Articles tagged “Green Libraries”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Libraries Aren't Just For Books Anymore: Kill-A-Watt Power Meters Available for Check Out By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Dec 22 2009 Want to cut down on your energy use at home? Start by knowing where the demand is coming from. If you live in Boulder or Denver, Colorado, you can now check a Kill-A-Watt power meter out of the public library. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Product Service System (PSS) By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Jan 28 2009 "In order to achieve sustainable society, it is necessary to transform industrial structure to the one that does not reduce the Earth's resources," they say at Enviroscope. "Under this circumstance, a business model of 'not selling goods, but selling services' has been expected as a measure of co-existence of business and the environment. This idea is called Product-Service Systems or PSS." + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Tool Library By Mickey Z. IN Home & Garden Jan 27 2009 Did you ever notice you can never find a butt marker when you need one? That's when a tool library comes in handy. + READ MORE

Visit the Library this Winter By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 5 2009 The holidays have passed. With the economy the way it is, making any travel plans may be difficult. You might be stuck in your town, waiting for the crisp, alabaster days of winter to pass. You?ve beaten all your games involving that fast-moving hedgehog and your TV shows are all watched up. + READ MORE

6 Ways to Go Green by Sharing By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 10 2008 A green community is an amorphous enough concept that it might not be the first thing that pops to mind when you consider the idea of living green. Things like buying local, organic food or improving your home's energy efficiency might be more obvious after a cursory thought, but engaging in a greener community will give you access to more resources, save you some money, keep you from accumulating so much stuff, and help you be greener on an individual level, too. + READ MORE

Swamped by Green Talk? Catch Up in No Time! By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Aug 15 2008 We know, we know. All of this talk about going green can get overwhelming. Terms and ideas sometimes fly by that seem to make absolutely no sense at all. It happens to us every day. There's always a new innovation in energy technology, an advance in organic farming, or revolution in recycling?it can be tough for even a green expert to stay on top of it all. So how can you get caught up without falling behind on other priorities? Here are a few ways. + READ MORE

Goodbye Clutter, Hello Green By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2008 On World's Greenest Homes, interior flourishes like custom cabinetry keep eco-smart domiciles picture-perfect and clutter-free. You can keep your house looking sleek, while helping the planet, with some easy and eco-smart de-cluttering. In addition to the fact that actions like green-busting your junk mail have tangible benefits for the planet, they can also help you adjust to a more eco-friendly lifestyle on the whole by changing your relationship to your stuff. + READ MORE

Fall in Love With The TreeHugger Book By Jessica Root IN Work & Connect May 20 2008 All of the delicious eco-bits and pieces have been culled together in one comprehensive place--TreeHugger's hot-off-the-press book, Ready, Set. Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living. Founder, Graham Hill and Editor-In-Chief, Meaghan O'Neill lay down the steps to a low-impact life without just listing off tips. + READ MORE

Make Your Books Greener: Start a Library at the Office By Michael Graham Richard IN Work & Connect Apr 30 2008 Obviously, the greenest book is the one that you don't buy. But there is one way to make the books that you already own greener: Start a library at your work place. + READ MORE

Put Your Old Magazines to Good Use By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Apr 7 2008 Andy Warhol reads magazine, 1965; Photo credit: Bernard Gotfryd, Hulton Archive, Getty Images Some of us get far too many magazines; fortunately there are lots of things you can do besides just recycling them.Pam Gaulin at Associated Content suggests using them as a boot saver: Roll up an already read magazine and place + READ MORE

Green My Media: Download Movies for Free By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Feb 4 2008 MyLibraryDV is a 24/7 video-on-demand service created by Recorded Books, in partnership with public libraries across the United States. All you need to access free Hollywood movies (caveat: nothing fairly recent), network and cable TV programming (including Antiques Roadshow, America's Test Kitchen, and Rick Steves'... + READ MORE

Find, Buy Refurbished Tools By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 18 2008 Though borrowing from tool libraries is definitely the way to go when you're tackling a weekend DIY project, the time will come, for some of us, when we need to own our own tools. Go with factory (sometimes called "manufacturer") reconditioned tools-remember, there's a difference between "refurbished/reconditioned" and + READ MORE

Borrow From a Tool-Lending Library By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 7 2008 If you're finding it tough to justify the purchase of an expensive belt sander or a rotary hammer drill for what is likely a one-off project-we know we would-and your neighbors are acting ornery, find out if you have access to a tool-lending library in your neighborhood before you make a bank-breaking purchase. + READ MORE

Green Your Media: Download Audio Books for Free from Your Local Library By Collin Dunn IN Tech & Transport Dec 21 2007 You can find any library book, anywhere and trade your old books for new ones, thanks to that handy Internet, but to cut paper out of the equation altogether, you can also download audio books and eBooks from a library near you, for free. If your library isn't a member of the program, don't fret; the Media Locator site + READ MORE

Calculate Your Neighborhood's Walk Score By Collin Dunn IN Work & Connect Dec 17 2007 St. Augustine once adduced "Solvitur Ambulando," meaning "It is solved by walking," which is a familiar theme here at Planet Green. To figure out how your neighborhood ranks, click on over to Walk Score and input your address; the Google Maps mash-up parses your 'hood for grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops,... + READ MORE

Buy Used Books, Fund Global Literacy By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Nov 16 2007 That's the premise behind Better World Books, a "radically different kind of bookstore" based in Northern Indiana. To date, Better World Books has raised more than .3 million for over 70 literacy and education non-profits, while providing over 450,000 books for Books for Africa and the National Center for Family... + READ MORE

Find Any Library Book, Anywhere By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Oct 26 2007 Why buy when you can borrow? Tap into the world's largest library network with WorldCat, a free online search engine that catalogs over 1 billion books, videos, music, and articles across more than 10,000 libraries around the globe. + READ MORE

Plan an Eco-Friendly Vacation By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 23 2007 Relax, taking a vacation doesn't have to be a guilt-fest-you can shrink your globe-trotting carbon footprint with some helpful tips from Earth911.org, our go-to directory of recycling resources. You don't even need to jet off to some far-flung, exotic locale to find some quality R & R. Ring up your local art and... + READ MORE