Environmental Review for July 2008

A shorter list this month than June’s Environmental Links, but still some very interesting environmental resources.

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1. From Sustainablog.com comes Low Impact Living: 10 Ways to Cut Home Energy Consumption. Some really good energy conservation tips. Do you hang your clothes instead of using a dryer? I also found out about using solar screens on your windows to cut up to 75% of the solar heat you get from the sun beating on your windows.
2. Twenty-five Reasons to go Reusable which gives a strong case to not use those handy little plastic bags, which have been outlawed in many countries.
3. SEQL.org has 100 Ways to Save the Environment. Check out the list and see how many of these you can do to help.

A Norwegian company is ready to bring its electric cars to the US market, and hopefully will start introducing them to the US market sometime in 2009.

A great video which was made of a 12 year old girl quite a while ago, who was giving a speech to the UN.

From Paul of Newhomesection.com I found out about The Story Of Stuff. It is a really cool video about our society. Check out The Story of Stuff. I dare you.

From Toyday’sGizmos.com we find out about compostable paper plates made from leaves.

From Treehugger.com Newsletter, I learned about Volkswagons’ limited edition 1-Liter Car, and via the comments in the post, I learned about the Aptera, which is  a hybrid car made by a small company that gets well over 300 miles to the gallon, but will only be available in California, and is classified as a motorcycle. You Californians can check out their site and reserve one today!

Via one of my many newsletters I came across the Greenlivingtips.com  solar water heater guide. I also read an interesting post about the oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who is investing in wind power.

One of the readers submitted a link to a heating and cooling calculator, which is a good idea to know how much you are spending.

I also signed the petition at Care2’s petition site to Break America’s Addiction to Oil.

For July 2008 that is the environmental news post, if you have some environmental news you would like to share, please leave a comment.

Written by Pixelhead on July 16th, 2008 with 37 comments.
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