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We All Can Act on Climate Change

The global climate talks in Durban are over, and onlookers are hopeful that the agreement reached by the nations will have will have a large impact. After years of debate...
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4 Tips for Reducing Your Holiday Carbon Footprint

Just because it's the holiday season doesn't mean you have to stop being green.  Check out our quick tips on making the season greener and brighter for everyone! 1. Decorate with...
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Why Distributed Clean Energy Matters

One of the primary reasons for using clean energy is to efficiently employ our planet’s free and easily accessible energy sources, i.e. the winds, solar rays, and the Earth’s own...
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3 Ways to Help Make Renewable Energy Work for Us All

The (already happening) negative effects of global warming, the economic crisis and our national dependency on foreign oil underscore the need for us all to get serious about renewable energy...
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When Lights Turn On

It’s ironic how individuals who often go into the non-profit sector don’t like money or have great indifference towards it but land in organizations who are forced to talk about...
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When Times Get Tough, the Tough Go Solar

With the future of the U.S. economy looking bleaker than it has in many decades, thanks mainly to poor decision making on Capitol Hill its' time to turn off the...