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[5 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 226 views]
A Year Ago at Green Your Apartment

We covered decreasing your electricity use and your indoor air pollution. Click on the post to get the links.

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[3 Mar 2008 | One Comment | 91 views]
Call to Action

From their website:
It started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change?
The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour.
On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. This massive collective effort reduced Sydney’s energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour, which is the equivalent effect of taking 48,000 cars off the road for a year.
With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning …

For the Greenhorns, Headline »

[2 Jan 2008 | 3 Comments | 354 views]

Being kind to the environment (and your wallet!) is so much easier than you think, especially if you are in an apartment. Why especially? You are already living in a smaller space with less stuff and by definition should be consuming less energy than the person who lives in a house (think of the heating bill, which is a great example). Congratulations! Bet you didn’t even know living in an apartment could be an environmentally-friendly start, did you?
For my first tip, I’m going to recommend you start the New Year …