At the Hollywood Goes Green conference held in early December, there was discussion of how the Natural Resources Defense Council will be “greening†the Grammys—which air Feb. 10 at 8pm on CBS — by reducing emissions, using recycled products and biodegradable dishware and providing presenters and staff with hybrid vehicles…
In other award show news, The Office’s Rainn Wilson has been tapped to host the Independent Spirit Awards, which I told you are majorly green this year… down to celebrities —gasp!—carpooling to the event. In a press release, Rainn expressed his excitement at being show host, saying: “It is truly an honor to be asked… I like to think that I bring a bit of an ‘independent spirit’ to the proceedings as I recently installed a gun rack in my Prius.”
The Freiburg Estate is a solar village where there are solar panels on roofs. Many people take guided tours to view the economical helpful homes.
“Freiburg is the warmest city in Germany. Solar technology made in Germany is a world leader. Solar modules installed on roofs have been around for decades…
But what’s interesting for the people who live here is that once they own a solar plant, their additional costs go down. In fact, they can even make money.”
Dropps’ motto is “Conservation, Convenience, Resultsâ€. They have come up with a unique way of reducing the water content of their detergent, which in turn has reduced the amount of plastic needed in the packaging. The 10 oz. bag contains 20 pacs, each pac containing 0.5 oz of ultra-concentrated laundry detergent. The Dropp is added directly to the wash water, dissolving slowly to add the detergent.
I was initially concerned that the Dropp might dissolve quickly, leaving behind a detergent residue on the clothing, but after 4 loads, I see no evidence of that happening. I also thought that 1 Dropp pac might not be powerful enough for a full load of laundry
…Our clothes came out smelling fresh and clean. I did notice less suds during the agitation cycle, but as the clothes were rinsed the drain water was fairly sudsy. The amount of suds in the water seemed to have no correlation to the cleanliness of the clothes.
…Beyond convenient, the small size of the Dropps and their lightweight do mean less water weight to transport, and less fuel burned.
Grist reports on studies that show that online shopping better for the earth than going to the mall. Besides lowering carbon dioxide emissions, a shopper can save time by online shopping because it reduces car trips and walking from store to store to find what you need.
Online shopping is better for the planet than multiple trips to the mall, says a somewhat ill-timed study. (Start your online shopping today, spend $3,000,000 for shipping.) “Using several assumptions and data from several authoritative sources, we can reasonably estimate that nearly [500,000 metric tons] of carbon dioxide are kept out of the atmosphere by shopping online” during the holidays, says Jesse Miller of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We would venture to say that patronizing walking-accessible local merchants might be the big winner here — by why do that when malls at holiday time are so much fun?
…with these lights you won’t have that problem as they are solar powered.
There are 50 LEDs on this chain of lights, and the solar panel charges up a pair of AA batteries which in turn power them for 9 hours. Furthermore, you won’t even have to concern yourself with turning them on or off as the photocell will detect low-light conditions and turn them on for you, and by sun up they’ll likely be dead again, and so goes the circle of battery life.
The bulbs are rated for 10,000 hours which is either a lot of Christmases or, you could probably take them with you camping as well.
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