We just moved and we love our new house. I was breaking down all the boxes and taking out all of the trash when I noticed a bird had already started making it’s nest on top of one of the columns on my front porch.  I stood there and looked at the small bird dragging sticks, pieces of cardboard, and other things that we generally consider trash to build it’s home.

I looked at the pile of stuff that I had just carried out to the curb and it made me feel sick that we waste so much.  Since we have been in our new home we have bought a bunch of stuff and all of it comes in some sort of packaging that has to be thrown out.  While we recycle most of the glass, plastic, and cardboard  there are still a lot of companies using Styrofoam to package things.  Styrofoam can’t be recycled to my knowledge so it just goes straight to the dump to sit there and never biodegrade or break down.

I was looking around the attic on a project a few days later. I found that instead of the usual roll out “Pink Panther” style insulation  my home has about 1′ of loose fiberglass insulation that was blown on top of all the studs.   I started thinking about what I could do with the clean Styrofoam that came as packing in many of the items we had been buying and I had a stroke of genius.

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Check out what could be the future of clean energy, A boat using wind turbines to convert saltwater into hydrogen and then storing and using the hydrogen as fuel. Continue Reading

Could it be that solar panels can be made of human hair?  Recently a teenager in India has invented one, it works  well and may change how solar panels are made. Check it out…

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Scientists in Georgia have developed a new clean technology that can use any type of movement to create power.  This great breakthrough may help us move to the era beyond batteries and standard charging stations. Check it out!

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Recently I found out about a new aircraft prototype being designed that is solar powered and can fly for 5 years without landing!

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I have always been impressed with people who find ways to reuse every day items that would end up as trash otherwise. Buddhist culture and the principles that they live by have  always  fascinated  me but  I was totally blown away when I saw that they have taken 1 million old beer bottles and made a temple out of them.

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I really enjoy making great food and enjoying it with friends and loved ones. I was inspired by my family and my uncle Jerry who had quite an interesting kitchen. This article is dedicated to some ways that he upgraded his kitchen. The more comfortable and easy you make it to work in your kitchen, the more time you will spend there enjoying it. Here are some inexpensive ways you can tweak your kitchen.

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We all know you can get paid to recycle bottles and cans if you have enough space and free time to drag them to wherever it is they will pay for them.  One thing I just found out about is that there are companies getting started that are going to pay you for the big wheeled bin recycling that you may already be doing! Here’s the scoop:

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There are so many things that go to into landfills that could be put to good use. Take a minute and think, is there something being thrown out around you that isn’t necessarily garbage? Find a great new use for it, Here are some ideas:

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Save some money and reduce your impact where you live  just by making a simple switch! Interested?  Check it out…

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