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Category Archives: Business of ecology
Warmth of a H.U.G. (Home Utility Gift)
Here is a new idea and timely- purchasing a H.U.G. (Home Utility Gift)! This is a program offered in my locale by Louisville Electric and Gas (LG&E) for customers who want to warm up their loved ones, literally. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Business of ecology, Get-to-give
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The phone is now lost
I’m standing by this sign here at the entrance of a super stuffmart location. I already have and like my iPhone and I just wanted to get a picture of myself by a huge picture of one. It was a … Continue reading
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Karma for your career? Certainly
I admit that I remember the 70′s- the gasoline lines, the will-work-for-food signs, the high mortgage interest rates. I also remember Mean Joe Green’s coke and a smile and Dave Thomas was making it big with his restaurant business and … Continue reading
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Be a Mean Green Cleaning Machine
So I’m cleaning my apartment for the in-laws’ holiday visit and my kitchen’s tile grout looks filthy. I use my Swiffer mop and then scrub with Clorox (the new Green Works version available in stores) to no avail. In desperation, I seek google’s sound advice. … Continue reading
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Tagged baking soda, cleaning products, Clorox, club soda, ecological footprint, Ecology, efficiency, environment, green, green choices, green cleaning, green shopping, hand washing, lemon juice, Method soap, Murphy's soap, organic, pollution, simplicity, sustainability, vinegar
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But we can still hug any trees if we want
This just in from the popular and timely blog NowSourcing, a Social Media Marketing company. Treehugger brand Hugg.com, a Discovery company, has decided to close the doors on Hugg, a popular green social news site. From Hugg.com: PLEASE READ! On … Continue reading
How Ike Saved Cents
In the height of hurricane season, it seems proper to feel a bit humbled by natural forces. Forces that in spite of our best technologies we are unable to control or even marginally predict. While the damage in comparison to … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, energy, Galvaston, Houston, Hurricanes, Ike, Katrina, Texas A&M, Westlake High School
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Necessity is the Mother of (Green) Invention
When you buy the product, you are buying the package, too. So says my friend Gina who comes half-day on Mondays and a full day on Friday to help me clean up after myself and my family. I finally realized … Continue reading
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Tagged cleaning, green, invention, mom, recycle, reduce, reuse
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The EPA Picks a Pack of Power Winners
The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Challenge Winners for 2008 were announced in April and list Fortune 500 Companies, Retail Companies, Colleges and University. The winners consertedly bought only (or almost only) Green Power to maintain the … Continue reading
FedEx Going Places with New Hybrid Fleet
As I waited at a crosswalk on Brooklyn Avenue the other day, I was pleasantly surprised to read “hybrid electric” written on the side of a passing Fedex truck! Intrigued, I did a little research and found that the vehicle … Continue reading
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Tagged Azure dynamics, Eaton Corporation, Environmental Defense fund, FedEx, ford, hybrid vehicles, Isuzu, OptiFleet
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