Things that make you go Hmmm…QuestPoint

When we think about sustainable living and renewable energy it’s easy to first think about solar, wind and electric vehicles being powered by photovoltaic systems, ion batteries and recharging stations. The possibilities are limitless. These solutions are crucial as the country continues to go green. One idea that is getting increased attention is rainwater harvesting.

Rainwater harvesting is the accumulating and storing, of rainwater. Rainwater collected from the roofs of houses, tents and local institutions, or from specially prepared areas of ground. In some cases, rainwater may be the only available, or economical, water source. Rainwater systems are simple to construct from inexpensive local materials, and are potentially successful in most habitable locations. Roof rainwater can be of good quality and may not require treatment before consumption. Although some rooftop materials may produce rainwater that is harmful to human health, it can be useful in washing clothes, watering plants and in other tasks.

There are a number of types of systems to harvest rainwater ranging from very simple to the complex industrial systems. Generally, rainwater is either gathered from the ground or from a roof. The rate at which water can be collected from either system is dependent on the plan area of the system, its efficiency, and the intensity of rainfall.

Going green is a way for us to rethink about how we live…Things that make you go

Hmmm…

See the video click below…Things that make you go

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Solar Energy Companies Step Into the Branding Spotlight

By UCILIA WANG

A fake oil tycoon. The biggest sports event in the world. A Formula One racing team. What do they have in common? They’re all part of branding initiatives by solar panel makers seeking to make their names in a fast-growing industry.

The biggest news that heralded the first day of Intersolar North America, a solar-energy trade show and conference in San Francisco July 11-15 that drew more than 20,000 attendees, was a video of Larry Hagman, who played a Texas oilman in the old nighttime soap, Dallas. German solar panel maker SolarWorld managed to lure national media and local bloggers to a press event with the promise that a “former oil tycoon will give a keynote address calling for radical change within the U.S. energy market.”

Some reporters thought SolarWorld would produce someone who made a fortune in black gold. In real life. But Hagman showed up instead in the video, which contained the slogan “shine, baby, shine,” a solar counterpoint to Sarah Palin’s “drill, baby, drill.” Read More

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GE ECOMAGINATION CHALLENGE

The GE Ecomagination Challenge

Is a $200 million innovation experiment where businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students

share their best ideas on how to build the next-generation power grid – and just might get funded.

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BP Fall Fashion

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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Green For All

As Senators enter the final rounds of negotiations on the climate and energy bill,
big utility companies are apparently making unconscionable demands that threaten the
health and safety of all Americans.

From trading carbon limits for relaxing smog, mercury and acid rain pollutants to
bargaining away Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to protect America from
dirty air and water, *these demands are unacceptable*.

Please take action now:

And, if the bill limits the ability of the EPA to enforce greenhouse gas regulation,
or worse limits its ability to enforce regulation of mercury and ozone, the American
people will suffer immediate and long-term health consequences, from asthma to early
death.

The American people deserve a climate and energy bill that not only improves air
quality, but also creates jobs that will help pull the economy out of recession.
This bill is in danger of doing neither.

Please take action and tell your Senators not to shortchange the American people:

If the Senate can get this right, this historic climate and energy bill will
maintain our clean air protections, while opening the door to a new era: one in
which our nation is no longer addicted to dirty, dangerous fuels; no longer
dependent on overseas supplies of oil; and finally able to put millions to work in
clean, new industries.