Ever wonder just how much of everything you use?  Just what is your impact on the planet.  I’m not talking about something simple like how much electricity you use, or how much natural gas your furnace uses.  How about all of the other little things that slip through the cracks….the things we don’t really think about too much.  Well, I was on the Low Impact Living (http://www.lowimpactliving.com) website today and decided to check out their impact calculator.
Needless to say, I was a little surprised, but even more so I was …

United Kingdom coal fired plants came under fire today when a group of protesters scaled a 200 meter tall chimney.  The Camp for Climate Action group managed to gain access to the power plant early Monday morning.  About 20 protesters targeted a couple of different areas in the plant.  One group made attempts at stopping a conveyor belt from feeding more coal into the power producing inferno while another group began climbing the giant chimney which is over 200 meters tall.
Read the whole story at:  http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE59P26X20091026?sp=true

Well, autumn is upon us now.  Wet, cold weather has begun to move in, and it’ll stick around for quite a while like it always does.  Soon, many of you will be firing up the furnace and getting the old wood stoves and wood burning fireplaces up and running for the cold months that are near.  This is also a good time to check your windows and doors for potential problems with leaks.  Those leaks could mean either cold air coming in from the outside, or all of your lovely …

It was just the other day that I was wondering why the search engine giant Google hadn’t begun to explore green initiatives.  Oddly enough, it was just announced yesterday that Google is planning a project to develop a new solar mirror technology which should greatly reduce the costs associated with renewable energy.
Googles engineers have been focusing on a solar technology that would heat water, which in turn would produce steam that would turn turbines to produce electricity.
Here’s a video of googles green energy czar Bill Weihl discussing a bit about …