Unplugged Living

April 24th, 2008

LED Night Light

I just bought an LED night light for our room.   I was looking for something with very low power consumption and automatically shuts off  during the day.    I found one that only consume 0.5watts  with a light sensor.
What I like about LED lights is that it takes a long-long time before (longer than CFL […]

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April 22nd, 2008

Earth Day 2008

Earth Day 2008 (every April 22) - I watched National Geographic Channel and I’ve been alarmed by some of the things happening like the melting of the ice in the polar ice caps. I wished a lot of people are watching NGC just to be aware of what’s happening. […]

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March 30th, 2008

Earth Hour Updates

So how was your Earth Hour experience?  Did many people in your neighborhood joined?   If you’re wondering how it went in other countries,  here are some of the Earth Hour links I found
1.  Cities switch of lights for Earth Hour
2.  Aussies turned on by Earth Hour switch off poll
3.  Canadian Press
4. Bloomberg
5.  Xinhuanet
I wish there […]

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March 28th, 2008

Earth Hour Reminder

Just a reminder for all those people who will be participating in the Earth Hour.   If you already forgot,  I made a post last Feb about a unique global event that will happen this Mar29 which is called Earth Hour.
What: Earth Hour
When:  Saturday, March 29th – from 8 p.m to 9 p.m
How:  Just turn off […]

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February 21st, 2008

Lets Turn Off Our Lights During ‘Earth Hour’

I just got an email from greenexchange.com regarding a world wide event called “Earth Hour”.
Green Exchange is proud to be a sponsor of Earth Hour, a global initiative designed to raise awareness about climate change and to demonstrate that by working together, we can make a difference.
On February 15th, Mayor Daley announced that Chicago […]

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January 1st, 2008

LEDs Light Up Rockefeller Center’s Tree

For this year, the Christmas tree over at the Rockefeller Center in New York City is a Norway Spruce. It stands some 84 feet tall and it sure has become the center of attraction of those who are in the area. The tree is surely green and I mean it literally and figuratively. See, it […]

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December 24th, 2007

Skateboards Become Foot Wear

In an interview with Treehugger, Kris Lovett relates her story: “While I was standing on the tail of my board I noticed the geometry that the skateboard made with the ground.” On that note, she continued to share the moment that made her go about and venture into creating her product: “Since my shoe was […]

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December 7th, 2007

The North Pole is Melting!!!

I think we should all be alerted. But this video is truly cute, my 4 year old boy went on to watch it 4 times.

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November 16th, 2007

A Man’s Recycling Ideas

In the United Kingdom, there is this man in the Weston province who believes that people are really wasteful but could save on a lot if they really did look at the amount of garbage that they throw out each day. In his musings, this man, Simon Kerrigan, has come up with his own ideas […]

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November 15th, 2007

This Small Plastic Village

It is amazing to think that people really are resourceful. And one of the best examples of this would be Herman Pearman, a resident of Heritage Hall in Roanoke who is currently 88 years old. What Pearman did was that he built his own small plastic village using those drinking straws that usually litter the […]

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