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Firm Decisions for 2010…

December 31, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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“People are so worried about what they consume between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they consume between the New Year and Christmas.” —Unknown

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Small Footprint Holidays

December 22, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Americans throw away a million extra tons of garbage each week, including holiday wrapping and packaging, according to Robert Lilienfeld. Lilienfield is co-author of the book Use Less Stuff: Environmental Solutions for Who We Really Are. Here are eight ways to reduce your environmental footprint this holiday season. 

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Leasing the Sun

December 14, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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Installing solar panels to generate your home electricity has many benefits:  

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Waste Not, Want Not

December 1, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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There are consequences to our national habit of sending food to landfills. American food waste has significant environmental, economic, and cultural ramifications. On average, Americans waste 40 percent of our food supply, which is more than 1400 calories of food per person per day, reports a new study by a team of National Institute of [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Please (Don’t) Stand By

November 24, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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You may not know that your appliances—cell phone chargers, desktop computers, computer monitors, printers, televisions, DVD players, microwaves, coffee makers, and more—drain energy anytime they’re plugged into a socket, regardless of whether they’re turned on or off. And many electronics, like your plasma TV, don’t actually go all the way off—they continue using “standby power.” [...]

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Eco-Tip Tuesday: Change Your Commute

October 26, 2009 Eco-Friendly Living
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Nothing would protect the environment and reduce our dependence on oil more than reducing our transportation footprint. Transportation accounts for more than 30 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. In big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, and Washington, D.C., car pollution causes the grey smog that leads to hotter summers and those horrible [...]

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