Recycling and Alternative Energy - the Connection

Or Having Your Cake And Recycling It Too

A commentary by Richard of HowToRecycle.net.

"There are both direct and indirect benefits to recycling.

The direct benefits are the reduction in use of raw materials. Manufacture of metals, plastics, glass etc.. uses massive amounts of energy and natural resources, so the more we can use recycled goods, the less energy we need to use.

The indirect benefits come from the ability of waste reduction schemes to help encourage other “green” technologies and programs.

Given the serious environmental and political ramifications of our reliance upon fossil fuels, anything that helps encourage the use of alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, tidal, geothermal and hydro power is a massive benefit to society." Please continue reading.

It's Right There, Ted

Or Can Anyone Really Say What Time It Is?

Functional art from recycled materials is the mainstay of the Gallery Store and the Gallery Of Functional Art. I realize we can't solve all thee worlds environmental problems with recycled art but every litter bit helps.

Of course the lousy pun was intentional.

Quiet! Can't you see I'm busy reading recycled poetry? What? You thought I was giving up on poetry?

And the problem is:



And the answer was...

Tooth Fairy Offers Green Banking?

Or Give 'Em An Inch And We All Get The Shaft

You win some: "This summer, after months of conversations, some top executives from Bank of America agreed to accompany NRDC staff on a fact-finding trip to Appalachia. In July we flew them over moonscaped mine sites in West Virginia, took them to Kayford Mountain for a closer look at mountaintop mining, and introduced them to several local residents/activists who are fighting to save their beloved homeland from reckless coal mining companies." Continue reading

Link via EdCone.com

You loose some: "It’s not clear to me why Bush (and the GOP in general) have such a grudge against the environment. I suppose it’s part of their overall philosophy that big business should be allowed to do whatever it wants because nothing bad will ever happen—the Free-Market Fairy will keep everything right. Only, of course, the Free-Market Fairy, like the Tooth Fairy, is just a story." Continue reading.

Going Green Economics 101

Or If They Only Knew What We Know

What is Financial Permaculture and would you eat it? More importantly, would you know it if it ate you?

"Green Recovery: A Program to Create Good Jobs and Start Building a Low-Carbon Economy" describes a green recovery program that could lay the foundation for sustainable economic growth while boosting the country's energy security. The program calls for a $100 billion worth of tax credits, government spending and federal loan guarantees to cut unemployment and spur growth in six cleantech and efficiency areas."

Read on to discover how this plan could create as many as 3 Million green jobs

RecycleBills is hiring now.

Where the Government stimulus package should have been spent.

The Green Mystery Tour: Part 1

Or, RecycleBill Would Rather Link To Your Photos Than Steal Them.

I guess you can say RecycleBill is old school. As a published author I take copyrights very seriously and while it has become common place in the Blogosphere to simply hot link or steal the photos of others to post to your own blogs, RecycleBill refuses to commit copyright infringement. Therefore, I simply link to each picture with a bit of commentary in the hopes that all who read will understand my position.

To take the tour simply read along, click on each link and return to this post to see the next. Sorry, we cannot br responsible for persons who leave the marked trail and venture out on their own.

Beautiful but oh so dreadful too.

Sometimes there is beauty where there is no green. (Sorry, some computers won't display this link.)

What will become of places like this?

Will this be all we leave behind? To be continued.