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Teach people to make their buildings use less energy

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Sustainable building lecture series - Free-
See link for more info.

November 7 - Adding heat pumps and day lighting to your existing building - how to, what to think about.

November 14th - Community and Food sustainability panel with numerous experts on the subject.

http://www.radhavancouver.org/2009/09/sustainability-lecture...

How Will You Spend Your $100 Climate Action Dividend?

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Conscious Consumerism

by Guy Dauncey

At the end of June, every adult and child in British Columbia will receive a $100 cheque in the mail from the government. "What's this?" you might think.

It's your personal Climate Action Dividend, part of BC's new Carbon Tax that kicks in on July 1st.

 

Local Cooling helps reduce computer energy use and shows savings

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Written by Al Pasternak
LocalCooling

Yes I know, techies/geeks can adjust shutdown options on their computers to save energy. I do it too. This application tracks how many computers are using their program and the net energy savings in terms of KWhs, gallons of oil [barrels would be better - divide by 55] and the number of trees needed to balance the now saved carbon emissions.

As a beta program, right now the stats are basic and don't include the number of computers that team and/or companies have using the program, but I have a fix for that. See below.

 
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learn how to green your home

Written by Kate
 

This page is full of tips, ideas and inspiration for making your home environmentally friendly.

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