Archives for the ‘Technology’ Category

Greening Our Gas Stoves: Pilot Light - Necessary?

By Wesley Joseph • Jul 23rd, 2008 • Category: Household, Products and Shopping, Recent Posts, Technology

That tiny flame burning constantly beneath the surface. Do you really need it? And how much energy could you safe without it?



Consider Dumping Your Newspaper In Favor of Your Iphone

By Wesley Joseph • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Energy, News and Media, Products and Shopping, Recent Posts, Resource Waste Reduction, Technology

Ditching your newspaper subscription will improve your envirohuman impact.



Print with Less Paper with Firefox Aardvark Extension

By Matthew Philip • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Resource Waste Reduction, Technology

Printing a single page or piece of information from a web site is not always the easiest thing to do, despite the simplicity of clicking the printer on your tool bar. Many times, I only wanted a single piece of information (maybe a confirmation code, phone number, address etc.) but I don’t want to [...]



Greener Under Twenty: Use Power Strips

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Energy, Household, Resource Waste Reduction, Technology

Yet another method for becoming “Greener Under Twenty,” is to use power strips for some of your electronics. This project is yet another that both will cost you less than $20 and take you less than twenty minutes to complete.
Next time you’re at a store that carries them, pick up one or two power [...]



Greener Under Twenty: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

By Wesley Joseph • Apr 15th, 2008 • Category: Climate Change, Energy, Resource Waste Reduction, Technology

Here’s our first Greener Under Twenty tip: convert some of your lights over to compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).
CFLs can actually be somewhat costly, so if you have a great many bulbs, be selective. Chances are, you can identify four or five bulbs that are prime candidates for replacement and can do so for under [...]