Archive for December, 2008
Green Tips for Moving The Obamas
National Geographic’s “The Green Room” has some tips on green ways to move the Obama family from Chicago to D.C.
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EPA Question of the Week: Holiday Waste
Question of the Week: How will you handle holiday waste?
Washington, D.C. – Ever wanted to tell EPA what you thought on an environmental topic? Each week, you have your chance in the EPA blog, Greenversations. Each question is an open-ended blog entry; please share your thoughts as comments.
This week’s question: How will you handle holiday [...]
A Green Look At Restroom Paper Towels
“Paper towels billowing out of bathroom dispensers is, for some environmentalists, a painful symbol of waste,” writes the New York Times.
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Recycle Your Holiday Tree
Christmas is over and your tree will soon be brown, but there is still something green you can do with it.
There are several ways to do this. Learn more here.
Holiday Recycling Questions? We’ve Got Answers
Gifts wrapped in silver and gold may be under your tree right now, but there’s one color to keep in mind before throwing holiday waste in the trash: green.
Learn more here.
Cleaner (And Greener) Clothes
According to EcoStiletto’s unscientific laundry room trials, Ecover laundry detergent proved to actually clean clothes much better than any other “green” brand.
“Best of all the eco-friendly laundry soaps. It’s phosphate-free, made from organic plants and minerals and totally biodegradeable—you can use it with gray water systems.”
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EPA Offering $3M In Environmental Grants
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is making nearly $3 million available in 2009 to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program. CARE is a community-based program that builds partnerships to help the public understand and reduce toxic risks from numerous sources.
EPA will award CARE [...]
Electronic Cooperatives Work To Bring Renewable Energy To NC
GreenCo Solutions, Inc., a green cooperative owned by the majority of North Carolina’s electric cooperatives, has partnered with QVC, one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers, to install a 1-megawatt solar energy facility at the QVC Rocky Mount, Inc distribution center in Rocky Mount, NC.
Bottle Bike Wins For Four ASU Students
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By Monte Mitchell
Media General News Service
BOONE, N.C. — When four Appalachian State University students were challenged to figure out just what they could build with plastic drinking bottles, they wound up pedaling off as winners of a regional contest sponsored by Google.
It turned out that Mountain Dew and Sprite bottles made a nice green color [...]
Dept. Of Commerce Announces 2nd Round Of Green Business Fund Grants
NORTH CAROLINA — The N.C. Department of Commerce’s Office of Science and Technology is now accepting applications for the second round of N.C. Green Business Fund grants. The grants are designed to develop and commercialize promising technologies, products and services in the areas of biofuels, green building, clean technologies and renewable energy.
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