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August 12th, 2008

Energy Saving in Beijing Olympic Village

Another great “green” innovation in this years Beijing Olympics is in the Olympic Village.     It uses Echelon’s LonWorks® technology (NASDAQ: ELON) to create a really efficiency lighting control system.        The smart lighting control system integrates all lighting subsystems for apartments, car park areas,  and landscape lighting to optimize energy […]

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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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November 14th, 2007

More Recycle Bins = Higher Recycling Rate

Is there really a significance between the number of recycle bins and the rate of people recycling? Some may answer yes and some may answer no. However, there is already a definite answer to that and that answer is backed up by a study so there really is proof.
According to a study which was done […]

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November 10th, 2007

Children’s Toys: What Do You Do With Them

Kids grow up too quickly and from that little tot who plays with Barney stuffed toys, you wake up one morning to realize that he has already become the kid who plays with PSPs. And so you take a look at your storage room to see tons of toys for younger kids that your own […]

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October 31st, 2007

Old Stuff To Great Pieces of Art

That pair of pants in your cabinet may have been your favorite five years ago however with frequent wear and washing, it has lost its aesthetic appeal so much so that for the past couple of years, it has been sitting in your cabinet gathering dust. Now, you are just about to throw it out.
Did […]

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