http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog Social Bookmarking for the environment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:35:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's been a lot of pressure lately to open up protected areas for oil drilling. But common sense says drilling is not the answer. Switching is. Switching to 100% clean, renewable electricity within 10 years. Watch our latest ad below (it will be airing during the Olympics). It shows Americans ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/help-spread-the-message-to-make-the-switch/ Lynn over at OrganicMania and a few select Eco Mom's from around the blogosphere are joining forces to target global warming. On Monday they will all post articles about global warming in a carnival of "Green Mom's". And the fact is, most “Green Mom” bloggers have only skirted the issue ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/green-moms-carnival-launches-monday-global-warming/ After a successful pilot program, Honolulu has decided to ramp up recycling by adding curbside service to 39,000 more residences come November and adding communities incrementally until 160,000 homes have collections in 2010. The initial price tag on bins for the curbside recycling program's start-up will be $23.4 million, but ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/recycling-plan-good-for-honolulu-and-the-environment/ The Navy said a nuclear-powered submarine leaked minimally radioactive water while traveling to Japan, Guam and Hawai'i over several months. The total radioactivity released into the environment from the USS Houston at each stop was less than one half a microcurie, U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Scott Gureck said. "That's a negligible ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/radioactive-leak-from-sub-reported-by-navy/ We are Beta testing the ability to add a picture in with your post. This feature is live now and depending on how it works out it should remain available. However any members abusing this by posting any porn or hate images will be banned and we will have to ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/new-social-bookmarking-features-added/ After careful consideration and a trimming down of our websites/blogs that we owned we decided that EcoBlogs was definitely one of the services we wanted to focus on and improve. So, without further ado Ecoblogs.net has been reworked a little bit and is back better than ever. Ecoblogs invites all ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/ecoblogs-is-back/ Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a method for generating electricity which uses the temperature difference that exists between deep and shallow waters of the ocean to run a heat engine. More information can be found on Wikipedia. http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/renewable-energy-from-the-deep-ocean/ FileYourTaxesNow.com is going green. For every paid 2007 federal income tax return that is completed and submitted by efile through File Your Taxes Now (at no cost to the taxpayer) we will donate one dollar to environmental organizations that will go toward the planting of trees. Complete Story >> eFile Your Taxes ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/efile-your-taxes-and-plant-a-tree/ My cousin mentioned to me that her family wanted to install solar panels on their roof. She said it was a huge disappointment because it was far too expensive. It would take twenty years for them to regain the cost in energy savings, even with state solar initiatives! I decided ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/how-to-find-free-or-cheap-solar-panels/ Green Options (GO) is a community dedicated to environmental resources, education, and discussion. With Green Options you can create your own Green journal and be blogging in minutes. Share your green journey and help bring sustainable values to the mainstream. greenoptions.org http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/happy-birthday-to-greenoptionsorg/ We’ll file this one under ‘unexpected’. According to Elle, it seems Heidi Fleiss, legendary nineties madame is in the process of launching an eco-friendly brothel for women in Nevada. The site for her stud farm is a 60 acre plot of land near Pahrump where she just opened a laundromat called ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/heidi-fleiss-to-open-eco-brothel-for-women/ A Blue Man Group performance on Global Warming. http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/blueman-group-on-global-warming/ Doing More vs. Doing Less submitted by ecoblogs 3 seconds ago (via greenstylemag.com) Uber marketing guru Seth Godin has a great post about why making people feel guilty about their buying habits isn’t going to help the eco movement. We’re told to buy organic, but not that organic, ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/doing-more-vs-doing-less/ Global Warming Destroys `The Good Life’  submitted by RonnieWayne 44 days ago (via anewgreenearth.com) If you are wondering some of the things that will change with increased Global Warming I suggest you pop over to Alternet and have a good read. They have outlined 100 changes to `The Good Life’ that ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/global-warming-destroys-the-good-life%e2%80%99/ New 'FatBox' Device Produces Biodiesel from Solid Animal Fats  submitted by EcoBlogs 37 days ago (via RenewableEnergyAccess.com) Fat may no longer be a negative thing, at least when it comes to producing biodiesel. FatBox, a device developed by Pacific Natural Energy (PNE) may make fat a valuable resource. It has the ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/new-fatbox-device-produces-biodiesel-from-solid-animal-fats/ Today on Planet Green  submitted by EcoBlogs 43 days ago (via feeds.treehugger.com) We've been hard at work hammering out the Planet Green blog, which we're launching in conjunction with the new 24/7 Discovery channel of the same name. If TreeHugger is the "what," then Planet Green is the "do," and PG ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/today-on-planet-green/ How Can Brown Turn to Green? submitted by heipet 21 days ago (via green-talk.com) Leaves help to make excellent compost and mulch. This is how brown turns into green. Fall is one of my favorite seasons of the year. I love the fall foliage with its different colors of red, yellow, and ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/how-can-brown-turn-to-green/ Videos on Global Warming submitted by pegasusteam 6 days ago (via videoguides.pegasusteam.com) Hundreds of videos on global warming and the environment, that shows both sides of the global warming issue and the humorous side. Search for videos on any topic. Continue ->> Videos on Global Warming http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/videos-on-global-warming/ Seven Common Excuses Not to Go Green  submitted by EcoBlogs 17 hours ago (via goshthatsgreen.com) It truly is an inconvenient truth that many of our modern amenities, things that make our lives so much easier, are the same things that will eventually make our planet uninhabitable. Trying to reduce our use ... http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/seven-common-excuses-not-to-go-green/ Featured Video: http://www.youtube.com/v/jVZLeWhmZXw http://www.ecoblogs.net/blog/10/