Archive for the 'Green Living' Category

Make your home green, and make money!

Monday, October 1st, 2007

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Remodeling an existing home, rather than building a new one, is the ‘greenest’ decision a homeowner can make. Open land is preserved and the energy required to make the materials for a new house (concrete, lumber, metals, plastics) is saved.

Another excellent post about green living, read at real-estate-bloggers.com »

Yahoo! hybrid taxis for the BiG Green Apple

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

According to Yahoo!, NY city is amongst the cities that are doing a great job at putting residents first. New York is among them. In fact, New Yorkers burn gasoline at the rate the U.S. did in the 1920s!!
Yahoo! Taxis hybrids New York

Yahoo! has also donated a fleet of hybrid taxis to New York City, which recently determined it produces 1% of all U.S. greenhouse gases. By displacing traditionally fueled cabs with hybrid taxis, Yahoo! is helping New York City edge closer to its ambitious environmental goals. The City will also save enough gas to drive a hybrid vehicle 56 times around the Earth.[…]

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