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Archive for August 2007

August 31st, 2007

Gadgets Add To Garbage

So it is a given fact that those who create our friendly neighborhood gadgets claim that the newest innovations and inventions actually help Mother Nature lessen her load of garbage. How? Well, let’s just say that there are now gadgets like mobile phones that could be used as an alarm clock, video, and camera. So […]

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August 30th, 2007

The Wonderful Solar World

I came across a pretty interesting article. I know we all are aware of the new Seven Wonders of the modern world, this article that I’m talking about discusses the Seven Wonders of the world of solar power. Imagine that.
Here are some of the most interesting ones that I’ve found:

Helicopter Search Lights - based on […]

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August 29th, 2007

Oh Those Solar Homes

I do envy those who own homes that utilize the energy of the sun as their power source. I mean, sure, they had to shell out extra during the time when their homes are built but in the long-run, they would not have to worry about all those electricity bills that could shoot straight right […]

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August 28th, 2007

Hawaiians Willing To Pay To Protect Mother Nature

In Hawaii, a survey was recently done and it had 2,000 residents as the respondents. The results were then analyzed and it did reflect that a huge part of the whole lot cared about the environment and are even willing to shed more cash just to be able to keep it from further destruction.
Also, the […]

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August 27th, 2007

How Green? Let ETA Tell You.

In the United Kingdom, ETA is offering services for all consumers. The group is saying that they would gladly give out vehicle inspections so that you would know if the vehicle that you are eyeing to own is green enough to not further harm our environment.
The group furthermore claims that their inspection procedures are comprehensive […]

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August 25th, 2007

Attitude Towards Environment Changing, Says Survey

The Office for National Statistics in the UK has recently made a major survey. And when all data has been collected and analyzed, the office was able to find out that people have been had an attitude change with regards to the environment.
According to the analyzed data, more and more people are leaning towards awareness […]

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August 24th, 2007

Potato Company To Use Wind Power

McCain Foods of UK is known for its potato products and soon enough, they would also be known for being quite environment friendly. According to the company, they are going to shell out £10 million as investment. With that amount of money, they are going to have three wind turbines built at their factory and […]

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August 23rd, 2007

Sprint Looking At Wind To Give Light

The Sprint-Nextel Corporation is currently thinking about setting up a small wind turbine which would give light to its campus. According to sources, Sprint is off thinking that they would like to have a wind turbine power generator built and that such would stand to be around 40 feet tall. Of course, they would still […]

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August 22nd, 2007

Uh-Oh. Blackle Does Not Help Save Energy?

I have been pretty much of a Blackle convert after I learned about it. I mean, yes, I can help save more energy and I also have come to love the black background.
But I did chance upon this post:
In January 2007, Mark Ontkush, the owner of the ecoIron blog, suggested that a large amount […]

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August 21st, 2007

Philippine City To Use Solar Power

Mandaluyong City, one of the cities in the Philippines’ National Capital Region, is on the move towards using solar energy as a main source of power. Its head, Mayor Benhur Abalos, did mention that using such would be a big help to boosting their dwindling funds.
The mayor continued to say, “A big amount of money […]

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