy usage, paper usage, and air quality. By duplex printing my business could save $[...] read more »
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Green Energy Rising - Kiplinger.com

But investors should brace for a bumpy ride. read more »
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Sneaky ways to reduce your water bill

Some obvious, and some not-so-obvious ways to conserve water and reduce your water bill. read more »
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Why Now May Be the Right Time for Green Stimulus

If you accept the premise that stimulus is a good idea, the next logical question is: "What kind of stimulus?" This article suggests why environmen[...] read more »
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China and the Electric Car

How China is stepping up its game big time with this radically new car. read more »
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Valero bets on ethanol production

Valero, the US’s biggest refiner, is making a big bet on ethanol production in spite a sharp drop in demand that has left 21 per cent of US ethanol c[...] read more »
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Global Warming: Major reason behind acute food shortages

Due to global warming 50% of total world population is going to suffer from acute food shortage. This means that due to global warming the food needs[...] read more »
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Sustainability 101: Preparing Your Business for the New Economy

What is all this buzz around green anyway? Some choose to think of “green” only in terms of the environment. However, I encourage you to think beyond[...] read more »
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