You’ve probably heard the economic downturn’s good news for the environment because people aren’t buying unnecessary things. But the economic downturn can actually mean people ARE buying things — energy-efficient things, that is.
The Shelton Group just released a study (PDF) showing that consumers are willing to buy green …

A new study estimates the cost of leaving computers on overnight at a staggering $2.8 billion a year, and that’s in the U.S. alone. Considering it takes less than a minute to shut down a computer (that’s if you have a dozen applications to close first), and a …

This is one of the harder lessons I learned at last weekend’s “Fast and Delicious” cooking course at Rachel Demuth’s vegetarian cookery school in Bath, England. The class was fabulous. Most lessons were delicious, some surprising, others a bit disappointing, like this fact about Parmesan cheese:
Italian …

The Wedge House in Durham, North Carolina is part modular home, part custom design. The home’s wedge shape was created by using 3 modular prefabricated homes. A single modular is on one side, while the other two are stacked opposite with a slanted roof connecting the two. As …

Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.  ”Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles” (Mathew 7:16).   Farmers and gardeners …

If you’re one of those folks out there who is suffering from a bit of carbon fatigue, then a post in the NY Times’ Green Inc. blog this week could either provide additional motivation for green projects or increased fear of another jargon-laden debate. Green Inc highlighted the growing trend of striving for …

Today is the day… Earth Hour 2009 starts in New Zealand in about an hour. Turn off your lights from 8:30 - 9:30 pm (your local timezone) to show your support for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour’s aim is to inspire and organize over 1 billion people in 1,000 cities around …

I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s living on a shoestring these days. But getting in shape can be expensive. Weight Watchers, gym memberships, Jenny Craig, personal trainers… this stuff costs gobs of money. I say ditch em’. And I’m not the only one.
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As the world struggles to keep up with the increasing energy costs, solar energy is becoming a popular alternative. All life depends on, and comes from the energy of the sun. Without solar energy, it would be impossible to produce the food and oxygen we need to survive. …

There are two important pieces of hybrid auto news today. First, according to Reuters, Honda Motors has announced the base price for their new Honda Insightat $19,800, which is 10% lower than the base Toyota Prius. Honda is positioning the five-door Insight as an economical alternative to the …