Articles tagged “Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Great Green Tips By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2008 Instead of buying wasteful and expensive wrapping paper for your presents, pull out the most colorful ads and articles from old magazines, tape them together, and then use this homemade wrapping paper to wrap the gift. + READ MORE

Once-a-Week Earth Hour Fuels Energy-Free Fun! By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 7 2008 Whizzing through the dimly lit streets of Los Angeles, the Midnight Ridazz embody an inspiring example of energy-free fun. Taking back L.A.?s typically traffic-choked streets, these cycling enthusiasts use nothing but their own physical energy to power through, as seen in the recent The G Word profile of the club. Impressive. + READ MORE

Standing Tall, Built Green By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 4 2008 Sustainable building practices take center stage in Greensburg.The Hearst Tower was the first building in New York City to be certified gold for being made of 80% recycled steel and using 25% less energy than minimum requirements set by the city. + READ MORE

Green Your Workout! By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 3 2008 We all know that exercise is a crucial part of a healthy lifestyle, but as we saw on the G Word recently, not all exercise is eco-friendly.Consuming tons of power with your treadmill or using bicycles that COULD have been constructed out of materials that are more green are not the best exercise choices when it comes... + READ MORE

Put Some Green In Your Gas Gulper By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 As the G Word recently showed us, it'd be very cool to convert your existing gas guzzler to an electric car.Don't be blue if you can n't 'electrify' your ride: there's other things you can do on the fuel-efficiency front, like Drive Steady: According to Treehugger's Ready, Set, Green, driving 65 miles per hour instead... + READ MORE

Is Telecommuting Really Greener? By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Jul 3 2008 A big question with telecommuting is: "Does it just transfer energy use from the office to the home office? Is it really greener?" We found some answers in a study done by SUN Microsystems... + READ MORE

Going Tank-less By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 3 2008 On Wa$ted, an analysis of a couple's home revealed that their biggest energy hog was their water heater.On demand water heaters use a heat exchanger to deliver a high dose of electricity to the water only while it is being used. + READ MORE

Make Your Party Bloom with Eco-Friendly Centerpieces By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 3 2008 If you're hosting an all green dinner party like the ones on Supper Club, you likely put quite a bit of thought into the eco-friendly menu, but a toxin loaded centerpiece can throw your harmonious green balance out of whack.You can also make your own flower arrangements with fresh flowers from your local farmers' market + READ MORE

How Green Are My Wellies, A Rescued Bear, and The Onion's "Green" Issue By Jessica Root IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2008 Become a domestic eco-goddess (or god) with help from Anna Shepard's book, How Green Are My Wellies? Watch a hero rescue a 375-pound black bear from drowning. Laugh out loud reading The Onion's "green" issue. All this and more, today on TreeHugger! + READ MORE

Going Geothermal: Electric Geysers? By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 1 2008 Greensburg is going through all sorts of changes in its pursuit of green.Supporters of harnessing geothermal energy believe that it could be a far more powerful source than wind and solar power combined.Basically, the idea hinges on drilling down in geyser-loaded locales in order to power electrical generators with heat + READ MORE

What Do the Buzz Words Really Mean? By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Jul 1 2008 It's easy to get lost in the lingo when liberal radio host Stephanie Miller and her conservative opponent Doug McIntyre fervently debate a host of pressing environmental issues on Supper Club with Tom Bergeron.Massive steps to alter social norms through the development of alternative energy, the use of public... + READ MORE

A Simple Phone Call By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jul 1 2008 How many times have you jumped in your car to do an errand or to go to the store only to find that the store was closed or that they were out of the item you need?To take it a step further, GPS applications and mobile internet based mapping programs will find the closest store to your current location, conserving your... + READ MORE

Books for Green Beginners By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 30 2008 Watching the interesting science behind Planet Green's Stuff Happens might leave you both curious and a little overwhelmed as to how you might get started going green yourself. + READ MORE

Wa$ted Episode: Bend it Like Livingston By Team Planet Green IN Wasted Episodes Jun 26 2008 Dawn and Rich are the proud parents of three precocious daughters' in a high-end gated community in southern New Jersey. This family is filled with energy, and is always on the go, but is also wasting energy left and right.... + READ MORE

Green Your Dishwasher! By Team Planet Green IN Emeril Green Jun 25 2008 By Mary Helen Day The only thing missing from the show Emeril Green is the dishwashing. I wish it was missing at my house after cooking every meal! However, dishwashing is something many of us do three times a day.... + READ MORE

Cut the Waste from your Next Dinner Party By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jun 25 2008 When Tom Bergeron hosts an all green dinner party on his show Supper Club with Tom Bergeron he works to cut the waste. Local foods don't have to travel far to get to your table and therefore, don't waste nearly the amount of gas. + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Internet Destinations By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 25 2008 As we saw on Greensburg, even teenagers can get involved and get excited about getting eco-friendly--pretty impressive for a group many write off as Facebook crazed internet hounds.Turns out that it requires more energy to light up white, and with the ivory colored Google getting 200 million hits a day it adds up to a... + READ MORE

Eco-Friendly Curb Appeal By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2008 The bold aesthetics of the ultra-modern South London dream house on World's Greenest Homes stands out in its traditional-looking neighborhood.An attractive designer wind turbine can turn your roof from "meh!" to 'whoa!' while providing a substantial portion of your home's power.Although form mostly follows function with + READ MORE

Get With the (Low) Flow By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2008 For those of us who will never make to "American Idol," the shower may be our only concert hall.When you head to your local hardware store to pick up your low-flow shower head, check out the kitchen and bathroom faucet aerators the combination of the low flow devices can reduce your hot water usage by up to 50%, thus... + READ MORE

Recycle Your Spent Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs at Home Depot By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 24 2008 Unless you've been living in a cave for the past few years, you've heard the refrain: change your old light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs. But, like all good things, the life of CFLs will eventually come to an end; when that happens, you can now easily recycle them at Home Depot. + READ MORE