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Green Talk is a blog based on the personal experiences of the author who built her house using many green materials. The blog contains a mix of posts relating to green building products, green living ideas, home decor products, organic gardening, a
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Advancing Diversity in the New Green Energy Economy: How to take advantage of the green gold rush in California
I just received the following press release in my mail box late last night and thought it was worth mentioning. “While most economic sectors within California are ailing, the clean energy industry – newly dubbed the “green gold rush” – ...
Home Depot BP Solar Partnership. No Installation Deals here.
You know when you want something bad enough you can taste it? Well, I have always wanted a solar system. Every time, I see those shiny grids on top of a building, I swear they are winking at me. They are such a tease knowing that I could no...
Humming the Electric Slide with the BG Electric Car
We have a love affair with cars. They create our identity (think emasculating big trucks or sexy mid-life crisis sport cars.) We sing about them (think “Little Red Corvette” or “Mustang Sally.”) So if I were to sing...
One Block Off the Grid Offers Bargaining Power for Group Solar Discounts
When I heard the name, “One Block off the Grid,” I thought what a weird name. Is this like some trendy place like SOHO, which stands for south of Houston Street in NYC, or a some new band name which plays less than mainstream music? So, w...
Can you Build a Low Cost Wind Turbine or Solar Panel?
EarthForEnergy sells a handy e-book on how to make your own wind turbine or solar panel for under $200. In addition, the e-book is accompanied by two installation videos. Watch the short video above as Wayne from the Company walks you through buildi...
You’ve Got Green Mail March 22, 2009
Photo by Cavin B. Well, it is time again for some great green mail that I received or articles that I found. Rounding up the list this week are articles ranging from what’s in your vaccines now that they have taken out mercury, powering air...
You’ve Got Green Mail, January 18, 2009 Round-up
Photo by Henry Heatly On this week’s You’ve Got Mail segment, I have included seven eclectic articles ranging from an amazing Solar-powered green slug to the USDA’s deregulation of an industrial genetically modified corn crop. If ...
Blowing in the Wind is the New Future
I always carry my camera these days since green is all around us. As we traveled through Pennsylvania my kids saw the turbines as we approached them on the highway. This is the first time I had a close encounter of the wind turbine kind. Are these ma...
To Geothermal or Not, Is One Reader’s Question
The Geothermal features at Yellowstone Park. Photo by Kevin Saff by permission I received an email from one of my readers, Ronald, who asked the following question in regards to my geothermal post. I did not want to bury his question in that post, a...
