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Building a silo into a house Building a silo into a house
My husband and I have started building a grain silo into a house. We started in February 2006 and are just now coming to the framing part. We are new to the whole green idea but want to use it throughout our build. Unfortunately we are newly weds and are low on funds and time. We only work on the silo on the weekends because I work and my husband works and is a full time student. Our problem thus far with building green has been finding product availability, that is affordable and is truly green. Hopefully by salvaging a forgotten grain silo (an existing structure), we are already helping the environment.
V.P. Joe Biden's Green Jobs Ta V.P. Joe Biden's Green Jobs Task Force
Green jobs are jobs that provide products and services which use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, conserve energy and natural resources and reconstitute waste.
So what do green jobs mean for the middle class?
First, quite simply, it means more jobs. At a time when good jobs at good wages are harder and harder to come by, it is critical we find new and innovate ways to create more such jobs. Building a new power grid, manufacturing solar panels, weatherizing homes and office buildings, and renovating schools are just a few examples of ways to create new good quality jobs – green jobs – and strengthen the foundation of this country at the same time.
Second, more green jobs mean more money in your pocketbook at the end of the month. If we create jobs that aim to reduce your energy costs – like your electric bill and your home heating bill – that means you have more disposable income for other things.
Creating more green jobs has multiple benefits. It helps the economy as a whole; it helps our environment; and it will save you money.
What is suitable for you Debt What is suitable for you Debt Settlement
What is suitable for you Debt Settlement Or Credit Card Debt Consolidation ?
If you've earlier gone through such article then you might had already tried lots of different ways to lessen your debt like debt consolidation service , debt management, debt settlement and debt counseling for instance paying off the least debt first, or the one by the highest interest formerly, and variations of different things in between, however your debt mountain simply gets bigger. Many of the available systems may deal, however if they don't, it can’t be your fault, although simply that you get too much debt, and the compounding interest would simply burying you.
In any case you’re credit ratings are still better than poor then companies offering you debt consolidation would be the way out because it will;
»Do all the negotiations, and obtain the best available rates. »End all the harassing phone calls and knocks on the door. »Organize for one set amount, which has been paid every month. »Take off a tremendous amount of stress through a highly stressful condition.
Getting to a best consolidation companies could be good certainly, but if you’re present state mirrors the one stated above, then it's not likely that they'd be able to advise anything other than debt settlement or else Credit Card debt consolidation , with the exemption of bankruptcy. Bankruptcy has its place for sure, and it's forever an alternative, however even that's not as simple as it seems, and in any event, also debt settlement or debt consolidation need to be always be attempted before filing for bankruptcy that can spoil your credit history for as a minimum seven years.
Bad Credit Debt consolidation means merging all your individual debts into simply one debt, which will cost you at lessen interest and fees compared to all the different debts combined. Don’t get into the debt consolidation loans, which generally offer to those who have credit issues, as the rate of interest would rather vary. There are number of companies offering you Unsecured debt consolidation to individuals having bad credit and credit problems. However, they are generally a bit expensive and the rate of interest would be higher than compared to the other ones.
GreenTV in USA Today July 24th GreenTV in USA Today July 24th Green Business Special
Our new, full roll out will be on this Friday, July 24 2009 when GreenTV will be featured in USA Today along with Sir Richard Branson, Climate Prosperity Project, and many world notables in the Green.
Pick up a copy or go to USA Today.com on Friday to see the Green Business Special on-line.
And, as always, my best to all.
Lori Lake
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Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Growing Health Crisis In Gulf Of Mexico T.I.L.T. 'Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance'
http://MOXNews.com/
June 15, 2010 MSNBC Keith Olbermann
New Incentives for Solar or Wi New Incentives for Solar or Wind System
We all know solar panels make sense for many American households (and for some - wind power as well). The hurdle most of us have been facing is the high cost of installation coupled with the feeling that the previous cap on federal tax credits, just wasn't enough to motivate us into taking action.
New legislation gives upgraded and extended tax credits (removing the previous $2,000 cap) for residential wind and solar systems installed between 2009 and 2016.
The good news: Starting in 2009 the federal tax credit for residental PV solar and wind systems will be increased to a true 30% (of installation cost), which will be applied to the bottom line of your taxes.
Let's take a look at how much better the new incentives will be. As an example, let's say you are looking at installing a PV solar system at your house and the installation cost is $38,000 (in the state of Delaware).
(expires 12/31/2008)
(effecive 1/1/2009)
Cost
Cost
(50%)
Tax Credit
Tax Credit
$17,000
$7,600
$9,400
Small wind turbines will qualify for up to a $4,000 tax credit under the new system. With more affordable residential sized wind systems becoming available, don't be surprised if you see wind becoming more mainstream like solar.
Credits for solar hot water do not change under the new plan. It will remain at 30% of the installed costs with a cap of $2,000. The cap is usually enough to cover about 30% of most projects.
Visit DSIREusa.org for the most up to date, easy to navigate listing of all the federal, state and local incentives in your area.
Not sure if solar or wind is right for you? Check out some of the altnerative energy videos at GreenTV.com or send us a email.
Beyond: Visions of Our Solar S Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System
A sampling of Michael Benson’s photography is touring with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES.) The full itinerary can be viewed at http://www.sites.si.edu
More information and images from the exhibition are available at http://www.beyondexhibition.net
Major Research Paper Released Major Research Paper Released Yeaaaa
Today I am proud to announce a new research paper that has been released by physicians and researchers. I am a member of this group called ACHEMMIC. Below is the press release. A link to download the Research Paper, and a link to the group I belong to ACHEMMIC.com.
CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Policyholders of America (POA) released a consensus statement written by treating physicians and researchers in the field on the mechanism and treatment of illness found in people sickened by exposure to water-damaged buildings. This illness has been the subject of heated debate that has resulted in harsh allegations being lobbed at patients by experts hired by industry to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the illness. Today however, so-called "Sick Building Syndrome" is now unveiled to be very real; it's a chronic inflammatory illness that is easily identified with available lab testing and treatable using FDA-approved medications. The research paper is the first in the field written by physicians with experience treating the illness. Thorough and rigorous, the paper references governmental agency opinions, current published literature and an extensive review of patient data that has made this subject a political and legal hot potato obstructing patient care.
Nearly six months ago, a distinguished and credentialed panel of medical doctors and researchers, all from outside of POA's membership, were assembled and charged with developing a consensus statement on the diagnosis and treatment of a growing public health problem across America: illness acquired from water-damaged buildings. The consensus statement was then peer-reviewed by other medical doctors and researchers. The research paper is being released to help physicians and their patients understand the mechanisms, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment protocols available for sickened patients.
After reviewing hundreds of peer reviewed studies, analyzing hard data from research conducted on thousands of patients, and incorporating published results of treatment of thousands of patients, the authors embarked on this massive assignment with eyes wide open -- knowing that if the resulting research did not lessen liability of the powerful stakeholders involved, industry would likely attempt to discredit the findings.
With the research now concluded, the mysterious illness now has a name: Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome or "CIRS", and when the cause of the illness can be directly linked to a water-damaged building, or ("WDB"), it is called "CIRS-WDB".
Says Co-Author, Ritchie Shoemaker, MD, of Pocomoke, Maryland, "This statement builds consensus by debunking false ideas about illness from water-damaged buildings and establishes the basis by which practicing physicians can assess the complex illnesses these patients experience. We don't have to guess what might be wrong when we have the labs to prove what is abnormal. Patients don't have to suffer any longer after being given incorrect diagnoses such as allergy, stress or depression."
Co-authors included Laura Mark MD from Williamsburg, Virginia; Scott McMahon MD from Roswell, New Mexico; Jack Thrasher PhD of Oakland, California and Carl Grimes HHS, CIEC, President of the Indoor Air Quality Association, from Denver, Colorado.
The 161-page research paper can be found, in its entirety, at: http://www.policyholdersofamerica.org/doc/CIRS_PEER_REVIEWED_PAPER.pdf
A layperson's summary of the research paper follows:
Melinda Ballard, POA's president said, "About 25% of our members have experienced health effects after exposure to toxigenic mold and other organisms in their homes and of those, the vast majority put on the treatment protocol outlined in this paper have reported back to us that their symptoms have either subsided or vanished altogether. While our experience with these members is purely anecdotal, this research paper is not; the findings are irrefutable. Most importantly, the rigorous science in the paper offers hope to so many who are in desperate need of an effective and inexpensive treatment.
POA is a nonprofit educational organization that, at no charge, helps policyholders receive adequate payment when a property insurance claim is filed. Since it was founded in 2001, more than 2.5 million people have joined, an unfortunate reflection on the manner in which claims are often handled by insurance companies. Its web address is: www.policyholdersofamerica.org. POA is a member of ACHEMMIC (the Action Committee on the Health Effects of Mold, Microbes and Indoor Contaminants), a group of scientists, researchers, physicians, indoor air quality experts, environmental engineers, industrial hygienists, structural engineers, teachers and advocates working to advance the understanding of the health effects of mold, microbes and indoor contaminants. ACHEMMIC's website is www.achemmic.com.
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Who Knows This Stuff Who Knows This Stuff
Ron MacKinnon and his crew show take the mystery out of renewable energy.
Click here for the pilot and new episodes
Dog Watches Killer Whales Dog Watches Killer Whales
This is amazing. A dog just sitting there watching Killer Whales while in a boat I guess.
ORCINUS ORCA COLLECTIVE: Incredible footage
50K in 15 YRS - Residential WI 50K in 15 YRS - Residential WInd Power
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MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN RE GREEN MESSAGE TO JOE BIDEN RE GREEN JOBS FROM LOUISE BURFITT-DONS
Attached please find a video message to Joe Biden regarding the green jobs task force.
Spanish company touts process Spanish company touts process to turn urban waste into biodiesel
Spanish company touts process to turn urban waste into biodiesel
A group of Spanish developers working under the company name Ecofasa, headed by chief executive officer and inventor Francisco Angulo, has developed a biochemical process to turn urban solid waste into a fatty acid biodiesel feedstock. “It took more than 10 years working on the idea of producing biodiesel from domestic waste using a biological method,” Angulo told Biodiesel Magazine. “My first patent dates back to 2005. It was first published in 2007 in Soto de la Vega, Spain, thanks to the council and its representative Antonio Nevado.”
Using microbes to convert organic material into energy isn’t a new concept to the renewable energy industries, and the same can be said for the anaerobic digestion of organic waste by microbes, which turns waste into biogas consisting mostly of methane. However, using bacteria to convert urban waste to fatty acids, which can then be used as a feedstock for biodiesel production, is a new twist. The Spanish company calls this process and the resulting fuel Ecofa. “It is based on metabolism’s natural principle by means of which all living organisms, including bacteria, produce fatty acids,” Angula said. “[It] comes from the carbon of any organic waste.”
He defined urban waste as “organic wastes from home like food, paper, wood and dung,” and added that any carbon-based material can be used for biodiesel production under the Ecofa process. “For many years, I wondered why there are pools of oil in some mountains,” he said, explaining the reasoning behind his invention. “After delving into the issue, I realized that [those oil deposits] were produced by decomposing organic living microorganisms.” This, in Angulo’s mind, sparked the idea that food waste and bacteria could be turned into fatty acids that could react into biodiesel. Two types of bacteria are under further development by Biotit Scientific Biotechnology Laboratory in Seville, Spain: E. coli and Firmicutes. The Ecofa process also produces methane gas, and inconvertible solids that can be used as a soil amendment or fertilizer. “There is a huge variety of bacteria,” Angulo said. “Currently, [biodiesel producers] receive a fat that must be processed through transesterification into biodiesel, but we are also working on other types of bacteria that are capable of producing fatty acids with the same characteristics as biodiesel.” He said this would eventually allow producers to skip the transesterification step.
Ecofasa may avoid the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate and its expected successor, indirect land use, with its Ecofa process. “It would not be necessary to use specific fields of maize, wheat, barley, beets, etc., which would remain for human consumption without creating distortions or famines with unforeseeable consequences,” the company stated in a press release. “This microbial technique can be extended to other organic debris, plants or animals, such as those contained in urban sewage. You can even experiment with other carbon sources, and this opens up a lot of possibilities. It is only necessary to find the appropriate bacteria.”
The company created its name by combining the term “eco-combustible” with F.A., the initials of the inventor.
“Today we feel that we can produce between one and two liters [of biodiesel] per 10 kilograms of trash,” Angulo said. That’s a little more than one-fourth to one-half of a gallon for every 22 pounds of trash—or between 24 and 48 gallons per ton of urban waste. “We are working to improve that,” he said.
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3225&q=ECOFASA&category_id=23
Francisco Angulo
Image captures whale as it lea Image captures whale as it leaps from water, smashes boat
Now this is a little too close.
Click here: Amazing photo! Image captures whale as it leaps from water, smashes boat
By Michael Sheridan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Originally Published:Wednesday, July 21st 2010, 8:37 AM
Updated: Wednesday, July 21st 2010, 1:17 PM
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It was one whale of a tale... literally.
A couple off the coast of South Africa enjoying a beautiful day of sailing had a terrifying run in with a massive mammal that left them unharmed, but their craft seriously damaged.
"We'd spotted it about 100 meters away and thought that was the end of it," said Paloma Werner, who was on the boat with her boyfriend and business partner, Ralph Mothes. "Then suddenly it was right up beside us."
The couple, experienced sailors who operate the Cape Town Sailing Academy together, had noticed the whale as they cruised through Table Bay, near Cape Town harbor, when it approached their vessel.
"I assumed it would go underneath the boat, but instead it sprang out of the sea," the 50-year-old said.
"I thought surely it can't be on a collision course with us," said 59-year-old Mothes.
The Southern right whale, an endangered species common to those waters which can weight up to 60 tons, shot into the air and smashed into the Intrepid, a 32-foot yacht with a steel hull.
"We were very lucky to get through it, as the sheer weight of the thing was huge," said Werner.
Mothes, who was piloting the boat, ducked behind the wheel as the whale thrashed around on the deck and destroyed their mast, before finally slipping back into the water.
"Miraculously nothing happened to us," Werner told CNN.
The moment was photographed by a tourist from Botswana, who was aboard a nearby boat. The couple used their engine to pilot the broken vessel back to shore.
Despite being frightened for their lives, and their boat, the couple aren't holding a grudge against the beast from MORE at link...
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The Story of Stuff/Bottled Wat The Story of Stuff/Bottled Water
http://storyofbottledwater.org The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all. Our production partners on the bottled water film include five leading sustainability groups: Corporate Accountability International, Environmental Working Group, Food & Water Watch, Pacific Institute, and Polaris Institute. And, for all you fact checkers out there, http://storyofstuff.org/pdfs/StoryOfBottledWater_pdfs.zip
The Story of Stuff/Cosmetics The Story of Stuff/Cosmetics
Senate introduces bills to pro Senate introduces bills to protect chemical and water plants nationwide | Greenpeace USA
Senate introduces bills to protect chemical and water plants nationwide
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced a comprehensive legislative package that would help to prevent debilitating terrorist attacks at America’s chemical, drinking water, and wastewater facilities. This legislation requires plants to assess their vulnerability, develop plans to address those vulnerabilities, and requires the highest-risk facilities to convert their facilities to safer processes that don’t have the risk of a catastrophic chemical release.
Millions at risk
Did you know that the Department of Homeland Security has identified over 5,333 "high-risk" chemical plants in the United States? Just 300 of these plants together put 110 million Americans at risk. And on April 2nd a refinery in Washington State blew up killing eight workers. Meanwhile the failed May 1st car bomb in New York's Times Square was a grim reminder of our continuing vulnerability to terrorism.
Safer alternatives exist
The greatest risks posed by U.S. chemical plants is their use of huge quantities of poison gases such as chlorine. Fortunately safer processes are available for virtually all of them.
In fact, more than 287 chemical plants have switched to safer chemicals or processes over the last ten years. This common sense action has eliminated catastrophic risks to 38 million Americans. That's the good news. The bad news is that most of the highest risk plants have NOT adopted safer processes -- and they won't until laws are passed that require them to do so.
Chemical industry lobbyists
Since the 9/11 attacks, chemical industry lobbyists, including Dow, DuPont, BP and Exxon have blocked strong legislation. Greenpeace identified 169 lobbyists registered to keep Congress from enacting a strong chemical security law. But in spite of that, last November the House of Representatives passed a bill (H.R. 2868) that will eliminate these risks. And, now the Senate has a new bill that would help save lives. The bills are endorsed by a broad coalition of over 90 environmental, health, and labor groups.
Creating Jobs
The chemical industry lobbyists are routinely asserting without any substantiation that if this legislation is adopted it will eliminate jobs and hurt the economy. Greenpeace didn’t believe them so we commissioned a neutral firm, Management Information Services, Inc. (MISI), to conduct an independent economic analysis of H.R. 2868 (Senator Lautenberg’s bill has a similar fiscal profile).
The MISI analysis thoroughly rebutted the claims of these opponents of safety and security. MISI shows that the House passed bill will actually create 8,000 jobs and leverage nearly $2 billion in economic stimulus. Furthermore, the two sectors of the economy that will benefit the most are the chemical industry and publicly owned water treatment plants.
The bills would:
My husband had to have quadrup My husband had to have quadruple heart surgery
I finally got a new computer to get back to work and my husband had to have bypass surgery this week. Goodness he went to the doctor and the next thing I knew he was headed for surgery. He had to have quadruple bypass surgery.
He is coming along and I hope he will be home maybe tomorrow. This has always been my biggest fear my husband would get ill since he has had to take care of my all these years and has been the only provider.
I am very greatful for the doctors and nurses at the Christiana Hospital. They have taken great care of my husband and explain everyting very well which takes some of the trauma away.
I will still be doing my blog, just have to get adjusted. I don't even drive. Very glad we got my husbandhelp in time. He had two heart attacks and was working and driving in this heat without ac.
URGENT!! MSNBC REPORTING THAT URGENT!! MSNBC REPORTING THAT COREXIT IS KILLING CLEAN UP WORKERS!!
Green cleaning is about protec Green cleaning is about protecting the health of people, animals and the planet
Good article. I have been trying to get my apartment complex to just clean the laundry room. It hasn't been cleaned for over a month. They tried to say that they would have to wait a month because one part where some people ride their bike through the laundry room is black. I went and used a paper towel, vinegar, and baking soda and it came right off. I taped it if they wanted to see. We will see if they do anything. Been waiting for some time just to do wash because of this heat, but no reason not to cleant he place. I don't usually do that, but when you pay these prices, you want the floor cleaned at least once in a while.
Green cleaning is about protecting the health of people, animals and the planet. The downtown campus of the University of Toronto is green, using green cleaning products and equipment to clean the school. Photo Courtesy/UNIVERSITY OF TOR
Green cleaning is about protecting the health of people, animals and the planet
July 8, 2010
If Wayne Shaw can keep the historic University of Toronto's 11 and a half million square feet of hallways, office space, classrooms and labs clean using only green methods, there is no reason you can't do it in your own home.
Shaw, who has been the manager of caretaking at the downtown campus for six years, has been in the cleaning business, including stints in consulting, for more than 50 years.
About five years ago, Shaw went to the U of T's management and suggested they go green - replacing multiple harsh chemicals with green ones and purchasing greener equipment.
Shaw said going green, at least commercially, doesn't save money, but rather it's about improving the health of not only cleaning staff who have to use toxic chemicals but also for staff and students who are exposed to its toxic fumes and the health of the planet.
"Chemicals are a lot more expensive if they are green...You must really want to be a green cleaning person to go green and you have to have the money," said Shaw, who calls himself a 'green cleaning nut' and who is, of course, green at home, too.
When management approved Shaw's plan, he put out requests for proposals for greener equipment and then began the process of converting things such as hand soap, toilet paper and hand towels to green.
Cleaning staff at the St. George campus use one green cleaning product, instead of five or six cleaning products, and a special spray bottle that has five settings to control the strength of the product being used.
"The chap that sold it (the green cleaner) would actually drink it," Shaw said.
In addition, staff use multi-colour microfibre cloths, a different colour for each job, so there is no cross-contamination.
"Microfibre cleans even if you use just plain water," Shaw said. And the cloths are reusuable.
He then had to re-train staff to clean the green way, including spraying the product on the cloth rather than on the surface and using one product to clean all types of situations rather than a cleaner for toilets, countertops or mirrors, for example.
In fact, there is a three-day training session for new hires at the U of T with a retraining program that takes place every year and a 145-page manual telling people everything about the products and the rules to use them.
"It's a little harder to clean with green products so it's not as effective, so you might have to rub a little harder," Shaw said. "It used to be the chemical did all the work. If you put acid on something, it will come off," Shaw said. People didn't have to work as physically hard with traditional cleaner. But if people know how to use the green cleaning products and use a little elbow grease, the products work just as well with the added bonus of not harming people or the planet.
"You are not harming the environment by putting chemicals back into the Earth," Shaw said of green cleaning. "You are not creating vapors that bother staff and workers in the area. You are certainly not saving money because it doesn't. You are just being ecologically responsible and are doing it in a safe way as possible for staff."
For people who want to purchase green cleaning products for their home, Nancy Bradshaw, community outreach coordinator at the Environmental Health Clinic at Women's College Hospital, said people need to be aware there is no legislation regarding 'green' products.
The Environmental Health Clinic at Women's College, established in 1996 by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, is the only one of its kind in Canada and improves health care for people with environment-linked conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and environmental sensitivities.
"You can call any cleaner you want a green cleaner. What I talk about is safer cleaner products, less toxic cleaning products, purchasing products with the EcoLabel."
Bradshaw said there are two types of labels people should reach for when purchasing store-bought green cleaners - Canada's EcoLabel, which is recognized around the world, and Green Seal, which is the American designation.
The labels mean the products have less toxic ingredients in them and are safer for both the environment and for humans, Bradshaw said.
The problem with traditional cleaning supplies, Bradshaw said, is they are it detrimental to people's health, causing asthma, allergies and environmental sensitivities (ES).
Health problems associated with traditional cleaning products run the gamut from eye irritation and chest pain, to vomiting and diarrhea, and can contribute and aggravate asthma.
Bradshaw, who wrote Guidelines to Accommodate Students and Staff with Environmental Sensitivities: A Guide for Schools, which can be downloaded from http://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/programs/program76.html, said traditional cleaning products may contain ingredients associated with cancer, endocrine disruption, a synthetic chemical when absorbed into the body either mimics or blocks hormones and disrupts the body's normal functions, and ES, and are harmful not only to adults and children, who are the most vulnerable to toxic exposure, but also to unborn babies.
Bradshaw said there is a fine line. While she doesn't want to scare anyone with potential ill effects of traditional cleaners, she wants to inform people of the importance of switching from traditional cleaners to less toxic cleaning methods.
"The best choice is making your own cleaning products with baking soda, vinegar and salt, and that would be the best choice because you know exactly what's in the product. The second choice is to choose a product that contains an EcoLabel."
For a great source of information, including a list of less toxic products, Bradshaw suggested people turn to The Guide to Less Toxic Products (www.lesstoxicguide.ca) by the Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia. The site is currently being updated, but offers a wealth of information from baby supplies to laundry choices.
Generally, Bradshaw suggested:MORE at link...