Content Keyword RSS | July 31, 2009
I was reading some comments on an organic gardening post in which apartment dweller were lamenting that they don’t have the room to garden. Don’t tell that to Mike Lieberman (@CanarsieBK), the force behind UrbanOrganicGardener.com.Read the rest.Source.
Content Keyword RSS | July 31, 2009
Ever since we assembled a 1.6 MW solar panel installation at our headquarters in Mountain View in 2007, we’ve been wondering, “Does cleaning the solar panels make them more effective?” We thought it might, but we needed to be sure. So we analyzed the mountains of data that we collect about the energy that these panels produce — after rain, after cleaning and at different times of the year. We have two different sets of solar panels on our campus — completely flat ones installed on carports,
Content Keyword RSS | July 31, 2009
photo: Army.mil via flickr Last October, the US Army announced that it would be developing a 500 MW solar thermal power plant at Fort Irwin , California. At the time details as to who would be developing the project and when it might come online were lacking, but we now have more details on that (via Greent… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Content Keyword RSS | July 31, 2009
Really, folks? Were we questioning the possibility that organically grown foods were more nutritious than traditional grown? I think not. We (being fully informed consumers) know that food is food is food. Raw food is healthiest (as in lots and lots of produce in its natural state). That’s a no brainer. We also know that adding a dose of pesticide and herbicide to our produce is a BAD idea. Sure, it doesn’t alter basic nutrition (same vitamins and minerals, fats and proteins), but it do
Content Keyword RSS | July 31, 2009
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. — Shakespeare, Macbeth I don’t know if it’s because oil is staying stubbornly above $60,
