The annual celebration of Earth Day in Santa Barbara is held in a large, beautiful park, with perhaps 100 booths featuring ideas that promote a better planet. Many concern themselves directly with cleantech: water savings, electrical efficiency, EVs, renewable energy …
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From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Keeping the Lights On–How to Optimize your Home's Electrical Efficiency
Far too many people waste power by leaving the lights on when they don’t need to. Optimizing their energy efficiency can greatly reduce power bills and lessen their impact on the environment. Here are a few ways you can improve …
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From Guest Blogger Susan: Energy Saving Sustainability Tips and Guidelines
High energy bills are only one side of wasting electricity, the other side of the coin being an increased carbon footprint and thus affecting the environment in the long run. Prices for utilities are likely to go up as time …
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Photosynthesis and Photovoltaics
A friend sent me this piece on photosynthesis and photovoltaics, which claims that commercially viable biohybrid solar cells would be a manifold breakthrough for solar power; their key components are abundant and renewable, so producing them would cost less and …
