Tag: Environmentalism
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7 Reasons To Hang Your Clothes To Dry
Switching to cold water and hang drying eliminates a quarter household energy consumption, saves an average of $400 a year in electricity, and makes your clothes last longer! With global temperatures on the rise, clothes dryers are going out of fashion, and so is using hot water to do what the sun can do to […]
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Switzerland’s Gigantic “Water Battery” Will Passively Stabilize Electricity Grids Across Europe
Ingenious “water battery” stores massive amount of solar and wind energy in a reservoir high in the Swiss Alps when production is high, and then releases it when demand is high!
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Cows Aren’t Causing Climate Change, Factory Farms Are
Setting cows free to graze like bison can actually help save the planet by reversing desertification, ecologist says While many environmentalists are eager to blame cow farts for global warming, one ecologist says cows are among the few animals left that can save us all from extinction.
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11 Reasons a Clover Lawn is Better than Grass Lawn
Time to give up and let the clover take over! Clover doesn’t need to be mowed, watered, weeded or fertilized, and it’s softer than grass.
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Portland Installs Turbines in City Water Pipes To Create Free Electricity
Leave it to Portlandia to figure out how to create hydro-power without building a dam! Portlandians are now generating free electricity every time they turn on the tap!
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Coconut Husks Could Replace Wood Pallets and Save 200 Million Trees Per Year
Company turns coconut waste into biodegradable pallets just as strong as wood!
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How to Attract and Protect Native “Super Pollinator” Bees
One mason bee can pollinate as many blossoms as 100 honey bees!
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As Lumber Prices Skyrocket, Builders Give Hemp Blocks a Second Look
The cost of wood has gone up by 500% in a year, pushing more builders to consider hemp building materials
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Bees Love Cannabis! Researchers Discover Hemp Could Help Save the Bees
Hemp provides bees excellent nutrition when they need it most, study finds
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For the Cost of an iPhone, You Can Buy a Windmill that Will Power a Small House for Life
Super cheap, super efficient wind turbine could power your home for free for the rest of your life