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If every household in the United State replaced one regular lightbulb with one of those new compact fluorescent bulbs, the pollution reduction would be equivalent to removing one million cars from the road. By turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode, you can save 40 watt-hours per day. That adds up to 4 cents a day, or $14 per year.
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This is a guest post by Jesse Coleman that originally appeared at PolluterWatch . Pharmaceutical giants Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline, along with Verizon, Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, and Credit Union National Association, have announced that they will not fund the climate change denying Heartland Institute in 2012 .
DeSmogBlog | Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science
If you want to help preserve our marine environment, please support the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. We are a 501c(3) organization and contributions are tax deductible (Tax ID#: 33-0657882).
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Flush it - Feces from dogs or cats can be flushed down the toilet (don’t flush dog-waste bags or kitty litter), so they are treated at a wastewater treatment plant with other sewage.
Dog Waste Composting
ecobee
The ecobee community has saved an estimated 20,836,725 pounds of CO 2 . This is approximately equal to the amount of CO 2 emittied by the average car driving around the equator 4,270 times! The ecobee community has saved an estimated 20,836,725 pounds of CO 2 .
My Living Canvas
My Living Canvas is a professional organic gardening company committed to providing sustainable gardening practices. We are based in Vancouver and focus on organic gardening in the Pacific Northwest. Want to create an organic vegetable garden?
Since 1999 Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been collecting plastic debris from one beach in Northern California.
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Biodiesel / Recycling Alternative
You may have heard by now that Recycling Alternative has been running its trucks on recycled biodiesel and managing the Vancouver Biodiesel Co-op since 2003! We were and remain the first commercial fleet using high blends of this alternative fuel. We are proud to be among over 200 early adopter, co-op members, who are committed to lowering their emissions by filling up at the Recycling Alternative.
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Siobhan O’Connor and Alexandra Spunt are bicoastal best friends and the authors of No More Dirty Looks , a new book about the toxic ingredients used in everyday beauty products.
Although plastic Christmas trees are reusable from year to year, real trees are the more sustainable choice.
How to have a Green Christmas - Eartheasy.com Solutions for Sustainable Living
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This image could be seen today by thousands and thousands of London’s commuters as they opened up their newspapers today.BioChar « carbonsync.ca - Carbon-neutral Christmas trees!
The production of one tonne of BioChar removes from Earth’s atmosphere three tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 -e), or 3 carbon credits. This is a tangible carbon offset that you can see and touch.What’s One Block Off the Grid? One Block Off the Grid makes it easier and more affordable for homeowners to go solar by negotiating great solar deals on their behalf. Since 2008, One Block Off the Grid has hosted hundreds of deals on solar in over 40 U.S. states and helped thousands of homeowners go solar.
Infographic: How Big a Backyard Would You Need to Live Off the Land? | One Block Off the Grid: The Smart New Way to Go Solar
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