Author: Diane Nudelman
Website: http://ecoswag.typepad.com/my-blog/2009/12/how-dirty-is-your…

We don’t mean to alarm you – but we think you should know that the average desk surface has over 400 times more germs than a toilet seat! Germs are responsible for more than 4 million sick days at the office – costing billions of dollars a year. 97% of office workers are concerned about germs in the workplace – and yet most employees and business owners have no idea what to do about it.

 

Well, we have an answer for you! Our antimicrobial Recycled Mouse Pad is an excellent way to promote your earth-friendly business, and help keep desks sanitary. This mouse pad's surface is treated for anti-microbial protection. When microbes (such as bacteria, mold and mildew) come in contact with the pad surface, the antimicrobial protection penetrates the cell wall of the microbe and disrupts key functions so the microbe cannot function, grow or reproduce. This continuous built-in cleaning action helps stop the spread of germs and lasts for the life of the mouse pad.

 

With this…

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Author: Heather Philipp
Website: http://www.renewablechoice.com/blog-green-jobs-employment-PH…

Learn more about this exciting software development opportunity with Renewable Choice Energy of Boulder, CO.

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Author: Jesse Malcomb
Website: http://aessolarenergy.com/blog/index.php/c1/astralux-s-osea-…

Osea Nelson has been named one of the Top 25 Salespeople in Colorado by ColoradoBiz Magazine. Osea has been a Client Services Representative for Astralux since 2008, and is a big reason for Astralux’s success over the past 2 years.

Everyone at Astralux congratulates Osea for this distinction and for all of his accomplishments in the solar energy field.

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Author: Lisa Frack
Website: http://www.enviroblog.org/2009/12/raising-baby-green-with-dr…

My husband hates parenting books. Absolutely hates them. Which is a good thing (there. are. so. many.) and a bad thing (sometimes you just gotta get an expert outside opinion).

But there are a few parenting books I have dared bring in the house these past six years, and Raising Baby Green is one of them. It’s a resource every eco-aspiring parent should read and will likely reference over and over (think: room by room info & tips, starting with the womb).

Now he’s FEEDING babies green - and telling us why
Of course feeding babies is part of raising them, so it’s good news for parents that Dr. Greene has since expanded the 25 pages on feeding in Raising Baby Green into a whole new book, Feeding Baby Green.

While his how-to-guidance and recipes (spicy black beans!) are gold, it’s his premise that we parents have everything to do with our kids’ “nutritional intelligence” that really hits home. As he describes it,

At its core, Feeding Baby Green is a revolutionary approach…

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Author: easy eco blog
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It was another Spare the air night in the San Francisco area, where it is illegal to burn wood, pellets, or manufactured fire logs. The Spare the Air winter season runs from November 1, 2009, through February 28, 2010.
An article showing how bad wood smoke pollutes during bad air days in the San Francisco Bay [...]

Related posts:

1. Federal Tax Credit – Wood Heat Stoves, Pellet Stoves, Fireplace Inserts
2. Eco Friendly Zero VOC Wood Stains
3. Alternative Heating Sources

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Author: Green Talk
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In the last of couple of years, everyone is talking about our carbon footprint and its impact on the environment.  Carbon dioxide has been the darling of the Climate Change world. However, it is methane gas who is the true villain in the climate change story.  Like the character, Darth Vader in the Star Wars Trilogy, methane is ruthless and unforgiving.  In fact, “methane gas  is about 25 times stronger as a greenhouse gas per metric ton of emission than carbon dioxide,” as stated in a 2008 NASA statement.

NASA has brought to light in 2005 that methane’s effect on climate change may be double of what was previously expected. According to the article, methane emissions account for a “whopping third of the climate warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases between 1750s and today.”

However, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)  reports only 1/6th of the greenhouse gases are from methane emissions.  Why the…

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/12/11/cnn-helps-strengthen-wo…

CNN International has partnered with the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to collaborate on various industry events to ensure the best breed of knowledge and latest data is imparted to sector professionals.

The two will work together to share content, join forces on industry newsletters, and cross-promote services across each other’s respective platforms.

The announcement of this partnership comes at a time when a global sense of cautious optimism for 2010 seems to be emerging, although the economic climate is still far from stable.

“A significant step towards highlighting the economic, cultural, social, environmental, and political potentials of travel and tourism,” said UNWTO Secretary-General ad interim Taleb Rifai. “The travel and tourism industry continues to grow, employing hundreds of millions of people, contributing to the socio-economic development of the world’s poorest countries.

“Yet, its future depends on the realization of its potential and its…

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Author: Joe Ascanio
Website: http://www.terracurve.com/2009/12/11/here-comes-the-sun-2010…

According to scientific predictions made by the Met Office, 2010 will be the world’s warmest year on record with man-made climate change a huge factor.

Natural weather patterns will play less of a role than they did in 1998, the current warmest year, as El Niño, the cyclical heating of the Pacific Ocean, will be far weaker than it was 12 years ago.

The Met Office predicts that the warming effect of greenhouse gas emissions will more than make up for El Niño’s shortcomings – while cautioning that a record year in 2010 will depend upon whether or not the current El Niño began to decline earlier than normal or there was a large volcanic eruption.

Numbers rising

At the COP15 summit, the Met Office announced that it expected the global average temperature next year to be almost 0.6C warmer than the 1961 to 1990 average. It also forecasts an annual average of 14.58C compared with 14.52C in 1998.

If correct, the predicted temperature increase will be a huge blow to climate change…

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