Robert Herneich - Top 5 Ways to Make Your Kitchen More Eco Friendly

Top 5 Ways to Make Your Kitchen More Eco Friendly

1. Change How You Light Things Up

Believe it or not those little light bulbs that you are using consume a lot of energy, so why not replace them light bulbs that consume a lot less energy? Replacing regular light bulbs with CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) Bulbs you can make a huge difference. What kind of a difference you ask? Look at these wattage stats of CFL bulbs compared to regular bulbs and then you tell me:

Regular Bulb / CFL Bulb

60w / 13w-15w75w / 20w100w / 26w-29w150w / 38w-42w

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Top 10 Eco Friendly Countries

Based on Yale University’s Environmental Performance Index (EPI) for 2008, which measures factors such as a country’s environmental health, air pollution, water resources and productive natural resources, ten countries have once again made it to the top of the charts as the most eco-friendly nations in the world. 

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Top seed are teams to beat, but upsets lurk - College Sports - ESPN

Top seed are teams to beat, but upsets lurk - College Sports ESPN - 8 hours ago While anything is always possible in college sports, ESPNU.com has a pretty good idea of what the quarterfinals of this tourney will look like. ...

T-Shirt Design Competition to Benefit US Forests

You are invited to submit a design for the 2009 I Plant Trees T-Shirt

 

Rules and Guidelines: There is no minimum age to submit a design; however if the applicant is under 18, a parent or guardian shall sign the release form. Submission shall be no larger than 10 inches x 10 inches. Design is limited to four solid colors.  No gradients or transparencies allowed.

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Fix It: Get Your Green DIY Supplies

Part of living a sustainable life is not taking the normal route of tossing something when it ceases to work/look/be as it did upon first purchase. Actually, let me rephrase. That's not a normal route unless you're an American. We're pretty bad about tossing stuff thoughtlessly. We've been able to do so without consequence (or so we thought) for many years. And with the superabundance of disposable products, it seemed like a habit that made sense.

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Making Exercise Sustainable

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Blue Devils seek sweep of Durham Regional in 2K Sports Classic - Sports Network

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Blue Devils seek sweep of Durham Regional in 2K Sports Classic Sports Network - 12 hours ago Durham, North Carolina (Sports Network) - The eighth-ranked Duke Blue Devils will attempt to close out the Durham Regional in the 2K Sports Classic ... Houston tops Presbyterian 76-57 The Associated Press Recap: Presbyterian vs. Houston Macon Telegraph Ga Southern tops Houston 65-63 KLTV CharlotteObserver.com - Macon Telegraph all 197 news articles

How financial crisis will hit sports industry - MSNBC

How financial crisis will hit sports industry MSNBC - 2 hours ago By Bill Briggs Nobody knows nose dives like the sports world, where the dark half of every highlight is failure. For each dunk, dinger and end zone dance, ... Lincecum nabs MLB 2K9 cover MLB.com all 4 news articles

Help Keep the Great Bear Rainforest Safe

The Great Bear Rainforest is the largest tract of intact coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth. It's 30,000 square miles--about the size of Austria. 2 years ago, the province of BC committed to protecting this region under a new conservancy. Send a message to the government of British Columbia, urging them to keep their promise. (Photo by Drew Brayshaw)

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