Image via: Ma-Eh on Flickr.com Do you love to compare your monthly energy savings ? Do you have spreadsheets tracking years worth of data showing monthly snapshots of each new energy efficient upgrade you’ve installed? Well then you’re in luck because My Emissions Exchange will pay you when you show them how you lowered your energy bill over the last year. (Even… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Get Paid to Save Energy and Sell Your Credits On the Carbon Market

The Senate climate bill, called the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, just made its debut today . There are still pieces deliberately left out of the bill that will be subject to Senate debate, and of course, time will need to be taken to properly analyze the 800-page bill (hey, at least it’s shorter than Waxman-Markey’s 1300-pager ). But here’s a first look–a rundown of its pros and cons, how it’s different from

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As more and more states institute electronics recycling programs, a U.S. Senator has proposed federal legislation that would standardize the recycling of electronics devices, reports Circuits Assembly. The move comes against a backdrop of electronics companies fighting various state programs that establish industry funded recycling efforts. Connecticut is just the latest state to do so. The bill,

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E-Waste Recycling Bill Floated in Senate

This is a guest post by John Simonetta, owner of Proforma Simonetta Freelance, an eco-friendly promotional items consultancy (see proformagreen.com). John’s blogs are designed to keep us up to date on the “greening” of his industry. The EcoCoolie from Numo is playing dress up this Halloween with four pre-printed Halloween costume coolies , Vampire, Mummy, Witch and Frankenstein Monster. These full color pre-printed units are a great way to give a practical, reusable Halloween promo item this season that will outlast the Halloween night itself. The EcoCoolie line from Numo Manufacturing is made from at least 15% post-consumer recycled material. I think that is a low percentage, but it is a start and Numo gets some credit as the first vendor to market in the promotional items industry with a coolie containing any recycled materials. If anyone knows of other post-consumer coolies please let me know, as I would like to write about them as well. The basic EcoCoolie has an EQP of $1.09. That is certainly a premium over the cost of Numo’s standard Pocket Coolie which has an EQP of $0.69, and I hope as more post-consumer recycled material coolies are sold this price will drop. The Halloween Costume EcoCoolie actually relies on Numo’s full color imprinting process so they come in a bit higher at $2.79. But again that is for a full color, fully printed body coolie, so adding any full color logo or additional artwork to these Halloween Costume EcoCoolies is no problem. If you are an ASI member with questions for Numo Manufacturing Tonya Luby is the woman to talk to. If you are interested in these items to promote your own business contact your local promotional items vendor or email info@proformagreen.com for information and pricing.

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Eco-Coolie Plays Dress Up for Halloween

Photo credit NASA via Discovery News Of all the strange ideas I’ve heard, this tops the list. The amount of catalogued space debris within our planet’s orbit increased by nearly 50% since 2007, so DARPA wants to gather ideas for how to clear space junk from Earth’s orbit. James Hollopeter of GIT Satellite lends one idea – launch rockets full of water out to space. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Clearing Space Junk from Earth’s Orbit By Launching Water At It?

Photographs by Gerry Kopelow That’s what the CTBUH (Council for Tall Buildings) calls Manitoba Hydro Place, designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, with Architect of Record Smith Carter Architects. They have long been among the best architects in the country, and with this building become one of the greenest. Winnipeg is really cold, (hence the nickname Winterpeg) with a long heating season, but they have filled the building with impressive energy saving features and project an energy use of a quarter of that of a typical office tower, relying e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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KPMB Design The "Best Tall Building in North America" For Manitoba Hydro

Image via: Native Trails Native Trails constructs handmade sinks (for kitchen or bathroom) from recycled copper and they look great!! While that hammered copper sink adds a bit of texture and life to your kitchen, that copper provides other (health) benefits you may not know about…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Native Trails Copper Sinks Are Classy and Kill Germs Too

Image via Climate Progress A great post over at Climate Progress points out that while Senators Boxer and Kerry are unveiling their version of the climate bill today , Republicans are holding a press conference to advocate doing nothing about climate change, doing nothing to increase energy efficiency, doing nothing about the nation’s growi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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There’s often a large amount of difference between community service and innovative design. Canstruction is an annual event that’s aimed at changing that. The design event is held in cities all around North America, Australia and across the world. Over an 8-12 week period, teams of engineers, architects and students band together to create fascinating and amazing sculptures out of thousands of cans of food. Following a public exhibit of the sculptures, all of the food is donated to local food pantries and shelters. Created in 1992 by the Society of Design Administration, Canstruction has collected over ten million pounds of food. More than 130 local competitions are expected to be held in the 2009/2010 season. These amazing structures really are feats of engineering. The competition lets top architects and engineers show off their design skills to a huge audience while doing something good for the poor in their city. Canstruction is sponsored by contributions from local associations in every city, and visitors are invited to make additional donations of canned food or cash when coming to see the exhibit. But more than being a great art exhibit, a chance for engineers and strut their stuff and a unique philanthropic project, the Canstruction sculptures are an innovative way to create low-waste, ecologically friendly art. The materials used don’t create an additional negative environmental impact and just go to show that incredible things can be made from ordinary, everyday materials. Canstruction builds are often community events, with spectators being invited to watch the structures go together. The Super Bowl XLII Host Committee invited Canstruction to build two Giants helmets as part of the 2008 Super Bowl weekend festivities, and families were invited to watch it take place. Canstruction sculptures have also appeared at major events like Oddysey of the Mind, the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair and various conferences and gatherings around the world.

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Serious Scrap Metal Recycling: Crazy Can Sculptures

Nike resigned its position on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, the day after a small group of investors began urging the company to withdraw from the group over its opposition to climate change legislation. Nike will remain a member, but said it will evaluate its membership going forward.

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Nike Quits Chamber of Commerce Board Seat Over Climate Policy