going green: Going Green in Los Angeles - Waterless Grass - 08/15/09 10:10 AM
Going Green in Los Angeles - Waterless Grass
"LALA Land" (aka Los Angeles) is famous for creating "make-believe" - but I'm not talking about movie studios and their life-like sets. I'm talking about garden lawn - The artificial kind.
While showing a property in an area adjacent to Beverly Hills, … (14 comments)
going green: Alternative Fuel Technology was available as far back as 1978 - 12/07/08 09:44 AM
I recently blogged about the fact that General Motors had an Electric Car that was recalled from consumers and that those cars were destroyed (around 2003). That was incredible because those cars had technology that could have made America independent of foreign oil.
A comment from a fellow ActiveRainer referred … (7 comments)
going green: The Auto Bailout - What really happened? - 12/06/08 04:15 PM
About 6 months ago, I posted a Blog called: Who killed the electric car, and why?
In light of the huge sums of money that the auto industry is asking for from Taxpayer's money, I think it's appropriate to revisit the question.
The technology was available to avert our dependence from … (5 comments)
going green: Futuristic Gas Stations appear in Los Angeles - Going green with Helios House - 11/01/08 03:48 PM
Interesting and futuristic-looking gas stations are opening up around Los Angeles.
The first such unique gas station was Helios House, a BP site at the corner of of Robertson & Olympic Blvd in Los Angeles.
It's a self-service center that sells only unleaded gasoline. The station consists of a stainless steel structure covering all the pumps and has 90 … (17 comments)
going green: Honda FXC Clarity - "The Zero-Emission Sedan of the Future - A Reality Today" - 08/25/08 02:03 AM
While watching TV this evening I saw a commercial that really grabbed my attention - A new car that only emits water vapor into the air that we breathe.
This sounded like some futuristic car so I went online and discovered that Honda has already started leasing this new vehicle, the Honda FXC Clarity - … (8 comments)
going green: Seeing the wood for the trees - 08/22/08 12:15 AM
While reading through The Huffington Post today, I saw something that I hadn't heard about before: Sustainable wooden keycards for hotel rooms. What a brilliantly simple idea.
"Sustainable Cards LLC of Boulder has donated more than 70,000 wood hotel key cards to use at hotels throughout the Denver area" - Denver Business … (13 comments)
going green: Stop receiving snail-mail Junk Mail - 08/14/08 01:50 PM
I recently Blogged about snail mail "Junk Mail' and received a great comment from fellow ActiveRainer - Amanda Hendershot - about an online service that can stop catalogues from being mailed to you.
The service is called Catalog Choice and by using this service you can arrange to have unwanted mailings stopped. For … (6 comments)
going green: A waste of paper - Is it worth it? - 08/14/08 11:58 AM
With more and more people becoming sensitive to protecting the environment and reducing wastage, I am surprized at the continued use by marketing companies of snail-mail "junk mail".
Each day when I check my mailbox (and I'm referring to my U.S. Postal mailbox), I find it crammed with store catalogues, credit card offers … (14 comments)
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