Earth Day events…get OUT and join the fun!

Today is Green Grove Thursday….

For Earth Day (which is technically on Monday 22nd), many cities will host fun events for the whole family. Here’s a link to check some out in your area: http://content.sierraclub.org/earthday/

31 Days of Notable Women- Robin Chase, woman entrepreneur

Robin Chase is the founder and CEO of Buzzcar, a service that brings together car owners and drivers in a car sharing marketplace. Buzzcar.com empowers individuals to take control of their mobility, without looking to governments or big businesses for solutions.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Chase

Get the Frack Out of the Arctic!

Green Grove Thursday….Action day!

Sign a petition to keep Big Oil companies from drilling in the Arctic! The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) points out that “After announcing plans to drill in the Arctic last summer, Shell has proven — through a series of accidents and mishaps — just how impossible it is to function safely in the severe conditions of this remote region. Just this month, a Shell drilling rig ran aground, again demonstrating that Big Oil cannot be trusted to drill in one of the last pristine wild places left on the planet. “

Sign the petition here: https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=2955&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=587ioyees2.app305a

The clean, green EV (electric vehicle)

According to an article in Mother Earth News, “it costs only $1 for today’s all-electric vehicles to travel the same distance as a similar-sized gasoline car would on a gallon of fuel.”

To read more nifty tips about EV’s (electric vehicles), check out the rest of the article at: http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-transportation/ten-things-electric-vehicles-zwfz1212zhar.aspx?newsletter=1&utm_content=12.21.12+GEGH&utm_campaign=2012+GEGH&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email

Their free online magazine is greener than ever!

Torre..Torre…Torrefaction (not a movie!)

If found this new word in a Renewable Energy magazine, and couldn’t resist it!

Torrefaction: Torrefaction is the roasting of wood or other biomass to create a product that (1) has increased energy density; (2) has characteristics that make it easy to handle and transport; and (3) is practical to co-fire in existing coal plants.

If you’d like to read more about torrefaction, here’s an interesting article: http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2010/Torrefaction_of_wood_pellets_offers_substitute_to_coal

Going back to school? GO GREEN!

Green Grove Thursday…thinking of going back to school? GO GREEN!

The College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) offers online certificate courses in New and Renewable Energy Sources. Apply here:
http://www.cees-edu.org/new-and-renewable-energy-sources.php

Creating energy from wastewater…why not?

Green Grove Thursday- Thinking outside the box to create energy!

Did you know WERF can generate energy from wastewater?

Research recently completed by the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) answers enduring questions on why more U.S. wastewater treatment facilities do not harvest the biogas generated during wastewater treatment to power the plant operations or return power to the grid. Unfortunately, the answers are related to human behavior rather than technical feasibility.

To read more about this promising technology, go to the website at:
www.werf.org

Green Grove Thursday…FREE Renewable Energy magazine

Green Grove Thursday….for the latest in renewable energy news, events, technological developments and environmental concerns, you can get a free email subscription to Renewable Energy Magazine at:    www.renewableenergymagazine.com

Mother Earth News Fair held Sept 21-23 in Pennsylvania

Here’s our Green Grove news flash for this weekend…

Meet the contributors, editors and readers of Mother Earth News magazine face-to-face to learn new wiser living skills in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, at their 3rd annual Fair which will be held Sept. 21- 23rd. Join them for a fun, workshop-filled weekend!

 

For more information, go to: http://www.motherearthnews.com/fair

Clean EVs making money for their owners!!!

The California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is offering up to $2500.00 in rebates to new owners of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV).

The models that qualify are listed on their website at: http://www.cvrp.energycenter.org or you can call for more information to their toll free# 866-984-2532.

You can send for the application online and the California Center for Sustainable Energy will email you further instructions within 3-4 days.

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The federal government is also forking over as much as $7300.00 tax credit for qualifying purchases, so I’ll check back with you after tax time next year to let you know how that program works as well.

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This means that potentially you have an opportunity to get back as much as $9800.00 of the sales price in rebates and tax credits.

Good luck with your purchases fellow Greenies,
Diane Tegarden
Environmental Journalist (and new Chevy Volt owner!)