Archive for the ‘green’ Category

DURHAM — Duke University students returning to campus this week were greeted with a pleasant surprise: four new cars, including two hybrids, available for their use.

Starting Thursday, Zipcar, the world’s largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, are available at Duke, providing students, faculty and staff who are age 18 and older with an eco-friendly transportation alternative to keeping a car on campus. Zipcar rates start at $8 an hour or $66 per day. Fuel, maintenance and insurance are included.

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Most New Year’s resolutions don’t work. But National Geographic’s Go Green blog is posting tips each week on how to make your promise to be more green a success.

In 2007, 35 percent of all the new electricity generation installed in the U.S.—over 5,200 megawatts (MW)—was wind. Its growth is second only to natural gas, reports eMagazine.

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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:

What are your New Year’s resolutions to help protect the environment in 2009? Share what YOU will do in the coming year to help protect the environment.

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Bored with your perfume? EcoStiletto has a way for you to blend your own “green” scent.

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No, it’s not St. Patrick’s Day, but for those who want their beer to be “green” all year, here’s some tips for buying eco-friendly ale from National Geographic’s green blog.

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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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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 waste?

One of the “gifts of the season” we usually overlook is the amount of STUFF we have left over - food scraps, dead batteries, old fir trees, and more.  But most of these things can be recycled or reused in some way, or at least disposed of properly.

Share your answer: http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2008/12/29/qotw-how-will-you-handle-holiday-waste/.

“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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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.