As a follow up much earlier post here on RGdot I was contacted about an extended list that we can all use as reference. Some very simple like turning off lights when not in use to sometimes not so easy ones like using organic products the list includes 70 things we can all do. A few like… Continue reading 70 Ways To Save The Earth
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200 Ways to Save Planet Earth
Was recently contacted about an article titled 200 Ways to Save Planet Earth. It is a good compilation of ways to help the environment easily and doing our part as much as possible. Some on the list like shower together may be less practical but others like reducing paper usage, collecting rain water and eating locally all help… Continue reading 200 Ways to Save Planet Earth
Freeware Shorts: The Carbon Footprint Calculator
The Carbon Footprint Calculator (Version: 2.1 as of this post) is a small and simple tool that helps act as a rough guide to how much Carbon Dioxide emissions a person or household is responsible for. Environmental concerns and the issue of climate change are often debated and mentioned, even here on RGdot.com, and some… Continue reading Freeware Shorts: The Carbon Footprint Calculator
A Nissan Leaf Ad And A Word On Clean Power
Nissan Leaf (Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car) begins its US roll out very soon and it will be available in some other world wide markets before a more widespread roll out. It is Nissan’s all electric car with a range of 100 miles (160 km). It has a top speed of over 140 km/h… Continue reading A Nissan Leaf Ad And A Word On Clean Power
4 Degrees Celsius Increase
A presentation was launched last month by the UK climate ministry. It is a Google Earth (*.KML file or plugin) which ‘highlights some of the changes that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4°C above the pre-industrial climate average.’ It spurns us, not just in the UK or the US – where… Continue reading 4 Degrees Celsius Increase
Green Car Of The Future: Mercedes SLS AMG E-CELL
The Mercedes SLS AMG E-CELL is a prototype and one of the cars in line to take Mercedes-Benz and it’s subsidiary Mercedes-AMG into its promised fully electric line. At one point it was mooted that Mercedes will be free of fossil fuels by, a now impossible, 2015 but a move in that direction is in… Continue reading Green Car Of The Future: Mercedes SLS AMG E-CELL
Earth Hour 2010, March 27th, 8:30PM Local Time
Join many around the world for the 2010 edition of Earth Hour. Turn off the lights for one hour on March 27th at 8:30PM Local Time. http://www.earthhour.org/Homepage.aspx
Monitor Off Utility: Freeware That Conserves Energy
Monitor Off Utility is described by its author as …is a free program that allows you to take control of your monitors built-in energy saving features Even though all computers and operating systems come with power management features that allow a user to turn off a hard disk or put a computer into standby or… Continue reading Monitor Off Utility: Freeware That Conserves Energy
Green Tech: Google’s PowerMeter and Cisco’s EnergyWise
Reducing power usage and consumption is one of the best, easiest and immediate measures we can take while politicians wrangle through their greedy needs. Two large corporations that, along with IBM, have set up internal goals and business models based on selling and promoting green products are Google and Cisco. Two tools released by the… Continue reading Green Tech: Google’s PowerMeter and Cisco’s EnergyWise
Visualizing Carbon Emissions
Burning fossil fuels has contributed immensely to the problem of climate change or global warming as some call it. It is clear that some countries have contributed far more in terms of pollution and emissions. One of the big political debates hampering progress in the ‘climate debate’ is the acceptance of the share of responsibility… Continue reading Visualizing Carbon Emissions