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The Green Garmento—A Unique and Practical Alternative for All your Laundry and Dry Cleaning

Green Dry Cleaners are popping up all over. Gone are the petroleum based solvents and the odors associated with them. Yet, dry cleaners continue to deliver your garments in flimsy plastic bags that add 300 million pounds of garbage to our landfills each year.  Now, you have a viable alternative—The Green Garmento. Those of us that have “gone green”... [Read more of this review]

Pacific Whale Foundation Sunset Dinner Cruise

It was my birthday recently and along with a working trip to Hawaii to review eco-travel options, I received an IOU for a sunset dinner cruise off the coast of Maui. Considering my job, as a writer for Greener Living Today, I of course chose the trip provided by the Pacific Whale Foundation (www.pacificwhale.org) and was not disappointed. September... [Read more of this review]

Home – Review

On Friday, June 5th “Home”, an environmental documentary set a record with its simultaneous release in over 87 countries. In the U.S. it aired on the National Geographic channel at 9:00 PM and on a YouTube channel known as “HomeProject”. What struck me the most about the film was the spectacular photography taken over 18 months in more than... [Read more of this review]

Green Cuba | How Cuba Survived Peak Oil – Review

The Power of Community How Cuba Survived Peak Oil  DVD 53 minutes This movie is not about politics.  The producers don’t care what you think about the Cuban government.  They do care that world wide oil production has peaked and is now in decline. They care about people and community.  They demonstrate how we’ll need to adapt as fossil fuels... [Read more of this review]

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Building a Greener Future at Home

Global warming, now a household word, has set the focus on many key elements of a greener lifestyle. The use of recycled and energy efficient products has increased in both home building and home remodeling to create zero carbon homes. What exactly does this mean is actively discussed on this energy saving forum. Zero carbon homes, after taking into account all energy use, including cooking, laundry, entertainment, heat, cooling, ventilation, lights and hot water, emit net carbon dioxide emissions equal to zero over the course of a year. To achieve this goal, construction materials are efficient and manufactured from sustainable materials. Alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind technologies, are incorporated wherever possible to generate the energy needs of the standard household. Energy saving appliances are paramount in the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy cost savings. It is easy to address the need for adequate amounts of hot water, for the average family, through the installation of photovoltaic solar panel technology. Another exciting green technology that is on the rise is ground Source heat pumps which should be included in the Green Deal Scheme. These renewable energy heaters tap into the already existing ground heat. Ground source heat pumps consist of several different types of coils buried underground. The coils are charged with a mixture of water and antifreeze.
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Green Perspectives

Economic and Environmental Savings – Save Pounds and the Planet

Research has shown that a big driver in the public adoption of greener living is the financial savings that can be made as a result of recycling, reusing and reducing. Whilst we witness a price hike on food, energy and petrol we cut back on household spend and as such are now looking for ways to reduce our use and consumption – a key ingredient for... [Read more of this article]

U.S. Looks To Bring Green Changes to 2022 Olympics

During the last Winter Olympic Games (the Vancouver 2010 games), the United States held the most medals, with 9 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze.  With results like this it only makes sense that the United States would look to capture the 2022 bid and bring the Olympics home.  With this bid the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is not only looking... [Read more of this article]

Watch Hulk in Green Mode

The next time you watch a movie, or play games on your home theatre system, ask yourself the following question: “Self, is my system eco-friendly?” And if self cannot truthfully answer the question, ask yourself this: “Self, what do I have to do to have an eco-friendly home theatre system?” The answer is right here! Read on… While having... [Read more of this article]

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Eco-Tourism

Three Awesome Eco Cruises

There are few vacations that are better than going on a cruise. This has a reputation for costing a lot of money, though that is not actually the case — there are great deals to be found and you can travel across the world for much less than you would have thought. Despite this low price, these eco cruises will make you feel like you are sitting... [Read more of this review]

Molokini & Lanai Wild Dolphin & Snorkel Adventure

The Pacific Whale Foundation (www.pacificwhale.org) is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to protecting whales, dolphins and the ocean environment. As pioneers in noninvasive whale research since 1980, they have identified over 4500 individual humpback whales throughout the Pacific. Based in Hawaii, with offices and retail outlets on Maui,... [Read more of this review]

Pacific Whale Foundation August 2009 Events

Pacific Whale Foundation is offering a very full calendar of August events. Summer may be drawing to a close, but Pacific Whale Foundation still has lots of exciting events and eco tours in store! Saturday, August 1 Pacific Whale Foundation Garage Sale Pacific Whale Foundation will be holding a benefit garage sale on Saturday, August 1, from 8 am to... [Read more of this review]

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