This is so much easier than you think it!
Step 1. Clean your windows.
Step 2. Apply double sided tape to sides and bottom of window on trim.
Step 3. Attach plastic window covering by the adhesive to the top of window.
Step 4. Cut the plastic to size
Step 5. Take the covering off of the double sided tape.
Step 6. Pull plastic and apply it to double sided tape around window.
Step 7. Carefully use hairdryer to shrink plastic and create an airtight seal.
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Seal your Windows and save Money!!!!!
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3:34 PM
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Shop eco-friendly
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lex
at
1:30 AM
Here is a new site (at least to me) for eco- friendly personal and home items. Who says you can't be green and stylish at the same time? Check out the cool things such as the wool felt clutch for $95, very mod and affordable. I must confess that not everything is affordable on the site, but it's definately worth the look!!!
Google: an engine of change
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lex
at
1:50 PM
First Google transformed the way we find information. Now it aims to revolutionize our energy sources
Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt announced Google's initiative, called Clean Energy 2030, in San Francisco earlier this month.
The search giant's goal is to eliminate U.S coal and oil consumption for electricity generation by 2030. It also aims to reduce U.S. oil use for car by 38 percent and dependence on imported oil by 33 percent. According to Google, the goal can be achieved by investing in alternative energy. And the company is putting its money behind the search for new sources. Geothermal pioneer AltaRock Energy in Seattle has received one of Google's first investments. "Google decided that geothermal was a neglected source of energy," explains AltaRock founder Susan Petty. "The question is how to make geothermal more economical. It we get our technology to work, we can cut the costs in half and use geothermal anywhere." ELISABETH BRAW/METRO
Buying Energy Star Certified
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lex
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3:58 PM
Buying Energy Star-certified
appliances saves you money,
conserves water and energy, and
eliminates large amounts of
greenhouse gases and pollutants.
The power of one: If every U.S.
home replaced just one light bulb
with an Energy Star bulb, we'd
save enough to light 3 million
homes for a year.
Home Cool
Posted by
lex
at
3:48 PM
Plant shade trees for your house.
They will help keep your home cool
in the hot weather, absorb CO2,
look beautiful and invite birds and
other wildlife.
They will help keep your home cool
in the hot weather, absorb CO2,
look beautiful and invite birds and
other wildlife.
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Leftover Water
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lex
at
2:15 PM
Did you boil some corn in a pot, or
wash some fruit in a bowl? Instead of
pouring leftover water down the
drain, keep it in a watering can for
later use on plants.
wash some fruit in a bowl? Instead of
pouring leftover water down the
drain, keep it in a watering can for
later use on plants.
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Agriculture,
Bowl cut
Save Energy
Posted by
lex
at
1:34 PM
Save energy and increase the life of
your computer by putting it to sleep
during the day instead of using
screen savers. At night turn it off
completely. When you're in the
market for a new computer,
consider a laptop. It saves space,
goes anywhere and uses five times
less energy than desktop models.
your computer by putting it to sleep
during the day instead of using
screen savers. At night turn it off
completely. When you're in the
market for a new computer,
consider a laptop. It saves space,
goes anywhere and uses five times
less energy than desktop models.
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Junk Mail
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lex
at
1:29 PM
Ninety billion pieces of junk mail are
delivered each year in the U.S alone.
You can go online now and quickly
remove your name from nearly all
junk mail lists. Register with the
Direct Marketing association's mail
prefere service http://dmaconsumers.org/
significant reduction in mail after three months.
delivered each year in the U.S alone.
You can go online now and quickly
remove your name from nearly all
junk mail lists. Register with the
Direct Marketing association's mail
prefere service http://dmaconsumers.org/
significant reduction in mail after three months.
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Junk Mail,
Opt-out
Grocery Bags
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lex
at
1:17 PM
Reuse cloth grocery bags. Over 500
billion petroleum-based plastic bags
threaten wildlife, waste energy,
pollute oceans, and clog our landfills
each year.
billion petroleum-based plastic bags
threaten wildlife, waste energy,
pollute oceans, and clog our landfills
each year.
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Landfill,
Plastic bag,
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Google wants the United States to:
1. Deploy electrical energy efficieny measures to reduce demand by 33 percent.
2.Replace all coal and oil electricity generation with renewable electricity.
3.Increase plug-in vehicles(hybrid and electric cars) to 90 percent of new car
sale in 2030.
4. Increase new confuel efficiency from 31 to 45 miles per gallon in 2030.
5. Accelerate the turnover of the vehicle fleet from 19 to 13 year.
To Day Is ?
Followers
Pro and Con of alternative energy sources:
Emission rule
and trading caps:
Solar power:
Wind power:
Biofuels:
Making ordinary
people do more:
Nuclear power:
and trading caps:
Pro: If the rule are right, it
works as a transition.
Con: It's not
the final solution.
Emissions must still fall.
Solar power:
Pro: The sun is always shining.
Con: The efficiency of solar
panels still lags behind.
Wind power:
Pro: Wind is abundant.
Con: Landscape blight.
Biofuels:
Pro: Using waste for biofuels
makes it a part of the solution.
Con: Biofuels from food are in-
creasing food prices.
Making ordinary
people do more:
Pro: If everyone did their bit,
the savings would be huge.
Con: Individual action alone
can't solve our climate crisis.
Nuclear power:
Pro: Ostensibly "clean".
Con: Expensive, dangerous.
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