The world’s finally come full circle for members of a new gym in Portland which is converting the pedal power of its bikes into real energy.
The gym, opening September 1, takes human powered energy from its fitness bikes and stores it in a battery which runs some of its other equipment. The 2,800 square foot gym, called the Green Microgym is owned by Adam Boesel, a former grade teacher. He was interviewed by the Seattle Times and told them its the first human-powered gym in the US. Read more...
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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
Sports Of the Times Recession Is a Relative Term in Baseball - New York Times
Sports Of the Times Recession Is a Relative Term in Baseball New York Times, United States - However according to my father, compared to other areas of the entertainment business, sports somewhat prospered during the Depression because they really ... |
USA hoops helps put Glendale on map, again - Arizona Republic
 AFP | USA hoops helps put Glendale on map, again Arizona Republic, AZ - There was a time when the only good reason we could think of to go to Glendale was Max's Sports Lounge. While downtown, with Chase Field, US Airways Center ... Glendale City Council OKs USA Basketball deal USA Basketball to move from Colorado to Arizona USA Basketball is moving headquarters to Glendale |
What is the "true cost" of a bottle of Fiji Water?
Please note: Due to overwhelming reader interest in this topic some of the assumptions made in this column have been adjusted. Numerous readers were kind enough to provide more accurate values for some of my previous assumptions.
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Sports+Funny+Video=Good - Los Angeles Times
Sports+Funny+Video=Good Los Angeles Times, CA - There's a wave of funny sports videos that are really starting to take advantage of the online platform. What's striking about them is the production value. ... |
Eco-Libris announce a new collaboration with Aaspriations Publishing, a green publisher of
The Union of Concerned Scientists and Penguin Classics are encouraging aspiring writers and photographers to submit their personal stories and images about global warming for publication in a new online book, to be published in 2009, Thoreau's Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming.
It’s not just the poor economy that turns people to homemade, handcrafted gifts this season. Instead of purchasing more unnecessary goods this gift-giving season, why not use what you have and create beautiful items you know your recipients will use, and love. 
A website dedicated to helping people achieve their dreams through collaborative giving. You post a 'dream' (a trip to Europe, a new bicycle, etc) to DreamBank.org, and then invite your friends and family to contribute to that dream. Avoid the environmental costs of unwanted gifts. Plus, the site gives the interest on accruing funds to charities like Save the Children, Kiva and the African Wildlife Foundation.
It can be hard to live in a green house, especially when they’re what are often categorized as “older homes.” Not your new-fangled office building with geothermal heating, or house made of shipping containers. Older Victorian style homes, popular in New England and subject to reprisals until as late as the 1950s, are commonplace in my small-time town. My current job is even housed in one, a 1960s recreation with wrap-around porch. While the style is endearing, the fact is that house is a glutton for unnecessary electrical waste.
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. 
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)