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Bat Houses and More: Green Blogger Dads Tell us What They Want This Father’s Day

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo left via ecx.images-amazon.com . Photo right via news.architecture.sk . Put down that tie and back away slowly: This Father’s Day, you can do better. Here’s the inside track on this year’s perfect gift with suggestions from the men who know best: green bloggers who are also dads. See the products, services, and day trips they are coveting — and give your dad something to really celebrate this Father’s Day.

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Understanding the Smart Grid: What’s Great and What’s Wrong with Electricity 2.0 (Video)

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Photo by nicholas_t What exactly is the smart grid, why don’t we have it, and when will we? For most Americans, the smart grid is a mystery. That’s part of the reason why there is some bubbling hostility toward smart meter installation projects in many places, and smart grid pilot projects happening in (relatively) so few. Tom Raftery of GreenMonk is an expert on the smart grid. He took t… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dame Vivienne Westwood Designs 20 Tablecloths that Cover the Table Talk for You (Video)

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Vivienne Westwood tablecloth to benefit Cool Earth. Credit: Vivienne Westwood While we hope the meal at your next dinner party is anything but crap , famed fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood ‘s collection of tablecloths to benefit non-profit Cool Earth are sure to set the tone for the evening’s conversation. Each of the twent… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Is the BP Oil Spill Really the US’s Energy Policy 9/11? Hopefully It’s Much More Than That

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: slagheap via flickr If you’ve paid attention at all to the headlines today, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that during his latest trip to view the BP oil spill clean-up efforts President Obama likened the changes this disaster could have in energy policy to the way 9/11 changed US security policy . I’ve been sitting with this comment all day, wondering if it’s accurate or just evocative rhetoric. The thing is, transforming the way we use energy is even more complex than changi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pinwheel Concept Lights Up With Wind Power. So Why Is It Called Solarlight?

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Image via Yanko Design It’s called the Solarlight but it has nothing to do with sunlight. It actually generates electricity with wind power. The concept by designer Eon Tae Yoon is a way to teach children about sustainability for energy generation; specifically, how a bit of breeze can provide us with light. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tea Party Star Rand Paul on Mountaintop Mining: Nobody Will Miss a Hill or Two (Video)

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To me, nothing makes a stronger case in favor of more government regulation than the obscene practice of mountaintop removal mining . I mean, this is the stuff that inspires sci-fi films like Avatar: giant corporations literally buying up pristine habitat, and blowing it up. It would be comical if it didn’t happen every day in Appalachia. Here, Tea Party favorite and the GOP’s Senate candidate for Kentucky Rand Paul discusses h… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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John Ikerd: The Future of Sustainability Is Relocalization

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This year’s Ontario Heritage Conference was all about rural communities, and there were the expected presentations about saving barns and old churches. But the remarkable thing about the conference was the strong environmental theme, with the tone set by John Ikerd, a retired professor of agricultural economics. He laid out a vision of revitalized, relocalized rural communities that would solve energy and environmental problems through the production of ” solar powered renewable energy and renewability machines”- plants. He notes that times are to… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Osmotic Power Could Generate Electricity for Half of Europe by 2030 – Strong Emphasis on Could

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image: Statkraft Osmotic Power has been kicking around for a while now, with researchers trying to make it cost-competitive–the biggest hurdle when you’re trying to generate electricity by passing fresh water through a membrane into saltwater. Now, a new report from cleantech consultants Kachan & Co says that the potential of osmotic power is such that by 2030 it could generate enough electricity to meet 50% of Europe’s demand…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Men, A Green Fashion Blog Just for You (Suitable for Discreet Greenies, Too)

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Commerce with a Conscience founder and editor Brad Bennet. Image via Ecouterre Now, a men’s green fashion online daily to add to our Google reader! Commerce with a Conscience features sustainable, ethical, and socially responsible apparel that follows a smart, preppy aesthetic. For Brad Bennett, founder and editor, green fashion has a broad range of attributes. His carefully cu… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A ‘Mosaic’ of Green Features at New Prague Hotel

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via Mosaic House Count Prague in on the trend toward green hostels and hotels: The opening late last week of a cool new central-city accommodation not only provides a fresh option for eco-conscious travelers, it also marks a green “first” or two for the entire Czech Republic…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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