Articles tagged “Energy”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Can Playing More Board Games Actually Benefit the Planet? By Mat McDermott IN Home & Garden Oct 2 2009 Is there an ecological imperative to playing board games instead of video games to prevent climate change. All our video games require power equal to the city of San Diego. Board games require none. + READ MORE

Electronic Music Brings Much-Needed Solar Power to Africa By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 2 2009 Electronic band BLVD is using its latest album to support solar power, and along with it poverty alleviation, in Africa. + READ MORE

Snowboarders and Skiers Unite to Protect Lifestyle from Climate Change By Derek Markham IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 1 2009 If you love to play in the snow, climate change is a very real threat to your lifestyle. Snow levels are retreating upwards in many areas, leaving some prime ski and snowboarding areas in jeopardy. So what's a winter sports fanatic to do? + READ MORE

Save Energy Effortlessly with SetPower for Personalized PC Power Management By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Oct 1 2009 There are loads of ways to make your computer greener, and one of the most important is managing its energy consumption when not in use. If you'd like a power management system that is specific to your schedule, there's a new solution that could help you out. + READ MORE

New Use for Wind Power: Pumping Water from the Ground By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2009 Wind power doesn't need to come from a wind farm; it can come from single-family homes (or farms), and it can come from yours. + READ MORE

Geothermal Energy: Why We—You—Should Be Using More Of It By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 22 2009 How geothermal energy works, where it's used, and why it leaves coal, oil, and nuclear in the environmental dust. It's everywhere, doesn't necessarily need to be converted, and is way more effiicient than fossil fuels. + READ MORE

Planet Mechanics Episode: Surf Power By Team Planet Green IN Planet Mechanics Episodes Sep 22 2009 In this episode, eco-engineers Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield travel to County Clare, Ireland, in an attempt to harness the power of the ocean and generate green electricity. Using some surplus sewer pipe, they devise a huge wave energy converter.... + READ MORE

Surfers, Move Over: Planet Mechanics Tap the Oceans For Energy By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 21 2009 Quite simply, wave power--not to be confused with tidal power--is electricity converted from energy carried by surface waves in the ocean or by pressure fluctuations below the surface. It can be converted on or offshore, and the amount of energy a wave can produce is determined by its height, speed and length, and by the density of the water. + READ MORE

Focus Earth Episode: Behind the Image By Team Planet Green IN Focus Earth Sep 18 2009 Energy and transportation are two of the dirtiest industries in the world. But in recent years, they've been making a concerted effort to clean up their businesse—or, as skeptics say, the image of their businesses. Is it a sign of... + READ MORE

Know Your Energy Use? (Quiz) By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Sep 17 2009 You can't reduce your carbon footprint if you don't reduce your energy use and how can you know where you need to cut back if you don't know how much you're using in the first place? Test your energy use knowledge in our quiz: Know Your Energy Use? + READ MORE

Can Soybeans Power Your Next Road Trip? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 17 2009 Soybean oil is one of the best vegetable-based materials to use for making biodiesel. + READ MORE

Micro-Hydro Power: Small-Scale, Large Impact By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 16 2009 Small-scale hydropower is an untapped source of energy that, if developed right, could help wean us off of fossil fuels. + READ MORE

Will Wood Be the Next Big Thing In Renewable Energy? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 15 2009 Wood: the next big thing in renewable energy? + READ MORE

What's Cheaper: Burning Coal or Buying School Supplies? By Brian Merchant IN Work & Connect Sep 11 2009 You see, around now the ACCCE is looking for any reason, any reason at all that will help make the case that America needs coal. So what's the reason this time? Why does America need coal? Because it's cheaper than buying back to school supplies for three children, that's why! + READ MORE

5 Best Tips for Easy Line Drying By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Sep 11 2009 Electric dryers are gigantic energy hogs. But even those of us with clothes lines occasionally resort to the lazy option. A little preparation can make it a whole lot easier to hang em up outside + READ MORE

Are You a Solar Power Wiz? (Quiz) By Sara Novak IN Tech & Transport Sep 11 2009 Solar power is moving into the main stream quickly and that's a good thing because it's an inexpensive form of renewable energy. Do you know the ins and outs of solar power? Find out in our quiz: Are You a Solar Power Wiz? + READ MORE

How Much CO2 Are We Emitting? (Quiz) By Sara Novak IN Tech & Transport Sep 10 2009 How can we know where we need to cut back if we don't know how much that we're emitting? Our emissions are often way bigger than we initially think that they are but a few easy steps can drastically reduce this number. Find out how much CO2 we truly emit in this quiz: How Much CO2 Are We Emitting? + READ MORE

Get the Most Out of Time-of-Use Electricity Rates By Michael Graham Richard IN Tech & Transport Sep 9 2009 Time-of-use electricity rates are coming, and they're going to change our lives (if we're smart). Depending on where you live, this could happen in a few years, a few months, or maybe it already has happened. + READ MORE

Teachers: Put Some Green in Your Lesson Plans By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Sep 3 2009 Teach your kids more than just reading, writing, and spelling with these suggestions for incorporating sustainability into traditional lessons--and leave them with knowledge to last a lifetime. + READ MORE

Insulated Concrete Forms Building Guide By Lloyd Alter IN Features Sep 3 2009 Insulated concrete forms are a system of stackable blocks of expanded polystyrene that are filled with concrete and reinforcing as required, resulting in a strong, well-insulated wall. + READ MORE