Green Living

2007-06-05 02:44:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I find a hillside of wind turbines one of the most graceful, inspiring things I've ever seen. I think they're overwhelmingly beautiful not just because of their size and grace but because along with those qualities, they may help us save our world (not to be trite, but every little bit helps!)

My parents, on the other hand, who I always thought were environmentally concious and not hypocrites, have a "not in our area" view about them. They've just retired to a nearly-100 acre farm nestled in a valley surrounded by wooded mountains. Yes, it is idyllic, but it would also be a perfect place for wind harvesting. It's so windy there that they have to tie their porch furniture down! BUT they're ready to fight tooth and nail if someone tries to put a turbine anywhere NEAR their property. Even if it's not in their view! They claim it makes a lot of noise, kills birds, and will lower their property value.

I'm upset they feel this way. How much of this is true? What are your thoughts?

2007-06-05 02:03:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

for Bscouts im doing a newspaper recycling drive..Im thinkinkin bout making flyers and putting ads in the paper..Once I have the papers collected...then what? Any suggested charity I can donate to? Do i have to send them to recycling place to get money then donate or can I just donate the papers to specific charity

2007-06-05 01:05:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

We are bombarded with so many things that it is often easy to think that it is all too hard. If we narrowed the field so that we concentrated on one thing each day what should that be. Maybe by concentrating on one thing each day over a week we could change seven diffrent things that we do.

2007-06-04 18:22:00 · 21 answers · asked by geoaussie 2

I see at the stores 3 general containers for the same beverage, Metal Can, Glass, or Plastic.

What is the best in terms of Total Cost of Ownership the planet?

How would you rate them?

Plastic seems hard to recycle, and its made of Oil based products.

Glass is natural, seems to be very re-usable. It would be my gut.

Metals seem costly to re-use, and lots of it are in dumps.

I would bet Glass. Are there any studies on what I should buy at the local store?

Thanks,
Geoff
http://www.travelschemer.com

2007-06-04 18:21:18 · 9 answers · asked by Geoffrey S 1

Please don't just say nothing, I want to hear from people who are interested in making a difference.

2007-06-04 16:26:07 · 18 answers · asked by Lilly 2

When i take a bath would putting a night light in the bathroom instead of putting on the light save energy?

2007-06-04 10:22:23 · 23 answers · asked by natalie 2

Have you heard about liquid coal? It's a transportation fuel made from coal that is expensive, inefficient, dirty, and releases large quantities of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into our air.

Despite these drawbacks, however, Congress is getting ready to throw huge subsidies at the liquid coal industry instead of investing those taxpayer dollars in efficient, renewable energy that will help solve global warming and decrease our dependence on oil.

What do you think?

2007-06-04 03:57:06 · 9 answers · asked by courage 6

I have just initiated an e-petition on the government website pertaining to Energy Saving in the home focusing in particular on the amount of energy that could be saved in the UK if Government offered cash incentives to landlords (private and social) for upgrading single glazed properties to double glazed units, thereby slashing energy usage during cold weather months by a factor on average of 40% - an enormous saving in energy consumption when considered overall.

2007-06-04 01:26:07 · 5 answers · asked by treving 42 6

I rent a little flat out in Rome (http://www.holiday-velvet.com/rome/rome_apartments/details/nolita/id/428) and recently got complaints that it wasn't green... So I will provide for different bins and buy energy saving bulbs but what else can i do without spending a fortune?

2007-06-03 22:45:27 · 21 answers · asked by vanouche 1

Your sister,
Ginger

2007-06-03 20:07:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-03 19:33:23 · 6 answers · asked by Dee 2

2007-06-03 17:51:10 · 17 answers · asked by blb 2

go out and buy all of these new energy saving products. please tell me some simple things that i can do right now that won't cost me a penny.

2007-06-03 17:43:44 · 17 answers · asked by blb 2

What are the things that we can do to make our home green (Environmentally Friendly) without spending alot of money??

Thanks!

2007-06-03 16:05:51 · 20 answers · asked by Natalie 1

My father in law always said if we set our AC fan to "on" instead of "auto" so it would run even if the AC unit was not it would keep the house cooler, make the AC run less, and actually save energy.

Does anyone know of the truth to this? Does it make the AC run less? And if so, is the difference enough to compenstate for the electricy being used to run the fan all the time?

Thanks!

2007-06-03 13:07:31 · 14 answers · asked by apbanpos 6

Can someone explain a raw diet to me?

Obviously I understand what the word Raw means, but what exactly is this diet? What can you eat? What can't you eat?

Have you ever tried it?

Pros/Cons?

2007-06-03 12:57:58 · 7 answers · asked by hollymccartney 2

Do you think this is a viable form of energy? If so, do you believe the "powers that be" (oil companies, governments, etc.) will ever allow there to be sufficient research and eventual use?

2007-06-03 12:05:17 · 6 answers · asked by carefulkitty 3

2007-06-02 22:10:22 · 19 answers · asked by Nozza 1

This is a big problem for us--as if we just leave them sitting in bags in the backyard animals rip them up.

2007-06-02 18:47:44 · 15 answers · asked by Holiday Magic 7

2007-06-02 10:13:03 · 43 answers · asked by ? 3

Everyone seems to make the house the normal way, just bedrooms, closets, bathroom, kitchen, etc... But I don't want a house like this, I want my house to have MORE THINGS! A house that dosn't depends of the water and electrical service or depending of the grocery store service!, I don't know if this can be possible, any idea? Here are mines:

It will be a subteranean house, will have its own garden (Inside the house, a HUGE room with a especial roof) There will be fruits trees and vegetals! There will be solar panels and 2 water tanks (those will depend of rain and subteranean water) It can also re-use the used water, cleaned and than use it again!

The laundry will be inside, the cloth will dry INSIDE the house, there will be a library and a huge room to stock food and stuff for any future need, a air cleaner, the air that come INSIDE the house will be cleaned etc etc and also it will have a pond for fish etc... Any ideas? can this be possible or is to much fantasy?

2007-06-02 06:45:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-06-02 05:44:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

After 10 years, people slip back into being wasters?

2007-06-02 05:31:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard you can use them as fertilizer for some plants, but I don't know which plants benefit from them. I want all ideas on recycling coffee grounds, not just for plants.

2007-06-02 01:49:53 · 30 answers · asked by sarah s 2

2007-06-02 00:54:41 · 13 answers · asked by vago 2

If the all incandescent globes in the world were changed to compact fluorescent lights what reduction in power use could be made?

2007-06-01 23:39:32 · 7 answers · asked by ???? 3

The 4/9/2007 issue of Time mag was a double issue on global warming, and had an article called "51 Things We Can Do." Thing #22 was becoming a vegetarian, #25 was purchasing local produce, and thing #39 was doing your own gardening. If you switched, even partially, to eating raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, you would slow global warming by 1) reducing the 18% of the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the international meat industry, including the nitrous oxide and methane emitted by cows; 2) reducing the greenhouse gas emissions caused by transporting meat and produce; and 3) using less energy by not cooking. You would improve your health by 1) consuming the active enzymes in raw food that make digestion more efficient, 2) getting better nutrition that alleviates many health problems, 3) maintaining a healthy weight, and 4) not needing to eat so much because the high level of nutrition would curb your appetite. Would you try it? See http://youtube.com/watch?v=Re28fjJcUs8

2007-06-01 16:50:42 · 16 answers · asked by - 3

is someone making money out of the gullibles?

2007-06-01 12:40:10 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous

... posting Q&A, comments, etc. What do you think when you read that
“...your average Second Life avatar consumes about as much electricity as your average Brazilian....”
Nicholas Carr, a business writer and blogger, recently worked out that each of the 15,000 or so residents logged in at any one time consumes electricity as a result of their activities in the virtual world almost as fast as the average inhabitant of Brazil does in real life. Second Life's residents, Mr Carr
concluded, “don't have bodies, but they do leave footprints.”

(I got the impression that Second Life is not being singled out here, it just came in handy as the data for it has been calculated.)

Would you give up (or cut down on) your time on the internet for the sake of going green?

2007-06-01 11:19:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous