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How to Build a Rocket Stove Water Heater (Video)

September 22, 2011

Image credit: Ecofilms Australia

If you like this ingenious low-work chicken tunnel garden system, then you’ll most likely dig this footage from the same folks of a DIY water heater using rocket stove principles. Burning scraps of wood and tree pruni…

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Consumers "Too Lazy" to Switch Utilities. So Who’s Going to Insulate Their Attic?

September 21, 2011

Oh dear. Recent headlines do not speak very highly of the British public’s willingness to cut carbon emissions, or even save money. Despite near constant outcries about rising energy costs, it was reported recently that a full 10% of Brits are simply…

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Tips to Reduce Your Home’s Carbon Footprint

September 21, 2011

By looking to more energy efficient methods of powering your home and by reducing the waste that your household produces you can help reduce your homes carbon footprint. Choose the appliances that have a higher energy saving rating and change some of your lifestyle habits around your home, which will affect your carbon footprint. Through having a…

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Tips to Reduce Your Home’s Carbon Footprint

September 21, 2011

By looking to more energy efficient methods of powering your home and by reducing the waste that your household produces you can help reduce your homes carbon footprint. Choose the appliances that have a higher energy saving rating and change some of your lifestyle habits around your home, which will affect your carbon footprint. Through having a…

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Ford Rides into Frankfurt with E-Bike

September 20, 2011

Ford Motor unveils its E-Bike in Europe — where else? Image courtesy Ford.

Joining Daimler’s smart car, BMW, Audi, and Land Rover, Ford Motor has joined the E-Bike world with a two-wheeled concept vehicle the automaker debuted at the current Frankf…

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A Stripey Sweater Fights Peak Oil, Proves Jimmy Carter Right… and Wrong (Video)

September 20, 2011

Image credit: Transition Culture

From planting nut trees for food security to launching local currencies, the international spread of the Transition Movement—a community-focused response to peak oil and climate change—has resulted in many…

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Study: Energy Efficiency of Computers Doubling Every 18 Months

September 17, 2011

Photo by bfishadow/CC

Those of us fighting the battle with computer batteries will appreciate this. Batteries have come a long way since the 1990s. For instance, if a MacBook Air were as efficient today as a 1991 computer, the battery would last for …

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FZLed PAR38 22-Watt LED Spotlight (Product Review)

September 16, 2011

Photo: Michael Graham Richard

The Future of Lighting, Today
For technical reasons previously mentioned (Haitz’s Law), LED technology is extremely likely to become the dominant lighting technology over the next few years. But like all still-maturing t…

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Do Radiator Covers Save Energy or Waste It?

September 16, 2011

Old cast iron rad in our living room. image credit Lloyd Alter

Over at the Old House Web, Amy Hayden wrote about Five Benefits to Using Radiator Covers. This has started a bit of a debate; Are rad covers useful or do they waste energy? Amy writes tha…

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Turn LED Strings Into Ornamental Pendant

September 15, 2011

Photo used with permission

Easy Seasonal DIY Project
We’re rapidly approaching the time of the year when the days are getting significantly shorter – at least in the Northern hemisphere – and risks increase for seasonal depression, from a little bit …

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