Conserving electricity in a household has two major benefits: you get to decrease your utility bill, and you get to minimize your carbon footprint, effectively aiding in the preservation of the environment. Sounds like a great deal? That’s because it is. (more…)
When you’re running a business, you strive to keep employee morale high so that you can take care of your clients with efficiency and compassion. Plus, you must abide by regulations that ensure the safety of your workforce. (more…)
Could someone please point out a positive trend somewhere in American culture? Here we’re celebrating Mothers’ Day, and I can’t think of a single gd thing to like about what’s going on here.
We’re becoming increasingly brutal and cruel, less environmentally aware, less tolerant, less educated, and we’ve completely lost interest in truth and honesty. Maybe parents are reading to their kids more?
Btw, I seriously doubt that Paul Ryan is appalled.
If you’ve tried to plan a wedding within the past few years, you’ve likely noticed a trend: The cost of weddings has soared. Yet an unfortunate reality is that each ceremony comes with an increased environmental cost as well. How can you avoid this outcome during the planning stages of the event? (more…)
It’s safe to say that literally all 2GreenEnergy visitors who read the comments section of our blog have come across professional gadfly MarcoPolo. If you get a chance, check out his response to my recent post on meat made from plant protein (below, unedited). (more…)
I had grass lawns surrounding every house I have owned through the years; they really are, or at least were, a part of the paradigm for homebuilding, at least here in the U.S. and Europe.
Yet I agree with the author of the meme here, and don’t think I would go that route if I had it to do over. Below are some examples of better ideas; I especially admire the edible lawn. (more…)
Many people like searching for new ways to lower their utility bills and although it may sometimes seem like an impossible task, there are a few tricks that might help you. (more…)
I wrote a post yesterday called Trump Administration Continues Its Assault on Climate Science in which I discussed Science Magazine’s article “Trump White House quietly cancels NASA research verifying greenhouse gas cuts.” In brief, NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), a $10-million-a-year research line-item that pulls the observational data together and makes it intelligible was covertly dropped from the budget. (more…)
Reporting on every action the Trump administration is taking to prevent climate scientists and lawmakers from mitigating global warming is a job far too vast for any one person. That being the case, I content myself with a scattershot approach, commenting on a few articles here and there as I am able. (more…)
I don’t like to gild the lily, and so I’ll simply provide this short video in which Emily Thornberry, Member of the British Parliament, delivers a chilling address that nails it perfectly.
