Green Living Tips and Ideas

What should cities and towns do with old glorious buildings of the past or well-built structures of a past industrial era? Recycle, of course. The High Line in New York City is an example of what one can do with  imagination, community commitment and funds. In 1934, a unique and, at the time, expensive railroad track ...read more

Mitch Epstein for The New York Times California regulators are not sold on fuel cells like those from Bloom Energy, a low-emission, ‘‘fuel flexible’’ power source. While Google, Wal-Mart and other corporations have embraced fuel cells, California regulators have turned down requests from the state’s two biggest utilities to install the technology. In a preliminary decision, ...read more

Once again the world of agricultural is targeted by a study, finding a common herbicide can emasculate male frogs and turn some into females. Alrazine, a weed killer used widely in the Midwestern United States and other agricultural areas of the world, can chemically “castrate” male frogs, turning some into females. New research suggests ...read more

International Fertilizer Development Center A new technique for applying urea, a nitrogen fertilizer, involves burying briquettes like those above in the soil, rather than sprinkling granules on top of the soil. A new agricultural technology that cuts nitrogen fertilizer waste in half while increasing rice yields is spreading quickly in Bangladesh and is being investigated ...read more

From Green Right Now Reports The U.S. Green Concrete Council has just released the industry’s first-ever comprehensive resource on concrete and sustainability. “The Sustainable Concrete Guide—Strategies and Examples” is a guide to strategies for the best use of concrete in high-performance, long-lasting, green buildings. <img class=”alignright size-medium wp-image-9765″ style=”margin-left:8px;margin-right:0px;” title=”Sustainable-Concrete-Guide” src=”http://www.greenrightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/Sustainable-Concrete-Guide-223×300.png” alt=”Sustainable-Concrete-Guide” width=”156″ … Read the original article ...read more

According to http://dietchoices.com/diet-plans/ there are over 780 diet plans that have been classified and that are either recommended or not. How many have you tried? Personally I think I will go for the Pasta Chocolate Diet (it is for real!) Read the original article at Current

With just a few precious days of planning left, here's a juicy green guide that will do all your St. Patrick's Day multi-tasking for you! http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/5282-St-Patrick-s-Day-4-Tips-To-Gre… Read the original article at Current

Hmmmm…how can I put this in the most PC way possible? Animal $#*t & urine might very well become the star ingredients of your toothpaste, aftershave and medicines in the near future!!! http://www.greenwala.com/community/blogs/all/5290-Recycled-Animal-Waste-Medicine… Read the original article at Current

Dr. Shukri Souri of Exponent: Explaining the Toyota pedal issues on Monday. (Toyota photo) From a public relations point of view, this one is for the record books. Just after Toyota staged a lavish webcast to try and put sudden acceleration behind it, a Prius ran wild to 90 mph on a California highway, resulting in ...read more

The debate about moving to a clean energy economy is over. The question is, how long will it take? Some, like the recent Wall Street Journal article “The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future” by Michael Totty, posit “we shouldn’t expect” clean technologies to significantly dent ...read more