Anytime I see rebates being offered, I hear the “caching, caching” sound of money going back to my reader’s pockets. So, in the mail box today I received the following from the New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program™Rebates and Promotions: “Based on the success of the recent ENERGY STAR® appliance promotion in April, additional rebates […]
Archives for June 2010
Bed-Stuy YMCA Gets a Cool Roof Thanks to ConEd and Mets
The roof of the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA based in Brooklyn got the royal white treatment today when volunteers from Con-Edison, the Met, and Y members painted the roof with a reflective white membrane paint. (Watch the above video.) The Y was part of Mayor Bloomberg’s NYC Service program to cool rooftops by painting them with reflective white membrane […]
Green News for 6.27.2010: Urine, Carbon Nanotubes, and LCD Waste Uses
Photo by Fernando de Sousa. Here are the green links for this week! I have to say, the news get more interesting every week. In the links are articles ranging from the environmental impact of nuclear, introduction of new electric/hybrid cars to how LCD waste could prevent bacterial infections. What is this world going to […]
Natural Gas Industry, Panacea or Toxic Destroyer of America?
Natural gas has been described by many as the cleaner and cheaper energy alternative. But, is this really true? Josh Fox, the filmmaker behind Gasland look at the dark side of the natural gas industry as he traces hydraulic fracturing across 34 states. Believe me. It isn’t pretty. To get a glimpse of what Fox […]
NJ Gov Offices, Stop Spending Money on Plastic Water Bottles
I received several emails from Ken Cook, of the Environmental Working Group, one of my favorite watchdogs, regarding the State of New Jersey’s governmental use of plastic water bottles which is paid by taxpayer’s money. We have a wonderful water system in the state. So, why the spend? Over the last couple of months, Governor Christie […]
KIDS MAKE IT BETTER: When Life Gives You Oil Spills…
Welcome guest poster, Suzy Becker, author of Kids Make it Better, It’s a weird synchronicity. The week my book KIDS MAKE IT BETTER: A WRITE-IN, DRAW-IN JOURNAL made its way into stores, disturbing photos of oil-doused ducks started cropping up all over the place. A nearly identical photograph had been the genesis of the book. […]
Kevin Costner’s Oil Extractor takes on the BP Spill
Remember Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams?…”If you build it they would come.” Well, he built that ball field and people came, which ultimately saved his farm. Fast forward to the BP fasco, here is this sexy man again armed with a water purification system which separates oil from the water. Watch the above video about the […]
Historic Rutherfurd Hall Quest to Become a Green Educational Center
Welcome guest poster, Paul Qvale, Director of Sustainable Services at the Hillmann Group and NJ USGBC board member as he explains about the progress of bring back Rutherfurd Hall, a historic mansion to create an environmental educational center. One of Norman Vincent Peale’s well known quotes is “Shoot for the moon! You might miss it, but you […]
