Poor Baby

Since we've told everyone else by now…we're having a baby! So there will be some updates in the future of all the green baby things we find along the way. 

Kelly Blue Book Video Review Of The Tesla S

Pretty cool video:

Green Links For The Week Of 8.25.13

Here are some green stories I came across this week:

Good Eggs brings the farmers market to your door with online ordering and home delivery

Powder River Basin Coal Lease Auction Receives No Bids For First Time In Wyoming History

These giant singing flowers are also creating solar power

California's Unusual Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Researchers develop self-healing solar cells

New Heat Pump Update

I mentioned a few months ago that we had a new heat pump installed. Well, it has been up and running and even though it is cooler this year where we live the AC has been kicking on quite a bit. So far our electric bill/energy usage is down about 30%! Even with the cooler weather that is a huge improvement.

I can't wait to see what it will save us in the winter. Check to see if you heating/cooling system needs an upgrade and make sure you use a high-efficiency energy star model!

Anti-Fracking nuns

this ind of makes you feel good:

Stephen Colbert On Fracking

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Green Links For The Week Of 8.18.13

Here are some green stories I've come across this week:

White House's Solar Panel Installation Has Begun, Source Confirms

Passive House movement gets noticed by the New York Times

Don’t expect that hybrid minivan any time soon

How Much Energy Does the US Use?

Chemistry in the Kitchen: Creating Laundry Detergent

Green Links For The Week Of 8.11.13

Here are some green stories I've come across this week:

Rooftop Gardens On Buses Makes Total Sense, And Here's Why

Nissan is ramping up LEAF electric car production in the U.S.

Riding lessons for U.S. cities from one of Europe’s bike capitals

How to Create A Healthy Yoga Studio

The big benefits of walking to work

Lab Grown Beef And How It Can Change The World

If you haven’t seen it yet there is hamburger that was grown from cow stem cells, tasting here. While this is unsettling and disturbing on one level there are huge ramifications if the price can be brought down.

photo from treehugger.com

Imagine a world where we didn’t have to raise so many cows for slaughter. There wouldn’t be the huge methane gas being belched and farted into the air every day. There would be no more factory farms. And there would be no more rain forests getting burned down to plant grain and soybeans to feed them. In fact the last two can be fed to the hungry people instead of to cows so rich countries can eat them.

It’s still a long way off, but if this could be combined with more efficient building and cars, renewable energy, and reusing everything we could, we’d have climate change on the ropes.

Thoughts?