Going Green Locally

Eco-Friendly Bottlehood Makes Glassware Using Wine Bottles from San Diego Establishments

March 3, 2010
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I learned so much at the Paso Robles Wine Country Grand Tasting Tour. The a majority of exhibitors were wineries, however, a table off to the side caught my eye. I’ve been thinking about buying green water glasses. With my plain white dishes, white linens and colorful flower arrangements I thought green water glasses would look nice on the table when I host casual parties. I saw green glasses on this exhibitor table so I [...]

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Do You Know Your Carbon Footprint? Calculate It Here!

July 2, 2009
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My new StumbleUpon addiction (more on that later) tossed up a really cool website, www.ecofoot.org, that has a fancy, fun carbon footprint calculator on it.  I must admit, I’m shocked my footprint is so bad because we recycle everything possible.   We’ve also taken steps to make our home more efficient at costs that are greater than we’ll ever recover. What partially got me was the number of hours flown, which this coming year will be [...]

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CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) Bulb Disposal Information

June 29, 2009
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If you can’t throw CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulbs in the trash, then what do you do?  We just installed these money saving light bulbs in our house so  I’m glad I looked into this, because I’m positive I would have otherwise just tossed my CFL bulbs in the trash.  I got this very useful information off the SDGE website. Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Disposal Information What CFLs To Be Aware Of: It is unlawful for [...]

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