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The Bells Toll For Us

December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

“Ask not for whom the bell tolls”, since, today, it is for us, our children, and our childrens’ children for whom the bells toll across Denmark. As Danish police assaulted peaceful climate activists, as non-governmental organizations accredited to the COP15 face lockouts, and youth activists sit in protest inside the building calling for a FAB […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · energy efficiency · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics

Green Schools Include Green Cleaning

December 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Try an experiment with paint. Paint one side of a piece of wood with low-VOC (volatile organic compound) paint and lay it to dry somewhere in the house. Wait a day or two, paint the other side with traditional. The difference will be clear. When it comes to cleaning, however, too many of us have […]

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Tags: building green · environmental · green

Some Solar Gifts for the Festival of Lights and other holidays

December 16th, 2009 · Comments Off on Some Solar Gifts for the Festival of Lights and other holidays

This is a guest post from GMoke, who has a life-long passion for making solar power and energy efficiency a reality. Here are his thoughts for the holidays. Every year over the last decade and more, I’ve bought trees ($60) and bees ($30) from Heifer International.  Usually, I pick the project and designate where I […]

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