Articles Archive for March 2011
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Get Energized for New Energy Now!
[Mar 31, 11 by
It seems that the universe is sending some pretty clear—albeit harsh—messages that the energy sources we have been relying on are not the way to go. I think there have been red flags for decades, but since we’ve failed to heed any of those warnings, the universe is actually screaming, “Look out or else!” Are we ready to listen?
Coal, oil, and nuclear power have all proved to be enormously deadly. Mountains have literally been flattened in Appalachia for coal, oil spewed for weeks into …
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Respect the Water!
[Mar 25, 11 by
At the time of this writing it is World Day for Water. Ooops, I missed posting about it ahead of time, but hey, it’s always a good day to think about water—something we use so much that it’s easy to take for granted. In 1992 the UN General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water as a way to bring awareness to the fact that water resources are facing increasing demands from, and competition among, users. I won’t …
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Weighing in on School Lunch Waste
[Mar 17, 11 by
In preparation for Earth Day, some parents in the Montclair school district are working with the schools to organize Waste-Free Lunch Day extravaganzas. On certain days, parent volunteers will go to the school’s cafeterias and set up bins for dividing trash into recyclables, compostables, liquids, and true trash. The collection bins are then weighed and everyone gets to see how much waste is diverted from the incinerator when it’s properly separated.
In one of the schools of roughly 500 third through fifth graders where …
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Bringing Forth the Green Energy Revolution- in an easy-peasy way!
[Mar 10, 11 by
If you’re not ready or able to get solar panels on your roof or tap into the geo thermal ground source in your backyard, you can still support a green energy future just by using the electricity in your home as you do now. Companies like Veridian, Community Energy, and Jersey-Atlantic Wind, LLC are renewable energy companies available to us in New Jersey that provide solar, wind, geo thermal, and biomass energy into the grid. They sell renewable energy to companies like PSE&G who …
