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Europe Cuts Coal Consumption 16.3%
Europeans now get 46.4% of their electricity from non-carbon courses, if you include nuclear, which supplies most of the electricity at 28%. In 2009, they cut coal consumption drastically from 2008. Europeans’ hard coal production dropped 9.2% in 2009 from 2008, and Europe similarly reduced their production of natural gas which in 2009 supplied just [...]
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No Name Key’s Fight to Remain Off the Grid
When you live off the grid, it becomes part of your persona. It is part of your identity; one way you might describe yourself to strangers. Off-gridders take personal pride in their ability to make their own power, be energy efficient, and live without the gadgets many Americans take for granted as part of life. When [...]
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The Crop Mob Unleashes Community on Sustainable Farms
You may have seen a “flashmob” as part of a guerrilla marketing stunt in the last few years, where hundreds of people descend on an urban location to participate in a coordinated show that is a surprise to everyone but those involved. How would that marketing idea play out in the green world? The Crop [...]
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Solar Leasing Makes Solar Power Affordable
Anyone I know who is interested in solar power usually has two thing that make them tilt their head, clench their teeth and do the breathe-in hesitation- high up front costs and maintenance. It can cost a lot of money to buy solar panels, and even more to keep them in optimal shape once you [...]
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Climate Counts Back-2-Cool Campaign
It won’t be long before we’ll start seeing Back-2-School advertisements again. Back-2-School campaigns seem like relatively harmless advertising campaigns, right? Maybe not. Back-2-School season actually creates more revenue for the US’ top 100 companies than any other time of year other than the holiday shopping season. And, as with all advertising campaigns, Back-2-School advertising campaigns [...]
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