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Sunshine Award! Here are my winners.

February 11th, 2010

I was recently given a Sunshine Award by Julie at EasyEcoToGo. It’s been pretty gray and dreary here lately and this was just the thing to brighten up my winter days. Thank you for brightening up my day! Also, it’s nice knowing that I brought a little sunshine to someone else.

The rules are pretty simple:

•Link back to the person who gave you the award.

•Give the award to 12 other bloggers who bring you some sunshine.

There are plenty more, but here you go!

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Posted in General Green, Green Links

21 ways to conserve electricity

December 8th, 2009

Turn off the lights when you leave the room.
Unplug things when you are not using them.
Turn off the television.
Open shades instead of turning on lights.
Change to CF or LED lights
Instead of leaving your computer on all the time, turn it off or at least the monitor
Line dry your clothing
Cleaning the coils on your refrigerator.
Put large jugs of water in your freezer.
Keep the heat down if you have electric energy.
Turn outdoor motion lights off if you do not need them or turn down the sensitivity.
Try using a Solar Cooker once
Install solar panels
When cooking, use a lid to keep the heat in.
Install a Tankless water heater
Buy a hand can opener instead of wasting electricity on the plugin version
Put wrap on your windows to conserve energy
Stay away from high power usage TV models
Use power strips and turn off the entire strip when not in use.
Buy a solar power battery charger
Turn off your computer right now… but only after reading a few more posts on GuyGoesGreen and leaving a comment below!

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Posted in Green Links, Week 8 Turn the lights off

Tags: electricity green waste

Green Christmas blogger review

December 7th, 2009

‘Tis the season to be jolly and Guygoesgreen is starting to get into the mood. Here in Fargo, snow is on the ground, the Christmas tree is up and it looks like Christmas puked in our living room. To celebrate the Christmas spirit, I thought I would share what some of my fellow bloggers are writing about in regards to having a green Christmas:

Blank and Gold Go Green gives some tips on how to have a green holiday season.

Urban Homesteader offers 13 ways to reuse Christmas cards.

Here are some Eco Friendly Christmas gift ideas.

Here is an idea for making your own eco-friendly Christmas ornaments.

Detailed here is a Christmas tree in Copenhagen with LED lights powered by bicycle.

If you have any great links or information on having a green Christmas, please let me know in the comment area below.