Just wanted to give a quick ‘shout out’ on behalf of Jeff at Sustainablog. He recently started up ‘The Green Web‘ – a network of green Squidoo ‘lenses’. We actually just recently created an EcoSherpa Lens and have joined the network ourselves. So far there are 22 members (last count), and Jeff is going to keep it open as long as he doesn’t get spammed with unrelated submissions.
Setting up a Squidoo lens is a piece of cake, so if you have any interest in environmental matters and have a desire for your voice to be heard, be sure to mosey on over to Squidoo and set up your own lens.
Here again is the link for The Green Web
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Written by Bentley on November 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Sounds like a hit tv-series-in-the-making to me!
Well its actually the name of the launch for an interesting project at Concordia University (Quebec, Canada) – a project dedicated to dealing with a substantial amount of the university’s organic waste (maybe all of it?).
Here’s a blurb:
Worms and the City celebrates the new composting facilities located in the rooftop greenhouse of Concordia’s downtown campus.
These installations have a composting capacity of twenty four metric tons of organic matter per year, with the ability to produce seven tons of fertile soil for projects in the greenhouse, as well as for the maintenance of the university’s grounds.
Furthermore, the project’s environmental benefits are underlined through the forty-eight ton reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in addition to other atmospheric and aquatic pollutants.
Great initiative – I would have loved to have been involved in something like that when I was in university!
Here is the original release: Concordia Concordia launches rooftop greenhouse composting project, Nov. 9
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Written by Bentley on November 2nd, 2006 with 2 comments.
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(image courtesy of mtbest.net)
Recently came across a very interesting website all about living more sustainably. The author, Tom Chalko, has dedicated much of the site to his own property in southern Australia – demonstrating all the fantastic eco-conscious features he has created.
One of his inventions is a ‘chest fridge’ - a very simple concept, but one that makes total sense! Consider the fact that cold air sinks, and as such whenever you open your fridge you end up losing a lot of cold air which of course leads to more power required to keep it cool.
To overcome this shortcoming of standard refrigerators Chalko decided to convert a chest freezer into a fridge by creating a special thermostat for it. Since the unit opens from the top, only a fraction of the cold air escapes when it is opened.
Incredibly, his system only consumes about 0.1 kWh per day (he mentions 1 kWh as a standard figure for a normal fridge), thus putting very little burden on his alternative energy system.
He actually provides all the specifications, parts list, diagrams etc for anyone to build the thermostat themselves, or alternatively you can also buy a ready-built unit (thermostat) from him!
Be sure to check out the rest of the site! Its absolutely chock-full of innovative green-contruction ideas. (I of course especially like his ‘worm farm’ )
Here is the link for the main site: Mt-Best Australia
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Written by Bentley on November 2nd, 2006 with 1 comment.
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