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SCGH's Director of Sustainability, Jennifer Schwab, recently did an interview with Gwendolyn Bounds from the Wall Street Journal. "Composting isn't Green 101," says Jennifer Schwab, director of sustainability for the Sierra Club's Green Home Web site, which instructs visitors on composting. She admits, too: "When bugs and stuff get on it, as much as I'm a green person, I get disgusted by that." However, innovations in the compost-bin marketplace, along with the new laws, are fueling interest in composting. For instance, the NatureMill Automatic Composter—one of four units I've been testing—is a small plug-in device that heats waste to speed decomposition (hence my 14-day turnaround) and automatically mixes everything so you don't have to. Since it's designed to be housed indoors, it can save users the step of collecting scraps in pails that then must be carried out to a compost bin. The newest model launching this month borrows a page from Apple's iPod and comes in eight colors; it also boasts a "heavy-duty" mode to handle large loads after, say, a dinner party....
Tags: Renewable-Energy
The recent fiasco surrounding T-mobile’s attempt to charge customers $1.50 for each paper bill — which they later had to retract after being sued — seemed to indicate people weren’t ready to go green with their mail. Or at least people weren’t willing to pay for something that was originally free. T-mobile thought that by charging for paper bills, its customers would switch over to paperless, which would save an estimated 10.8 million pounds of paper (equivalent to 13,500 trees) a year and who knows how much of T-mobile’s money. Before the charge, about 1,000 customers signed up for paperless each day, but after the charge was announced, more than 33,000 customers signed up daily to be paper-free. Many of them didn’t sign up with a green smile, however, and T-mobile suffered a public relations debacle.
So will paperless mail still be the next big thing in America?
Tags: Alternative-Energy
Going Green Tech It is now possible to green your audio system. The world’s first environmentally-friendly speaker systems are now available for purchase. You can jam to your favorite digital songs through these green music systems, and help the environment as well. Speakers For those who love both music and the environment, we recommend the cardboard Eco-Speakers which are foldable and portable. These speakers are made from 100% recycled materials and you will not even need batteries for them, as they are powered by your MP3 player or favorite audio source...
Tags: Renewable-Energy
Summer Temperatures in the U.S. Below Average In the Southwest, it seemed hot as blazes this past summer. L.A., San Diego, Las Vegas, on many days seemed even hotter than recent years. Florida blazed and Texas cooked. However, many other states experienced cooler temperatures this summer, such as Chicago, Minneapolis, even Atlanta. How can this happen simultaneously? Climate change doesn’t always result in hotter temperatures. Weird weather patterns of recent years can go either way it would seem...
Tags: Solar-Power
In a recent press conference, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson said that in the next few months, carbon dioxide (CO2) will be declared a dangerous pollutant. As Jackson states it, a formal “endangerment finding”will cause the government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, which will, undoubtedly, help move climate change legislation through Congress.
In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the government could regulate greenhouse gases that qualify as pollutants and threaten public health. Greenhouse gases, which trap heat within the earth, are major contributors to climate change. In April, the EPA found carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases to be pollutants that could possibly threaten public health...
Tags: Wind-Energy
Remember the smell of burning fall leaves wafting through the air? Good memories, indeed, but best that they remain just memories. Burning leaves is bad news.
This practice is now illegal – or at least highly discouraged – in most areas. Burning leaves releases airborne particulates like dust and soot, mold, and other allergens that were tamped down with rain and decomposition. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): “the total health, financial, and environmental costs of leaf-burning can be quite high. These costs include higher incidences of health problems and increased heath care costs; forest fires and property loss and need for increased fire protection; and the clean-up costs associated with soiling of personal property.” So basically, burning leaves is an environmental no-no...
Tags: Renewable-Energy
A Vegetarian Test Drive How About a One-Month Trial for Being a Veggie? Have you ever been curious about what it would be like to be a vegetarian? Every parent’s dream come true, September has been deemed as Fruits & Veggies month by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services. So it is recommended that you decrease or eliminate your consumption of animal products, and try dieting with a program of primarily fresh grown produce. Perhaps you already indulge in a variety of fruits and veggies? Why not make it a formal test program for four weeks, evaluating how you feel at the end?
Tags: Alternative-Energy
You’d think a newborn baby should have a fresh start when it comes to toxic chemicals. But chemicals move across the placenta, so a baby emerges with some of the same pollution in its system as its mother. Tests of umbilical blood have detected chemicals that cause cancer and birth defects as well as those that are toxic to the brain and nervous system. Once born, infants take in even more pollution, through breathing, eating, and passage through the skin, just as adults do. But they are at greater risk from these exposures because of their physical differences. They have a faster metabolism. Their bodies are still developing rapidly, and exposures to toxic chemicals may disrupt a critical developmental step. They may not be able to protect themselves from chemicals as well as adults, because their immune systems are immature. And, per pound of body weight, they receive a greater dose of any chemical they’re exposed to. Some of the differences are stark....
Tags: Renewable-Energy
Steve Thomas, the host of Planet Green Renovation Nation helped the Gosselin’s install solar thermal panels and also line their driveway with solar lights. With new eco-gadgets which will help the couple conserve energy and generate power without using the power company’s sources, the Gosselin’s new 34-acre estate has become a wonderful energy efficient home. But was this a simple ploy by the couple to jump aboard a growing trend of green living or are they truly disposing recyclable products properly and maintaining a lifestyle which they try to keep carbon imprints to a minimum given the amount of children they have to monitor?
Tags: Renewable-Energy
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