The Food Forest Movement is Spreading Across Europe!

The Australian Government has proposed a new Energy Efficient Star rating scheme to be introduced from 2012. The proposed scheme will require that homeowners provide performance information on their energy and water consumption, as well as greenhouse emission levels, to prospective buyers and renters.

In my last post I wrote about the scandal involving the White House’s financial support to Solyndra, a bankrupt solar energy company that makes solar panels used in solar energy kits. The amount of the support was to the tune of $500,000. Not chump-change but less than one percent of the total amount allocated to all of the businesses in the stimulus package.

It’s no secret that products made from recycled materials generally do not hold a perfect 1:1 similarity to the products from which they came. If you look at a piece of office paper made from recycled materials, you may notice that it’s grainier, flimsier, and, when you get right down to it, just not the same. This is largely because of a process called “down-cycling”; many recyclables go through this process, and it is unavoidable.

It’s a collective economic gripe in our nation-something that virtually everybody has a problem budgeting because of its fluctuations in price and usage; something that you will see at least 3 stories about on a week of nightly news-gas prices. The sharp sigh as we watch the meter on the pump run up is becoming a one-note national anthem. Our foreign policy and importation of oil is such an involved issue that the average American has little chance to understand it without devoting large amounts of time to reading news articles dedicated to the subject, so what is there to do? We take the hit and move on. However, we seem to forget that the economy of oil does not exist in a vacuum. No matter what sort of mystical significance we assign to this one commodity, there are always other commodities that will respond to it in a predictable way, and that you can use to your advantage to offset fuel costs in your household. For the brevity of this article, I’ll be talking only about one such avenue: scrap metal prices.

There are simple ways to “go green” that cost you nothing. The tips listed here have the side benefit of keeping your life clutter-free, and could even save you a bit of money: Junk Mail Recycling Practices.

Recently a small scandal broke in the White House in relation to a solar energy industry that makes panels for solar energy kits. President Barack Obama’s support for Solyndra, a solar panel company that went bankrupt this month, has come under serious scrutiny from those that doubt the potential to use the sun as a business and residential energy source.

Solar energy kits can save you money in the short term as well as saving you money on your energy costs. There are numerous websites and outlets where you can buy the materials needed to produce your own solar energy.

We must admit that solar technology is still in its infancy level, but it can be nurtured well to grow up as an adult. To be honest, the future depends a lot on government and private investment. We are really fortunate that big companies are not waiting for any supreme technology like 100% efficiency to come up. They have already started investing billions of dollars and we hope their effort will be a never-ending process like sunlight.

The latest trend in home remodeling is going green and adding more sustainable features, appliances, and additions onto your home to make it more eco-friendly and to create a healthy living environment for you and your family. There are many ways to remodel your home, so why not pick the ways that will save you lots of money and energy in the future?

Many consumers are not aware that home values actually increase when solar panels are added to the home to provide all or a percentage of the electricity. There are many advantages to having solar as a distributed energy platform.

Using the sun for a power source is the major pro of flexible solar power panels. It is everywhere we go, and always available for us to use. Flexible solar panels allow us to take advantage of this abundant resource.

In this article, we will review 3 different ways that average folks can use to produce their own homemade power. Read the article to find out how they work!