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Myth or Fact…Every 3,000 miles

January 9, 2012 – 4:08 am

I know we all can hear our local oil change provider commercials telling us to come in every 3,000 miles or we will hurt our engines and our environment. Well unless you are running a cast iron engine of old in your car or doing some serious harmful driving you have been wasting not [...]

By Kelly Mead | Comments (0)

An Alliance and A Campaign

June 2, 2008 – 6:39 am

Since it’s a political year, not that every year isn’t one, we looked around to see who is taking advantage of our politticans being a little more open to listening to going green, being self-sufficient, and/or environmental issues. So of course we checked out the We Can Solve It website.
The We Can Solve It [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Websites | Comments (0)

If You Can’t Be Off Grid Then Live In A SmartGridCity

May 20, 2008 – 9:33 am

What is a Smart Grid City? It’s a new concept that is being built in Boulder, Colorado to make using conventional grid energy more efficient in it’s use and cost. it is probably best put by the chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, Dick Kelly:

“We’re on our way toward building the grid of [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Energy Efficiency, Press Release, SmartGridCity | Comments (0)

Does Your City Have Green Roofs?

April 30, 2008 – 9:19 am

Having a green roof is becoming the thing to do in urban environments and Green Roofs for Healthy CIties is an organization all about that.  They have also a list of top ten cities with green roofs in North America.  They are:

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Designing Healthy, Green Cities, Helathy (green) Ideas, green building, green landscaping | Comments (0)