What does green mean to me? Let me start by stating that I am all for the Environment and always researching ways that I can make a difference. living in Florida, my first idea was conceived during a Hurricane how to Utilize Wind Power. I imagined having this wind power system that connect to the outside of my Hurricane Shutters that would supply electricity during and after the hurricanes by storing electricity to a bank of batteries in additional this system could be used by exercise equipment during the rest of the year, not only would I get a get workout but I would generate some hard earned currency. I found this group http://www.awea.org/and did a lot of research but found that Florida was not the Idea place for wind power devices. I then started to research solar power thinking this is a no Brainier with the sun shinning over 300 days a year the whole state of Florida should be powered by the sun http://www.solarelectricpower.org/ Unfortunately Solar power is still very expensive and not effective with small panels. So what can an average person do?
- Use the Web for Advertising and if you must print then buy recycled paper
- Down Size everything from your Gas guzzling SUV to homes
- Add fans and upgrade appliances that are not energy Efficient http://aceee.org/consumerguide/index.htm
- Recycle , Reuse and Reduce http://www.epa.gov/msw/reduce.htm
- Get Involved
Earth Day is April 22, 2007 http://www.earthday.net/on this site there are many ways that we can all get involved with tons of information on events and topics, you can also check out the EPA with free software for environmental panning, self awareness and case studies on communities http://www.epa.gov/seahome/trilogy.htmland if that is not enough you can google environmental awareness and see over 22 million matches WOW! http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=environmental+awareness
some of my other favorites are :
- http://www.greenmap.com/ eco cultural movement
- http://www.conservancy.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=342&srcid=372 South West Florida
- http://floridagreenbuilding.org/ Florida Green Building
- http://www.greenday.com/ The Band!
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