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The future of music. Is it all digital?
Monday, 5 Jan, 2009 – 12:56 | Comments
The future of music.  Is it all digital?

A reader recently sent me a link to an article over at the Huffington Post written by Cliff Hunt it is titled Making Music Green.  It was an interesting bit on the future of music …

Lists, lists everywhere, but here is the list I wish to share. Sunday Update - The week in green news.
Sunday, 4 Jan, 2009 – 7:36 | Comments
Lists, lists everywhere, but here is the list I wish to share.  Sunday Update - The week in green news.

What is it about the end of a year and the beginning of another that makes everyone want to write lists and make predictions?  As I look back in my lifetime you could think that …

How and where would you live if you could live your dream life? Monday’s in the garden.
Tuesday, 23 Dec, 2008 – 8:54 | Comments
How and where would you live if you could live your dream life? Monday’s in the garden.

Today over at Jetson Green Preston posted on the $30,000 recycled cabin manifesto.  It was an interesting post, one that really made me think and one that prompted a bit of a rambling comment that …

What would it take to buy a home using an Energy Efficient Mortgage?
Monday, 22 Dec, 2008 – 15:38 | Comments
What would it take to buy a home using an Energy Efficient Mortgage?

Energy Efficient Mortgages have been around for about 30 years, but seem to rarely get used.  One of the reasons why is a lack of understanding regarding them.  The other being that few lenders offer …

Handmade toys could become extinct. Say goodbye to your favorite ETSY store.
Tuesday, 16 Dec, 2008 – 17:25 | Comments
Handmade toys could become extinct.  Say goodbye to your favorite ETSY store.

It sounds scary really.  Because of the recent glut of toy recalls a new law has the potential of keeping the big guys (the one’s who had to recall their toys) in business and will …

We can generate power from raindrops and footsteps so why not waste it on a beach?
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 19:56 | Comments
We can generate power from raindrops and footsteps so why not waste it on a beach?

That beast we call Christmas has taken it’s toll and made posting hard here at the Zebra.  I apologize for the low number of posts the last few weeks.  After the New Year comes around …

CFL’s vs. LED’s. Which way do you go with your lightbulbs???
Saturday, 13 Dec, 2008 – 18:41 | Comments
CFL’s vs. LED’s.  Which way do you go with your lightbulbs???

CFL’s are gradually losing favor to LED’s as the energy saving bulb of the future, even with companies like GE ramping up production of CFL’s. In the video above Hank Green of ecogeek.org does …

Why recycling isn’t bullshit.
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 14:45 | Comments

A few weeks ago posts about why recycling was bullshit started to float around the internet.  The first one I came across was over at TreeHugger.  In some ways I could agree with the poster, …

Where should your home be? Find out here.
Sunday, 7 Dec, 2008 – 7:57 | Comments
Where should your home be?  Find out here.

I stumbled across a pretty amazing tool yesterday! It is the Optimal Home Location finder which is a wonderful Real Estate Tool.  Beats Walk Score all to heck, IMHO and  it would work really …

A gift from me to you. Click to offset your carbon for a day.
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 7:00 | Comments
A gift from me to you.  Click to offset your carbon for a day.

Happy Holidays!
This Holiday season the folks at 350.org gave me a gift of carbon offsets.  As a gift to you this season, I’d like to pass to 25 of my readers one day of carbon …