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alternativeconsumer.com - 14 hours ago
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This year, the automotive industry has been abuzz,
unveiling big plans for electric vehicles set to debut
in 2010 and beyond. While some of the cars prove promising, others have left us with an eyebrow raised. Here’s a round-up of the top newsmakers expected to launch in the New Year: ...
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Best & Worst EVs
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alternativeconsumer.com - 12 days ago
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Who doesn’t enjoy the sound of wind chimes
ringing in the breeze? Woodstock Chimes offers a wide
selection of chimes to enhance any patio. I had the opportunity to test and review the Capiz Solar Chime from Woodstock’s eco friendly, Asli Arts line. The Capiz chimes are made from natural, ...
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Woodstock Chimes – Capiz Solar Chime
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mindzle.com - 10 days ago
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Energy Systems Geothermal: Cutting Your Energy Bill in
Half! Geothermal energy is an alternative energy source that
can potentially reduce your energy bill in half! The use of this alternative energy source, with low atmospheric emissions, has a beneficial effect on our environment by ...
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Geothermal: Cut Your Energy Bill in Half!
mindzle.com - 10 days ago
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Do you want to heat your pool with
solar panels? You can! Solar panels for heating water
are not as expensive as you might believe. For around 0 and about a weekends worth of time, you could even create them yourself. The biggest advantage is that once you have paid for the cost of ...
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Can I Really Heat My Pool From Solar Panels?
alternativeconsumer.com - 11 days ago
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Are the terms ‘eco’ and ‘luxury super-yacht’ mutually
exclusive? I’m leaning toward ‘yes’ – although Swedish luxury
car and yacht designer Dennis Ingemansson obviously doesn’t agree. His 45-meter Esthec solar-powered superyacht design ...
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esthec – eco-luxury solar superyacht
mindzle.com - 11 days ago
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Renewable Energy The department for Energy and Climate
Change has recently published the UK Renewable Energy Strategy.
In this article I take a closer look at what this means for development projects in the UK. Of all the sources of renewable energy systems, water is considered to be one of the ...
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Renewable Energy – The Implication of the UK Renewable ...
mindzle.com - 5 days ago
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Despite the still parlous state of the world
and the UK economy in particular, the pressure on
business to be “seen to be greener” will continue to grow.Climate change policies and carbon taxes will inevitably become more significant mechanisms to raise revenues and be seen to be addressing ...
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Green Trends Reinforce Importance of Asset Management ...
alternativechannel.tv - 10 days ago
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Alternative Channel is currently interviewing Karel Mayrand's conference
on climate change and environmental crisis. Karel Mayrand is
part of David Suzuki's Foundation.
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Alternative Channel LIVE at the 2009 Sustainable Real ...
mindzle.com - 29 days ago
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If I was a betting man, I’d bet
you are already using solar power. It is in
your fuel, your food, and in some form or another almost everything you do. In more practical terms, though, we are talking about heat and electricity. Why should we use soar power to provide energy to our homes? ...
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Why Use Solar Energy?
mindzle.com - 29 days ago
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In September, there was a post to a
solar industry Linked-In group suggesting that solar markets were
declining and not very important. The evidence is GLOBAL and to the contrary in terms of dollars now moving in solar markets. Two of the world’s largest engineering giants, German ...
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Swartzenegger Big On Renewables
easyecoblog.com - 29 days ago
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California recently approved several new bills that will
help spur growth in solar power. They affect how
California’s power market works and encourage people to setup more solar panel systems. The first bill AB920 requires California’s utilities to buy extra solar power you ...
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New California Solar Power Energy Measures
alternativeconsumer.com - 28 days ago
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Boro Fuel Oil Co., Inc., which has been
providing Brooklyn, NY, residents and businesses with fuel and
energy services for 80 years, is taking the plunge and going green. On November 1st the company will become the first heating oil dealer in New York City to offer BioGreen – a new ...
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Brooklyn energy company offers BioGreen
alternativeconsumer.com - 27 days ago
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The US Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon announced
the 2009 winners of its biennial competition, which challenged
20 colleges and universities from around the world to design, build, and operate the most habitable, energy-efficient house powered exclusively by the sun. Taking the crown for ...
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DOE 2009 Solar Decathlon – shining winners
alternativeconsumer.com - 27 days ago
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Germany-based Neuber and Konarka Technologies have teamed up
to market a new solar charging line of bags.
Neuber’s Energy Sun-Bags feature Konarka’s Power Plastic material which converts solar energy into electricity. The new business and leisure bags charge mobile phones, digital ...
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Energy Sun-Bag keeps small gadgets charged
ecosalon.com - 27 days ago
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Biofuel usage has increased considerably in recent years,
mostly driven by government mandates to find cleaner fuel
options. But a new UN report brings into question how environmentally friendly these biofuels actually are. The report , from ...
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UN Questions Green Credentials of Biofuels
alternativeconsumer.com - 25 days ago
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Maybe we need to look to nature for
innovative alternative energy designs. Clean energy design firm, green
wavelength, has created a bumblebee-inspired 19-foot wind turbine prototype that they demo’d at this week’s The Perfect Pitch 2009 entrepreneur conference. The company’s ...
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innovative xBEE wind turbine
organicmania.com - 23 days ago
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This Halloween, I was convinced, would be the
year that fair trade Halloween chocolates made it to
the mass market — or at least to Whole Foods! Sadly, #nestlefamily fiasco notwithstanding, we’ve still got long way to go before fair trade Halloween chocolates are widely ...
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A Fair Trade Halloween? Not Completely.
alternativeconsumer.com - 22 days ago
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Wind power innovator, Mariah Power, and Connecticut’s Quinnipiac
University are installing the first micro-wind farm at a
U.S. university. The 25 turbine installation, which will be installed along the new York Hill Campus’s main walkway, will power about 50% of the campus’s ...
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Windspire wind turbines hit the campus
easyecoblog.com - 22 days ago
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Stonyfield Yogurt is giving away free online copies
of the Going Greener Guidebook. Topics covered in Going
Greener include: organics; eco food labels; buying better groceries; America’s farms and you; food safety; resources for green living; green companies; recycling; a healthy home makeover; ...
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Free Going Greener eBook
easyecoblog.com - 20 days ago
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Rapid changes in the solar power sector are
fueling a green energy revolution. With so much emphasis
on solving the global warming puzzle, technology in solar is advancing very quickly and may be the answer we’ve been looking for. Let’s take a look at how this industry is changing ...
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Eight Cool Things About Solar Power That Just Might ...
