energy

What can you do to stop global warming?

vmartir — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:30:26 -0500

Believe it or not, there are many simple things you can do in your daily life that can have an effect on your immediate surroundings and on places as far away as the South Pole. Here is a list of a few things that you can do to make a difference.

Use compact fluorescent bulbs

Which lights in your home do you use the most? Replace them with compact fluorescent bulbs. Three CFBs will save 300 pounds of carbon dioxide and $60 per year!

What can you do to stop global warming?

vmartir — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:29:10 -0500

Use compact fluorescent bulbs

Which lights in your home do you use the most? Replace them with compact fluorescent bulbs. Three CFBs will save 300 pounds of carbon dioxide and $60 per year!

Not Just Any New Home

Katie_Hine — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:34:01 -0600

Standing in the driveway of the home they were building, the members of the University of North Alabama’s Habitat for Humanity chapter were already thinking about the next home. Next time, they decided, the home would be environmentally friendly. Now that home is in the design stage. It will be solar-powered and hopefully zero-energy, meaning that the home will use an average of no manufactured energy. The home will also incorporate energy-efficient appliances and environmentally friendly building materials.

Youth Hydrogen

xillix — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:38:41 -0600

Hi,

My name is Simon Pickup, President and Founder of Youth Hydrogen. Here's a little bit about Youth Hydrogen:

The Back Porch Energy Initiative

The Back Porch Energy Initiative — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:12:53 -0600

From America's back highways to your own back porch, I am excited to share with you the ideas and actions of the Back Porch Energy Education Corporation, Virginia based educational non-profit working for environmentalism in the American Southeast. Back Porch Energy is committed to fostering local responses to the national and global problem of energy consumption.

Prairie Plant Establishment on Green Roof

klatshaw — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:03:18 -0600

With the help of my college professor, I established the first commercial green roof in the state of Nebraska! Prairie plants—plants that would survive drought, and other harsh conditions—were used to cover the roof. A specially designed mixture, called RoofliteTM was used as a lightweight growing media. This planting media was tested for its water holding capacity and drainage properties before it was used.

EcoAware

askantik — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:01:21 -0600

My project is an on-going one that uses the far-reaching power of the Internet to connect with people and get them motivated, much like dosomething.org does. I concentrate on all types of environmental and energy issues, including providing information, photographs, and also opening up topics for discussion, all while keeping a positive outlook.

EcoAware is primarily focused on MySpace (it is much easier... and cheaper... to reach people this way). However, I have created a website for EcoAware which can be found at http://www.ecoaware.org

Greening of Petersburg

BackPorchEnergyInitiative — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:17:57 -0500

The Back Porch Energy Initiative is a non profit founded in May of 2007 by six college graduates who wanted to take action on critical local issues in the American southeast. The American southeast has the highest per capita energy consumption values in the country, spending only one fifth the national averages on energy programming and resources. The founders of Back Porch call the southeast home, and we decided to do something about these discouraging figures. In November, we are headed on a ten month tour of the American Southeast on a bus fueled by waste vegetable oil.

Greening of Petersburg

BackPorchEnergyInitiative — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:07:59 -0500

Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition Summit

knightb3 — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:02:44 -0500

The 2007 Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition Summit will have 150-200 attendees from campuses across the state and will feature keynote speakers involved in clean energy organizing in Michigan, introductory and in-depth workshops on the impacts of fossil fuels and global warming, briefings on energy and climate policy at the state level in Michigan and basic and advanced skills trainings to empower students to organize for clean energy on their campuses.