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January 25th, 2008

Phoenix Making Use Of Sun

Phoenix. The word actually refers to this mythological creature that is born from its ashes. Fawkes, anyone? And come to think that it just keeps on regenerating makes me compare the creature to Phoenix, Arizona the place.
Well, see, Phoenix is making use of the powers of the sun more. Instead of using 100% of conventional […]

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January 21st, 2008

Completely Solar

Have you ever thought just what a completely off the grid house would look like? Well, if you would have the time to visit Ed Souder’s house in Little North Mountain in West Virginia, you would say that it does not look any different from an ordinary house.
But once you do get to scrutinize the […]

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November 12th, 2007

Teaching About Recycling

John Pepi is the solid waste manager over at the University of Massachusetts. One of the things that he does well is helping out lessen the amount of garbage that the school produces. He also does help out in teaching students the facts about recycling and looking at what we throw away.
The Daily Collegian tells […]

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October 24th, 2007

In Terms of Environmental Conditions, Best Place To Live Is…

You want to have that question answered? You are in luck for the results of a study on which would be the best place to live in terms of the environment has been released.
The study was done by Reader’s Digest and the whole study was done with the help of Matthew E. Kahn, a professor […]

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October 23rd, 2007

Environment-Friendly Shopping

For a huge part of the female population, shopping seems to be something that they have to do. Or else. But did you know that shopping can be quite disastrous to the environment?
Well, this really happens. When we go shopping, we amass quite a number of shopping bags given to us for each purchase we […]

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October 22nd, 2007

Soda Cans And Tabs

There is more to that soda can you are holding right now. You think it may all just be about that refreshing liquid inside it that you love to drink all the time. May it be a Coke, or a Pepsi, or a Sprite, or a Mountain Dew, or a Dr. Pepper, or whatever it […]

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October 20th, 2007

Glass, Glass, Glass All Around

How many bottles of mayonnaise do you purchase each month? How many glass bottles do you have in your cabinet?
Well, what do you do with these glass bottles after the mayonnaise or those pickles or whatever was inside were gone? Do you just simply throw away these glass bottles?
There are plenty of things you can […]

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October 19th, 2007

Junk Mail Means More Environment Junk

You may have signed up to get these catalogues and flyers ages ago. In fact, you do not even remember when you signed up for it and you also do not remember where you signed up for it. Right now, you don’t even read these catalogues and you instead direct them right into the trash […]

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October 18th, 2007

Recycling With Friends And Neighbors

The nearest recycling center is quite a distance away from your neighborhood. And when you think about it, you would be spending much on gas just to send out just a small number of items for recycling.
One of the things you could do would be to organize your neighbors and your friends. Together, you can […]

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October 16th, 2007

Used Batteries: Where Should They Go?

Batteries can be pretty useful. However, when their power and energy is drained out of them, what should you do to them? Just throw them in the nearest trash bin and forget all about ‘em?
Well, experts are saying that used batteries are pretty harmful to the environment that is why it is important that we […]

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