Green Tips & Helpful Hints

Presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton made some news of her own in the arena of climate change last week when she reported that she learned from her father the importance of turning off the lights when leaving a room, and said we should encourage today's children to do the same. As reported in such varied media outlets including the New York Observer and Fox News, Mrs. Clinton said, "That polar bear trapped on the ice floe that you feel real sad about—well, turn off the lights."

During a roundtable discussion on global warming last Sunday, Fox News commentator Bill Kristol offered a counterpoint: "Cold can be worse for the planet than warm. It makes people sicker."

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RecycleBank (RecycleBank.com) supports buying local as well as prove true that old adage "one man's trash, another man's treasure" by paying people for their garbage. Incentive Based Recycling increases recycling rates by providing financial incentive to sort garbage. Participating customers receive a 35, 64, or 96 gallon RecycleBank container featuring a unique barcode. The recycling truck scans the barcode and translates the recycled items' value into up to $35 in Recyclebank Dollars a month redeemable at participating businesses. Find out more about RecycleBank.

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Therma-Tru announces the launch of the Third Annual Ugliest Door in America Contest. Homeowners can sign up at www.myuglydoor.com for a chance to win a free entryway makeover. The contest runs until May 1, 2007.

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Visionary developer Carlton Brown of Full Spectrum NY presents the Kalahari, Harlem's first green luxury residential building.

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With the introduction of turf tiles, creating an eco-friendly, energy- and cost-efficient "living roof" just got easier! See how laying a green roof is as easy as rolling out carpet.

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Since An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's passionate plea to stop climate change, was released, the concept of global warming has taken fire. Even though pronounced "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," by Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe in 2003, consensus has never been lacking among scientists.

Now global warming is spurring Texas' main energy supplier to cancel eight of 11 planned coal-fired power plants, western governors to band together to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and the business sector to request that Congress set limits on greenhouse gas emissions. Even before winning an Oscar on February 25, the film's accompanying book sold 850,000 copies, and the film became the third highest grossing documentary in history. Still feel skeptical yourself? Visit www.climatecrisis.net.

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Green homes are not only environmentally friendly and energy-efficient (sometimes even energy-self-sufficient) but healthier and safer, and even more beautiful, to live in — Pay a virtual visit to an urban green home and learn about its multiple benefits via online video.

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Let ScheinMedia Videos produce a video that showcases your business, projects and the personalities behind them, and stream it on the Web. Learn how you can make your own video.

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The 2007 GreenBuild Conference, produced by the U.S. Green Building Council, will take place Nov. 7-9, 2007 in Chicago. Last year's conference hosted over 10,000 people devoted to green and sustainable development and building practices. More information about GreenBuild.

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Join GreenDimes and decrease your mailbox stress, restore your sanity and help protect the environment.

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Predicting the long-term effects, on our homes and our communities, of the end of cheap oil. Read how a new era is coming and the role we play.

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Residential developers are utilizing the ZipCar service to market their new condominium projects as well as gain LEED points. Read how this will get drivers on, and off, the road.

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In rural Dutchess County, one couple creates a wooded sanctuary built of an ecofriendly concrete compound. Read more about their ecofriendly home.

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Better performance in kitchen appliances means new and more efficient ways to cook, clean, store, preserve, entertain...and show off. Energy efficiency is not about doing without. Read how to do better with less.

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Enter the competition that celebrates homes that represent the best in design, energy efficiency, and environmental sensitivity. Find out more about this competition sponsored by New York House magazine.

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Development Trends with Adrienne Albert: Adrienne Albert, the founder of The Marketing Directors and a visionary who has sold and marketed over $18 billion in condo developments, tells us. Read about the 'trickle-up theory' and what he thinks about it.

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One local family wanted a home that would be both tremendously efficient and set a superb—and achievable—example. But it also needed to be comfortable, beautiful, nurturing, and expansive. Read how they accomplished this by building a home with Energy Star credentials.

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Make an effort to buy as much food and produce from local stores. The average mouthful of food travels 1,200 miles from farm to factory to warehouse to supermarket to our plates. It's fun to look at labels and see where your food comes from. Even if it's 600 miles away, you've cut the distance traveled by one-half.

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Riverhouse condo development promises new heights in ecofriendly building and design: Read about it's innovative components including the two 500-foot-deep geothermal wells and energy-efficient triple-glaze system on the glass curtain windows.

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Do you have a New Year's resolution to make your home more energy efficient this year? Make it a priority before the Energy Policy Act of 2005 expires on December 31, 2007. This act offers many tax credits for those who make their homes more energy efficient. Find out more about the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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