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Lean, Green Machines: The Most Eco-Conscious Cars on the Market

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and GreenerCars.org have established a ranking system for the greenest cars for 2015. The list provides consumers with the lowdown on the most environmentally conscious models currently on the market. While each manufacturer offers a number of individualized options, the list serves as a starting point for consumers. Nissan Leaf The compact five-door hatchback comes equipped with an automatic transmission, an 80kW electric motor and a 24kW lit

HannahWhittenly

HannahWhittenly

Recycling Plant Success? Developing Countries with Sustainable Goals

The United States discards a huge amount of waste material every minute, and developing countries aren’t far behind. Some brilliant minds have been able to see piles of refuse as potential income and useful materials, from companies like Lakeshore Recycling to home decorators reusing old fabrics. People everywhere are willing to come up with ways to turn trash into treasure. Recycling is sustainable and profitable, benefiting entrepreneurs around the world and the planet. These developing worlds

HannahWhittenly

HannahWhittenly

Simple Steps to Reduce Humidity in Your Home

Needless to say, upgrading to new energy efficient windows in your home is a sure shot way to control humidity levels inside. What is crucial here is your choice of company that shall do the job for you. You will come across countless such window companies in Edmonton who offer these services and it may be a tough task to choose one. Though most promise excellent window installation services, not all are to be believed despite good prices because most of these disappear when problems arise in th

Derek Honeybun

Derek Honeybun

Get Rid of Condensation on Your Windows

What is condensation? The word condensation may remind you of your general science classes back in school! Condensation happens when water vapor comes in contact with a surface whose temperature is lower than its surrounding air. This simple concept causes dew on a hot humid day or rain falling from clouds on a cold day.  Window Condensation Window condensation is a commonly occurring phenomenon especially in winter that occurs when external temperatures drop and internal temperatures are warm.

Derek Honeybun

Derek Honeybun

Get a Supply of WEFHAS Humic Acid for an Increased Agricultural Yield

Are you using high value humic acid coming from some of the richest carbon sources in this world? As per agricultural experts, you should never settle for low quality humates or humic acid that are high in metals and treated with heat or toxic chemicals for extraction. The application of such humic acid will have little impact on your agricultural yield due to low nutritional value. You need to try something better and more organic (WEFHAS Ag Grade) humic products which can increase your agricul

humicharvest

humicharvest

Vertical Gardens: Transforming the Concept of Gardening

Vertical walls are one of the latest trends of gardening in the recent days. The concept of using the vertical green walls arises due to the increased pollution in the urban cities. The forest areas are reducing significantly. Most of the people are living in apartments where there is not enough place to make gardens. In such situations, vertical walls create a huge difference. Architects are using the vertical green facades and walls on the living rooms, balconies and cabinets to make the homes

juliagomes

juliagomes

Green Business Practice - 5 Ways Companies are Making a Difference

If you are a concerned eco-friendly entrepreneur, there are many inspiring and creative ways to make and keep your business “green” and help the environment in safe ways at the same time. Feel good about helping Mother Nature to maintain our natural resources for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. There is an extra benefit because it helps your reputation that consumers want to support a green business, and you can thus show customers that you care about the environment and

Meghan Belnap

Meghan Belnap

Mindful Manufacturing: Lowering Emissions On An Industrial Level

How can manufacturers reduce emissions on an industrial level? Industrial companies in the United States must figure out creative ways to stop emitting so much carbon dioxide when they produce their goods. Helping the environment helps everyone. And the companies don't have to spend more money. Their profits will remain high even if they pay more attention to their carbon dioxide emissions. The following changes will make the biggest difference on the emissions at the industrial level. Annual Di

HannahWhittenly

HannahWhittenly

Cleaning Oil Spills - Old Problems, New Solutions

If there's one thing without which modern society would seize to exist, it's oil. (Well, living without Internet will also positively suck, but that's a whole different story right here.) Realistically speaking, for the time being, despite the billions of dollars that are being put into the development of green technologies, oil remains essential to the proper functioning of our lives. Oil supplies our factories and makes our means of transportation move, it helps trade, makes manufacturing and

NathanHutt

NathanHutt

Use Recycled Paper Bags for a Healthier Garden

Paper bags can be recycled and repurposed in numerous ways, and some of the most advantageous uses can help keep your garden in tip-top condition. Here are a few ways in which your paper can aid your plants. Include in Composting Paper bags are relatively thick and highly absorbent, so they make the perfect brown matter for your compost. Dense paper can be shredded into small, narrow pieces, and then mixed in normally, while thinner paper bags can be torn into larger bits and scrunched up in

GoingGreen

GoingGreen

Home Restoration: How to Make Your Home "Green" and Energy Efficient

Making your home eco-friendly doesn't need to be an expensive or time-consuming chore. In fact, most families only need to make a few small changes around their house in order to cut down on their carbon footprint. Here is a look at five simple steps that you can take today to lower energy bills and potentially remove some toxins within your own home. Switch to Plant-Based Cleaners There is a long list of unhealthy chemicals sitting under the kitchen sink in most homes. Some of these common cle

LizzieWeakley

LizzieWeakley

Special Import and Export Facility Providers of the Biggest City Down Under

Custom clearance world is a well known name in the import and the export circles. The special provider is used by the people of the biggest city down under. The service provider and the resource is very special and it is the one to have and use. People all over the county use the resource to the fullest and they provide complete expertise and assistance to the short term and the long term clients which makes them very special and extremely wonderful and the one to have and use. The provider is c

Trent Joseph

Trent Joseph

Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Indoor air can be more polluted than the air that you breathe outside. Shocking, but true. And it isn’t just because you keep your windows open at night, thereby allowing the pollutants in outdoor air to waft into your house. Chemicals commonly found in each households, such as floor cleaners and insecticides also add to the growing list of pollutants that are making your indoor air quality bad.   But while there are certainly dangers lurking in every room in the house, the good news is that th

Angie Cole

Angie Cole

Filter Buy Reveals Infographic About Indoor Air Pollution

Not many people are aware of the dangers of indoor air pollution or even the fact that there even is such a thing. With all the attention that’s been directed to the pollution that affects everyone outdoors, this shouldn't really be surprising. Fortunately, Filter Buy, a family-owned business that specializes in hard-to-find air filters, created an infographic that has all the basics down in a simple format. Here's what we need to understand about air pollution indoors.  

Angie Cole

Angie Cole

Environment Can Come Clean with Driverless Car Era

Whether we’re ready or not to surrender more of our sovereignty to the omnipresent influence of technology in our lives, we will soon face another achievement that will have a profound impact on society, the economy and environment.  Within this decade, driverless cars will cruise into our lives and harness our energy expenditures.  The potential impact on our environment and energy efficiency could be unprecedented. Driverless Cars Are More Energy Efficient Despite an ongoing debate about the v

JasonHall

JasonHall

Taking the First Step

In today’s world, it’s surprisingly easy to forget about the ramifications of our actions. Even though we are “connected” through the developments in technology such as the internet, our so-called “flat world” isn’t all that flat when it comes to addressing the consequences that do not directly affect us, on a personal and individualized level. Living as an Indian in the United States, the “West” as people back home would call it, I understand that I have been given a privilege, that many are no

Ash

Ash

No More Wasted Air: The Best Ways to Conserve Power and Make Your AC More Efficient

Depending on where one lives, cooling an indoor environment can cost as much or more than winter heating. On average, families spend hundreds of dollars to cool their homes. There are many different ways to cut cooling utility bills. However, the actual savings realized will also depend on individual climates. Bigger is Not Better Some feel that larger window or central air-conditioning units will not only make environments more comfortable but also save on expenses in the long run. In fact, uni

HannahWhittenly

HannahWhittenly

An Eco Pickup Truck is here and it’s great

Over the years there are a few things in life that I’ve learnt. Over a period of ones life, one can expect to pay taxes, die and have a few laughs along the way. Another thing that is certain in life is that one can expect Americans to love their pick up trucks! Now being from the United Kingdom, I’ve always had a fascination with pick up trucks and why they are such a big pull to our American cousins over the pond. I’ve never quite understood the fascination of them, mainly because there’s not

Eco-Business

Eco-Business

6 New Ways to Go Green You Haven’t Tried Yet

Going green is a trend that isn’t going away anytime soon. More and more people are incorporating a lot of great green initiatives into their daily life to make a difference for their planet. Many people think, in fact, that there is not much more they can do to go green. Even though it seems like there is not much the average person can do, there are a lot of new an uncommon ways to save the planet and its resources. Anyone can try to add these practices into their daily lives. Here are six n

Tahir Ismail

Tahir Ismail

Plastic Panic? How to Identify Safe and Recyclable Plastics

These days it is possible to recycle plastic, but there are several different kinds of plastic, and they differ in some important respects. Some plastics are more likely to leach into the environment than are others. Some are more bio-degradable than others and some are simply safer to use. Plastic containers always have a symbol on the bottom. It's a triangle with a number in it. The number indicates the type of plastic used to make the container. There are seven kinds of plastics: 1) PETE or P

HannahWhittenly

HannahWhittenly

Solar Solution Companies Boosting the Job Market In Tampa And Beyond

As consumers across the US are becoming increasingly aware of the boons of using renewable energy solutions and even businesses are reducing their dependence on fossil fuels, the solar solutions industry is flourishing in several US states including the bustling and sunny city of Tampa that has emerged as a hub of renewable energy.  Currently, hundreds of solar technology companies are catering to residential and commercial needs in the city, offering a variety of solutions, right from solar lig

olivia

olivia

Now Antarctica goes down the drain

It was believed that maybe, we humans have just managed to preserve some parts of our world from global warming. Covered in ice and inaccessible for most part of the year, some believed that Antarctica was one part of the globe which was untouched by human proliferation and that it would, at least, stay cold and steady for a few more years. How wrong we were. Like all other places, Antarctica too has been affected owing to the harsh consequences of climate change. According to a new research, a

Sue Miles

Sue Miles

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