Think twice before chucking out your aging electronics. Dizzying rates of obsolescence in today’s electronics industry have resulted, unsurprisingly, in an enormous amount of waste. The United Nations Environmental Program, in fact, gives us a figure: approximately 50 million tonnes of electronics waste, or e-waste, is generated worldwide every year. E-waste includes things like computers, [...]
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Reduce your Daily Paper Trail
Posted in August 19th, 2010
by Jeremy Taylor in Solar Power
There are dozens, hundreds, thousands of easy ways for you to generate less paper waste. Today’s Green Tip is dedicated to cutting back on all those unnecessary paper-based products that float unnoticed in and out of your life every day. Paper-based media, promotional flyers, corporate newsletters, junk mail: it’s all generated in the hopes that [...]
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Drive Less
Posted in August 18th, 2010
by Jeremy Taylor in Solar Power
Okay, this is an obvious one. It’s getting a lot of attention these days. We’ve heard the statistics, with a variety of figures and percentages, but the point remains the same: the number of cars worldwide will roughly double by 2030. Anyone who has spent any time in a traffic jam on a freeway, or [...]
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Be Seafood Smart
Posted in August 18th, 2010
by Jeremy Taylor in Solar Power
It’s no secret that the oceans are being emptied of their wildlife. The seafood industry continues to reach new lows in terms of sustainability and environmentalism. But don’t pin the blame on the fishermen the responsibility lies heavily in the hands of the consumers. A scientific paper published in Science in November 2006 forecast oceanic [...]
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Lighten Up
Posted in August 15th, 2010
by Jeremy Taylor in Solar Power
Next time you’re travelling, think about what you’re carrying. Any extra weight causes extra strain on the vehicle you’re in, which in turn burns more fossil fuels. Lighten your load as much as you can. When driving,for example, take out of the car whatever you don’t need. Take the extra seats out of your van [...]
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Makeup Makeover
Posted in July 29th, 2010
by Jeremy Taylor in Solar Power
With today’s green tip, your humble correspondent ventures arguably onto thin ice. But I probably don’t use cars much more than I use makeup. Honestly. And I write about cars. And this is a big issue. So I will step onto that ice. Ladies (and so-inclined dudes): be careful what you put on yourselves! A [...]
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Environmentally-Friendly Boating
Posted in July 15th, 2010
by Jeremy Taylor in Solar Power
As summer approaches, here in the densely populated Northern Hemisphere, the planet is in for another overwhelming season of recreational boating. Boats as a hobby and as a means of transportation are as old as civilization itself, but the fiberglass, gas-fuelled, engine-driven pleasure crafts of today generally have less to do with human sustenance and [...]
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