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I was thrilled by how knowledgeable Mike Novak and I even got to even share about Low Carbon Home on the radio.

Our dogs and cats are our companions and we naturally want to take care of them. If you are a pet owner you probably give a lot of thought to what you feed your pet.  What you probably don’t think about is what happens to the waste they generate once you dispose of it.  Most people [...]

The next time you make a purchase and the clerk blindly puts your 2 item purchase in a bag…….REFUSE. More over educate them. Tell them that you do not want to take a bag that is going get caught in a breeze and wind up decorating an inner city tree this [...]

It is often said that forests are renewable resources. While this is technically true, it is not unconditional.

The massive efficiencies that we have been able to create in developing our modern society are truly amazing. But meeting the demands of an ever increasing population is putting a burden on the natural [...]


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  • Toyota COO Acknowledges Peak Oil March 12, 2010
    While the rest of the automotive industry and bussiness world are wondering about the long term impact of Toyota’s recent recalls, the company clearly remains focused on the future in ways that the rest of the industry seems to be missing all together. Jim Lentz the Director of Toyota Motor Sales in North America makes [...] […]
  • Life Less Chemical: Dry Cleaning March 12, 2010
    Image via Wikipedia First the bad news. Dry-cleaning fluid (Tetrachloroethene, also known as perchloroethylene or “percâ€�) has been classified as a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It has also been classified as a hazardous air contaminant by the Environmental Protection Agency, and has been shown to cause mens […]