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Four Common Mistakes Committed When Investigating and Rectifying Indoor Air Issues
Fri, Apr 19 2013 at 2:54 AM
By Daryl Watters
Indoor air quality is a serious concern. When we hire professionals to help figure out what went wrong with our indoor environment we want it done right. When we have questions about what is in the air we breathe we want accurate answers. However it is fat to common for home owners and even...Read this blog
Ecotech Institute Offers its First Free Online Course: “Introduction to Sustainability”
Wed, Apr 17 2013 at 1:42 PM
By mollymkoch
  Ten-Week Course Offers Education on a Wide Variety of Sustainable Topics      Anyone around the world who has an interest in sustainability can now access some of the specialized education offered by Ecotech Institute – online and free. Ecotech Institute, the only college entirely focused on...Read this blog
Smart Grid Gets Public Support
Mon, Apr 15 2013 at 4:10 PM
By Bernard
Smart Grid Company Goes Public: Silver Spring Networks.Silver Spring Networks, a Redwood City, CA-based provider of Smart Grid software and hardware is our employer of...Read this blog
Should You Worry About Radiation in Japanese Matcha Teas
Sun, Apr 14 2013 at 9:33 AM
By Daniel
Most of Japan's tea is grown far to the west of the Fuskushima area, where the 2011 nuclear disaster occurred. The tea producing region in Shizuoka Prefecture is the closest to the disaster area and it is also the only one affected by radiation. Most of the teas tested from the area showed trace...Read this blog
Wind Farms Near Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Province
Sun, Apr 14 2013 at 8:34 AM
By Daniel
I worked in Shanghai, China from 2006 to 2008 and during that time I got the opportunity to travel around the country quite extensively. In the summer of 2007, I took an almost 60 hour train journey from Shanghai to Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China's far west (...Read this blog
Non-Toxic Green Living Is An Integral Important Part of My Life
Sat, Apr 13 2013 at 3:32 PM
By Dayna
Mother Nature Network and Planet Green are really cool green living networks and I'm happy and grateful to be here.  Non-toxic healthy green living has been an integral important part of my family's healthy lifestyle for 20 years and continues everyday.  For my family, everyday is Earth Day and...Read this blog
Drive like a woman
Fri, Apr 12 2013 at 8:28 AM
By sarahconor1980
I think about new post on my blog: Drive like a woman it will be something about ECO driving. It's better and more practice than theory about road signs, yes this is very important too , but soo boring. Why they don't...Read this blog
pacific garbage patch
Tue, Apr 09 2013 at 8:52 PM
By raafe888
I've been thinking of a solution to clean up the garbage patch, floating in our oceons. buy a used freighter. Install a plasma recycler in the hold. cut doors in the sides of freighter. Install long , specially manufactured landards, that have grippers and run on a conveyor belt system. To grab and...Read this blog
Big Money and Green Jobs for Kansas Buffalo Dunes Wind Farm
Tue, Apr 09 2013 at 5:27 PM
By Bernard
General Electric and Andover, MA-based ENEL Green Power (jobs at ENEL) announced on Monday Apr. 8th, 2013 that GE will...Read this blog
Are Your Bad Habits Slowly Killing You?
Tue, Apr 09 2013 at 2:48 PM
By K Alexander
Have you ever stopped and thought about what your bad habits are really doing to you? In recognition of World Health Day celebrated on April 7, we take a closer look at the impact our every day bad habits such as sitting down all day, not...Read this blog

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