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Save Water With Greenflush

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:04:03 +0000

This has to be one the easiest tips I’ve seen in a long time! Common sense say it should work. By adding a little weight to your flapper not only will it close faster, but I’d assume you’ll have a tighter fit on the valve which should also prevent leaks.

It may not be sexy, but this simple little toilet accessory may save a lot of water. The standard toilet tank flapper can form a leaky seal, or simply lower too slowly to stop water flowing into your toilet bowl. One estimate has leaky flappers wasting an estimated 11 million gallons of water a minute in the USA.

The weighted Greenflush valve closes much faster than the traditional flapper. The Greenflush, which is said to install in 30 seconds, is estimated to reduce a typical 2 or 3 gallon flush to 1 gallon. It also works with newer low-flow toilets.

It sells for $19.95 – but hey if it works it will pay for itself very quickly.

The Alternative Consumer – save water with greenflush

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Freshen Up Your Fridge With This Natural Scent

Mike — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:58:14 +0000

Instead of buying a box of baking soda to stick in the fridge (which some scientists have argued doesn’t even work that well), just toss your citrus peels in there instead. The peels absorb strong odors while releasing some natural fragrances.

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Raise a Green Dog!: Make your own dog holiday stocking!!!

Mike — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:21:20 +0000

With six dogs in our family now, along with the two cats, piggy, and lots of ducks and chickens, it may be time for us to start making our own Christmas stockings. Thankfully Johann at Raise a Green Dog! shared some ideas with us:

Raise a Green Dog!: Make your own dog holiday stocking!!!

Just watching those stockings getting hung on our fireplace gets me all excited with anticipation of digging into my stocking on Christmas morn’. Mum always has some homemade yummy’s in there!

It’s much more fun to make your own, and personalize your dog’s stocking, so here are some great ideas from our ‘make your own’ series:’ Make a cool doggie holiday stocking from reused items, holiday decorations, clothing and more, you’ve got around the house!

Make sure you share you check out Raise a Green Dog! to get some ideas for making your holiday stockings.

Reposted from The Gang.

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Green Links October 13th through October 18th (Green Dogs, DIY Solar Cars and Silly Excuses)

Mike — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:47:09 +0000

Keep up with these green links. Found from October 13th to October 18th.

SUNN Solar Electric Kit Car | Innovative News – Stop waiting for an eco-car. BUILD YOUR OWN!

Green Energy Alternatives: The Theme Park — It’s Happening, on Ward’s Island

How to recycle old light bulbs into a vase – Giannyl – A cool DIY that shows you how to recycle and re-make old light bulbs into flower vases.

50 Ways to Never Waste Food Again – Simple ideas that make a big difference in your budget and help save resources too.

Raise a Green Dog! – Good source for eco-pet information.

The Alternative Consumer – 10 Reasons NOT to Go Green – Kind of funny silly excuses to avoid going green.

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No Impact Man: Making environmental behavior fun makes it popular

Mike — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:13:11 +0000

I found this video over at No Impact Man.

Fun Projects like this are what it’s going to take to get people involved. What fun green ideas do you have?

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Alternate Fueled Vehicles Real Chance

Mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:14:05 +0000

Finally someone is thinking outside the box…

Big News: France to Spend $2.2 Billion on Electric Car Charging Stations : TreeHugger

Build It And They Will Come
Electric cars and charging stations go together, but there’s a kind of chicken & egg problem; who’s going to build charging stations along highways and public roads if there are no electric cars, and who’s going to buy a electric car if there are no charging stations? The French government seems to have decided that the way to crack this dilemma is to build a network of charging stations using taxpayer money as part of a broader initiative to encourage the development of clean vehicle technology and battery manufacturing in the country.

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Help Easy Greensy… Share With Me

Mike — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:24:19 +0000

My dilemma:

I’ve been spending the last few days going through my RSS feeds chock full of eco, sustainable, and green blogs trying to catch up with a few weeks of posts over several hundred websites. I finally gave up and decided I needed a fresh start. I had to clear the last few days worth of articles (over 1700) and start clean.

What I need from you:

I need some fresh sources for information. All I need is a few seconds of your time to share your favorite online source for environmental information. It can be your own blog or website, or one that you like to read regularly. If it is your own, you can rest assured I’m only looking for ideas for new content, and I always credit my sources when I quote another site, as seen here and here. Please leave a comment with your favorite eco sites.

But thats not all:

I need one more thing, and that’s for you reading this right now to also share this request with anyone else you know who cares about the environment. From global warming and air pollution, to sustainability and resources. I want to cover it all, but I just don’t know the best places to learn everything.

Please take a few more seconds to share this article on your favorite social networking site. You can use the buttons below, or if your favorite site isn’t there you can suggest one for me to add!

The Environment and I both thank you for sharing!

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Hate Something, Change Something – Garrison Keillor Sings About Clean Diesel

Mike — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:33:48 +0000

I found this video yesterday, and had to share it. As stated below, it’s a very catchy song and it has a pretty nice message. Also, I know somebody who loves Garrison Keillor. Even several years after seeing my first live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion in New York, I still get one song in particular stuck in my head from time to time.

Watch the video here.

From TreeHugger

If there’s one thing that clean diesel has been lacking, it’s a catchy jingle. When you idly think of McDonald’s, what comes to mind? “Bah da da da da, I’m lovin’ it,” perhaps? Now, what about clean diesel? Well, if you happen to live in the UK, it might be “Hate Something, Change Something.” The jingle is sung by renowned author and radio personality Garrison Keillor over a charming, clever animation of dirty diesel engines getting transformed into clean ones.

The whole thing is an ad by Honda for clean diesel, and you know what? The message sticks.

Good for you Honda in noticing that we need some change. Cleaner diesel is one step toward a solution. Keep pushing the limits further.

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Plastic Bag… Bag

Mike — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:44:38 +0000

If you haven’t picked up one, or a few reusable shopping bags yet, that probably means you’ve got a large collection of plastic bags piling up waiting to be reused to pick up pet waste, or for some other task. Well, I found this great way to reuse your plastic bags over at Go Green.

If you know how to crochet, or would be interested in learning, plasticbagbag.com has instructions and patterns for making unique reusable items out of plastic grocery bags.

I don’t know if I’d personably be skilled enough to even try a project like this, but if I ever stumbled across a large collection of plastic bags that needed saving from a landfill, it may be worth the time to try and learn. In the meantime I strongly encourage everyone to pick a few reusable bags from the EasyGreensy Store, and start cutting down on all those wasted bags.

If you do decide to try making one of these bags please share your results with us below. If you’d like to share photos of your finished project with other readers, please feel free to contact me via the contact page.

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Environmentalists for Obama

Mike — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:57:13 +0000

View Obama video on environment here.

Thanks to a tweet by PassionateGreen, I just found out about the Environmentalists for Obama group. Although I don’t agree 100% with his ideas about solving issues like global warming (mainly the thought the coal will ever be clean), I do strongly believe he is the best choice available to help move our country toward a greener future.

From Environmentalists for Obama:

I just signed up as an Environmentalist for Obama. Now, more than ever, we need a strong environmental leader like Barack Obama as President. His well-known dedication to the environment has been proven during his years in state government and the U.S. Senate. I think he has the ability to bring people together to resolve the tough environmental and energy challenges facing us today.

I hope you will check out his website and join me by signing up as an Environmentalist for Obama. Once you have done this, you will be given the opportunity to attend or host special environmental events and activities in your area to help support his campaign.

http://enviros.BarackObama.com

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