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Free Trees for Your Neighborhood!!!
Free trees!?!? The Tree Fund provides trees to neighborhoods to enhance the city’s urban forest. Neighborhood groups can receive awards of 10 to 40 trees including up to one fruit tree per household. All projects must demonstrate their capacity to build a stronger and healthier community. Program participants receive: • Free trees! Trees can [...]
Continue reading...Where is the funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act being spent?
28. April 2009
Green building strategies, including energy efficiency, are a cornerstone of the plan to revitalize our economy. Funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) offers a tremendous opportunity for state and local governments to jump-start green building efforts, create green jobs, and save energy and money. USGBC is committed to helping [...]
Continue reading...Earth Day Canada – Top 10 Things You Can Do for Earth Day!
22. April 2009
Earth Day Canada nicely describes the top 10 things you can do for Earth Day – April 22nd. Smart shopping Buy what you need, not what you want Consider renting and borrowing things that are seldom needed Buy used items from garage sales and second-hand stores Simple savers Replace incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs Use aerators on faucets and [...]
Continue reading...Earth Day – Wake Up America!
22. April 2009
Earth Day has arrived – April 22nd – what does this mean to you? I think that is a question we should all ask ourselves. Earth Day is a reminder for the entire world to wake up and realize how much our every day life affects our planet. Earth Day broadens the base of support for [...]
Continue reading...Salvage Materials with Second Use
16. March 2009
Each month, Second Use – a salvage company and reseller – diverts 60-100 tons of reusable materials from the waste stream and resells them at affordable prices to the public. Every day homeowners, artists, contractors, junkers, designers, and architects, peruse their ever-changing inventory of vintage architectural pieces and contemporary building materials. One of the things I [...]
Continue reading...Learn About the Green Access Home at Suncadia
11. August 2010
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