Go Green In Your Brochures

All business, be it online or traditional, would eventually need brochures to promote their business. But brochure printing need not really be expensive. There are ways you can do to reduce printing cost that will surely make a huge cut on your expenses. Ever heard of “green” printing? Perhaps you have repeatedly heard “green living” in the streets these days with [ Read More → ]

Microsoft to Invest Half-Billion Dollars in Va. Data Center

Microsoft to Invest Half-Billion Dollars in Va. Data Center BOYDTON, VA — It appears that Microsoft’s long-awaited “Gen 4″ data center is about to become a reality, and will plant its roots in Virginia soil. The company’s next-generation facilities, which we first profiled back in 2008, was officially announced by Virginia’s governor, Bob McDonnell, who touted the significant economic kick the data center will bring to the area. Microsoft will invest [ Read More → ]

Green and Eco-friendly Baby Products

Cloth Diapers One big question for new parents is whether to use cloth diapers or disposable. Most who are trying to go green think cloth diapers are best both for the environment and for baby. They are re-usable and don’t end up in a landfill right away. They don’t contain harmful chemicals, and (except for some white cloth diapers) they don’t [ Read More → ]

How Green is your Home?

You would need to have been living on Mars if you had not heard of global warming and the negative effect we are having on our environment. As a result many people have become leaders in green living and spend much of their day devoted to ensuring they are reducing their carbon footprint. Whilst not all of us [ Read More → ]

Can wind turbines work in places where there isn’t much wind?

any wind turbine has designed for a specified wind velocity and optimum output power is accessible in it,however, as i know most manufacture design their generator & turbine for about 5 m/s velocity and they could work up to critical velocity (normally it is about 9 m/s). any wind turbine has control system which put out turbine in velocities more [ Read More → ]

Go Green by Installing Bamboo Window Shades in Your Home

Do you want to update your home décor but have not moved forward because you don’t know where to start and feel overwhelmed? Good news-changing the look of a room doesn’t need to involve anything more than changing your current window blinds. It’s true- you can get a total and dramatically different look to every room in your house by [ Read More → ]

It’s a greener shade of green: Britain’s first organic golf course

Chemical-free: Paul Stevenson, a co-owner of New Malton Golf Club Traditionally they use huge amounts of water and pesticides. But now some clubs are trying to be more eco-friendly. With their diamond-patterned jumpers, neatly pressed slacks and expensive club memberships, most golfers seem to have little in common with the unwashed eco-warrior brigade. The divide between the two groups is not just sartorial, but stems from the fact that many golf clubs [ Read More → ]

One analyst’s view: oil should cost just $10 a barrel

It wasn’t all that long ago that barrels of oil cost around $10. One energy analyst quoted by CNBC, Peter Beutel, the president of Cameron Hanover, thinks that a fresh, crisp Alexander Hamilton is just about what a barrel is worth. His reasoning? We have so much oil right now, more than we’ve had in 27 years. Why is it 27 [ Read More → ]

Perform a Trash Can Autopsy to Save Money and Resources

jeff yeager cheapskate looks through his trash with magnifying glass Archeologists say that digging through a civilization’s garbage can reveal more about peoples’ lifestyles than just about anything else. Take a minute to look through your trash — items you’re recycling as well as sending to the landfill — and learn how you can save money and the Earth’s resources at the same time. Dryer Lint Dryer lint represents the life of [ Read More → ]

What’s your water footprint and why is it critical for you reduce it?

Your water footprint – how much water you use on a daily, weekly or monthly basis – might be a lot bigger than you think. If you tend to go about your daily activities without considering how much water is literally going down the drain, it’s likely that there’s room for improvement. The good news is that there are plenty [ Read More → ]