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In todays world everyone is starting to feel the need to go green, and everybody is starting to think of ways that they can help the planet but still keep the lifestyles they’re accustomed to. Wind power is an excellent alternative energy source that has many benefits.
Generating electricity with the [...]
Trees begin as providers to our eco system. They make Oxygen and burn Carbon Dioxide thus helping our systems. They serve a good purpose in our lives till they die, and then have to be replaced. Before the replacement they have to be removed. Removing is a job that has to be done right or [...]
Electric cars are becoming more popular as more people hear about how great they are especially to the environment. More people are looking into what the electric car conversion process involves. Some people will do electric car conversion for a hobby whereas others just want to buy electric cars without messing with the conversion part.
When [...]
The use of ethanol as an alternative fuel is becoming increasingly popular by ever conscious consumers wishing to do their little bit for the planet. It may even be a better alternative to bio fuel, it seems that it is a lot more pleasant to make at any rate.
What is Ethanol?
Ethanol is a grain alcohol, [...]
UPPSALA: The car of the future could be powered by small “ping-pong balls” filled with hydrogen gas. If the project takes off commercially, this
could be a signal contribution from Sweden towards reducing the world’s dependence on fossil fuel for transport. This is what astronautics professor and inventor Lars Stenmark of the department of materials science, [...]
POZNAN (Poland): A Swiss teacher completed the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered car on Thursday and said he hoped the 52,000-km (32,000-mile) odyssey would inspire carmakers to make greener models.
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Louis Palmer smashed his “solar taxi” through a wall of polystyrene blocks marking the end of the 17-month trip outside the venue of [...]
A healthy home is your refuge. It’s the place where you go to relax and be with your family. The place where you feel safe. However, your home may also be the place that most affects your health in a negative way.
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The following list of tips will help you get started in making sure [...]
This winter, New Year’s Eve revelers will have a close-up view of Times Square’s first environmentally friendly billboard powered entirely
by wind and sun.
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But the billboard might not be quite as dazzling as some of its high-powered neighbors along the Great White Way.
Construction on the 35,000-pound sign advertising Ricoh Americas Corp is to begin this [...]
Most of us in the country are dreading the electric bill showing it’s ugly head in our mailbox this summer. Depending on the size of your home and the amount of people living there making the meter spin at a rapid pace, will help determine exactly how high your bill will reach this summer.
It [...]
A healthy home is your refuge. It’s the place where you go to relax and be with your family. The place where you feel safe. However, your home may also be the place that most affects your health in a negative way.
The following list of tips will help you get started in making sure [...]
Paper or plastic?” It seems like it should be an easy choice, but from durability and reusability to life cycle costs, there’s a lot more to each bag than meets the eye.
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Paper comes from trees — lots and lots of trees. The trees are found, marked and felled in a process that all too often [...]
In 1932, J.M. Custer of Piggott, Arkansas had an idea for a car that would run on compressed air. He not only built the car, but it actually ran. He used an engine that resembled a radial airplane motor in appearance. It was mounted upright in the same space occupied by gasoline motors in standard [...]
The future of building technology is here and it’s full of holes. The Swiss cheese exoskeleton shell of COR, the first sustainable, mixed use condominium in Miami, Florida is a hyper-efficient smart skin simultaneously providing the building structure, thermal mass for insulation, shading for natural cooling, terrace enclosures, armatures for energy producing turbines, and loggias [...]
One must note that not all “green” homes are really green. It seems that the trendy word used now is “green” and with the current real estate market softening everywhere, realtors, developers and homeowners are getting “creative” with words that might help draw attention to their home(s) for sale.
We at Listed Green call this the [...]
The Daily Green offers this handy guide on the various types of plastic:
Number 1 Plastics — PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate)
Found In: Soft drinks, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; ovenable food trays.
Recycling: Pick up through most curbside recycling programs.
Recycled Into: Polar fleece, fiber, tote bags, [...]
As plastic ages or is exposed to heat or stress, it can release trace amounts of some of its ingredients. Of particular concern are bisphenol-a (BPA), used to strengthen some plastics, and phthalates, used to soften others.
These chemicals are used in hundreds of household items; BPA is in everything from baby bottles to can linings, [...]