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Progress is sometimes painfully slow in your efforts at stopping energy waste. What does create a quick return is making sure you have an employee participation program that gets them involved with day to day efforts at helping you find and fix all the existing easy to implement problems. There are hundreds of energy wasters that are easy to deal with like leaks of all kinds, machines not being turned off when not in use, lights left on, doors not shut, seals needing repaired, filters not bein... Read More

Now that the Federal Solar Tax Credit has been modified as a Cash Grant

back to the solar purchaser in about 60 days, coupled with the state (PG&E Example) solar cash back rebate in about 60 days, the total cost of addinga solar electric generation system is no longer the issue, nor is the payback, the issue now becomes, how to we educate and get the world out.

I suggest the following.  Since local schools are strapped for cash, and many student programs are h... Read More

From taking a bath to watering your lawn

What do you do with the water that remains after a long, hot bath? Send it down the drain, most likely. Before you pull the plug in your bathtub, consider reclaiming the sudsy but still valuable H2O to water your lawn. Sound strange? It’s not. Millions of Americans are reusing their “graywater” everyday to water their landscape, saving gallons of water and pocketfuls of money.

Simple graywater-reuse systems are used to collect wate... Read More

It’s hot as heck this summer in the Southwest, and water rationing has gone into effect in many communities.  For those of us who were careful with water usage over the past couple years, reducing consumption even more is a challenge.  Especially since the new higher rates are based on previous years’ usage, so, if you were on the edge already, what to do now without going into the “red zone”?

I like clean cars, lush green landscapi... Read More

Americans will drop an estimated $45.4 billion on their pets this year compared to the $43.2 billion spent in 2008, according to the American Pets Products Association National Pet Owners Survey. From food to toys and even clothes, owners will buy pretty much anything for their pets. And why wouldn’t they? Most pet lovers consider pets a part of their family, some even consider them children.

Green Tips for Pets

To keep your pets healthy and happy while helping the environment, follow... Read More

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