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Entries from March 2008

Al Gore is putting his money where his mouth is.

March 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Environment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Over the next 3 years Al Gore’s new Alliance of Climate Protection’s campaign will spend $300 million dollars in an effort to bring awareness to our environmental problem.  The Alliance of Climate Protections campaign also called "We" will combine [...]

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Earth Hour is tonight at 8pm where ever you are.

March 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Going Green, Inspiration

Earth Hour was started in Sydney, Australia by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) it only took 1 year for this great idea to be spread across the globe. This year on March 29th 2008 millions of people, businesses, governments and organizations all over the world will be shutting off their lights for 1 [...]

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A quick Kiva update: Loans disbursed

March 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Inspiration, Kiva, Microlending

I have received in the last week confirmation that both of my sponsored Kiva entrepreneurs have received their funding. That means the cash has been disbursed to the kireka B6 a Group and Genoveva Vasquez Ruiz . Kireka B6 a Group run by Rehema Namuddu, Christine Nabukalu, Aminah Akoth, Harriet Mirembe, [...]

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Clorox Green Works gets Sierra Club endorsement

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Environment, Going Green

The Clorox Green Works brand cleaners have been out for a few months now and in my opinion work just as good as any non-green cleaner I’ve come across. Starting in April though you will start seeing Sierra Club logos on the entire line of Clorox Green Works cleaners. This is the [...]

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Massive roof top solar array being built by SCE

March 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Going Green, GreenTech, Solar power

Southern California Edison is working the biggest solar power project in the nation. A budget of $875 million dollars is planned to spread some 65 million sqft of photovoltaic solar power cells over the roof tops of commercial buildings in Southern California. This massive array of solar cells will generate 250 megawatts of [...]

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