Environment
Is Additionality Essential For The Credibility Of Offsetting?
One of the biggest problems with offsetting is ensuring ‘additionality’ - proving that the offsets that you are buying in order to counterbalance your carbon emissions would not have happened without yours and other similar contributions. Often the [read more...]
Shoud We Offset Our Residual Carbon Emissions?
Carbon offsetting provokes a powerful emotional response in some people. They just don’t like the idea that you can pay someone else to mop up your carbon emissions. It smacks of indulgence and cheating. Critics say buying an offset while continuing to f [read more...]
DIY Worm Farming Tips
If you’re at all interested in becoming a fellow Greenie or you already are an official Greenie, Worm Farms are one of the most fantastic things to look into! Worms are often used in a process called vermicomposting which allows worms to recycle things s [read more...]
Will Fay Cause Long Term Water Damage
Millions of people along the Florida coastlines are bracing themselves once again for hurricane strength winds and rain. It is a common occurrence for folks who live in this region at least a couple of times during this time of the year. Sometimes a hurricane [read more...]
Grid Tie Renewable Energy Setup
A common route to take when you decide to switch over to renewable energy is a “Grid-Tie” setup. What this means is your house is tied in with your renewable energy system and tied in to the power grid. The reason this is such a popular route to ta [read more...]
Going Off Grid Becoming a More Affordable Way to Fight High Energy Bills
In an unlikely bit of irony, Daryl Hannah, who first rose to screen stardom as a mermaid in “Splash”, has been living “off of the land” (off grid) for more than twenty years in the Rocky Mountains. And, according to the article by Nick [read more...]
Building A Wind Generator
Building a wind generator is a much more cost effective solution than buying one. The average price of a 1000 watt wind generator is USD $2500. I would have to save up for more than a year to be able to buy one. That’s why I built my own wind generator.< [read more...]
A Brief History Of When Lightening Caused Fire
Whenever there are thunderstorms, we tend to worry about the wind and the rain that comes with it, but many people have a terrible fear of the lightening that can be just as bad. There is a very real reason that lightening should be feared by everyone. Lighten [read more...]
Is Our Oil Dependance Posioning Our Worlds Waters
We need to stop polluting our ocean. People are destroying our oceans by putting chemical contamination in the water, which can hurt and kill the animals. If an oil spill comes in contact with a fish, whale, dolphin, and many others, it will smother them and c [read more...]
Why Offset With Trees?
If climate change is primarily the result of burning fossil fuels isn’t offsetting with trees simply a distraction? Shouldn’t we focus on renewable energy projects that can replace the use of fossil fuel?
It’s true that burning fossil [read more...]
