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Archive for July, 2009

U.S. Army Still Going Green

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Recently, the U.S. Army announced that they would be constructing a 500 MW solar thermal power plant. But, originally, specifics were very few and very vague.
The 500 MW U.S. Army power plant will be located at Ft. Irwin, California and will not be one large project but a series of smaller projects over 11 years. [...]

Green Ways To Cool Your Home

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Want to keep your home cool, and help save the planet, go green, and save some green? Why not put a white roof on your house.
Recent studies have shown that white roofs can reduce your A/C bill by nearly 20% or more which means lower energy consumption by your air conditioning which equates to lower [...]

Green Fashion Quick Tip

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

BlueQ, a company that makes novelty home, fashion, and beauty products has stepped away from making tween oriented products that push the limits of tackiness and political correctness. BlueQ has decided to make Green, enviromentally friendly and sustainable totes, shoppers, pouches, overnighters, and coin purses.
The products actually have tasteful and bold prints, and they are [...]

Carbon Dioxide Time Bomb

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

A team of European scientists have recently announced that there is a global warming time bomb laying-in-wait in the Sub-Arctic. Their study, which was released today, showed some dire consequences backed by actual experiments and not just computer models.
The European scientists were studying the effects of a 1.0 degree Celsius increase in worldwide temperature on [...]

New Jersey and Solar Power

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

The American State of New Jersey has just taken the No. 2 spot in generating power produced by the sun. The State of California has the No. 1 spot.
New Jersey’s Board of Public Utilities has just announced the approval of over $515 million in new solar projects that will be built within the state and [...]

Green Collar Jobs: Wind Industry

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Looking for a new career? Do you have construction and metal working abilities? Then maybe the Wind Industry is the Green business sector for you. As new wind farms are being planned, developed, and maintained all over the world skilled, Green professionals are needed to make sure all these tasks are preformed perfectly.
Since wind is [...]

Green Off Roading

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

For those of you that still want to ride on your local dirt trails on the weekend but are concerned about engine emissions in nature, Zero Motorcycle’s has a new dirt bike for you. Zero Motorcycle’s has just released the Zero DS.
Zero Motorcycle’s Zero DS is an on and off road version of their original [...]

Handheld Wind and Solar Charger

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

There is a new handheld wind and solar charger to power your gadgets on a camping trip, outside, or maybe on a bike ride (if they make the attachment for it). The name of the company is Kinesis and this product was first introduced at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show last year.
Now that it [...]

Leather Label Check

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

After a recently released Greenpeace investigation on leather sourced from unsustainable Amazon cattle ranches, many of these companies have taken notice and changed their supply chains. Nike and Timberland are among the latest companies to decide to source their leather from sustainable cattle ranches in the Amazon.
The investigation shows that Brazil is the 4th largest [...]

Ultimate Green Driving Machine?

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

BMW has just announced today that they will be making a new, susatianable sports car. It is said to be based of the BMW M1 Hommage concept that was debuted at the Frankfurt auto show.
We are sure this vehicle will of course live up to all BMW standards, but the company also claims it would [...]