GREEN THOUGHTS

COMPILED BY SALLY GILHOOLEY

A European Commission Institute for Energy spokesperson opined that solar farms in the Sahara Desert could produce enough energy to power all of Europe by creating a “supergrid.” The investment could cost around 450 billion pounds but could fulfill the dream of using sustainable energy as the world’s main source of power for the future. Read more at www.ecofriend.org

Now you can “talk green” on the Siemens ECO DECT range of cordless phones with an energy saving power supply that uses up to 60% less power than usual phones and the base station reduces power transmission to the handset by 80% - healthier and cheaper. www.redferret.net

How To be Fabulously Green: The Eco-Chick Guide to Life, by Starre Vartan, a popular green blogger, is a new book with tips on how to live a sustainable life with panache in fashion, home décor, travel and entertaining. It is light-hearted and fun and promotes an ethical lifestyle for “young, hip, urban women everywhere.” www.thegreengirls.com

The Chicago Climate Exchange is the world’s first integrated trading system to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon credits for landowners who plant trees and manage forestlands are traded on this Exchange much like the way stocks are traded on Wall Street. Texas Forest Service is the first state agency to become an Authorized Verifier for Forestry Offset Projects.
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You can watch movies and listen to music while neutralizing your carbon footprint with the PowerPlus Toucan Solar Powered MP4 Player.
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EcoMall® has got it all! Billed as “A Place to Help Save the Earth,” this site lists companies and products, provides in-house resources and offers Green Living Magazine with content that is updated daily.
www.ecomall.com

NYS Assembly and Senate, in recognition that global warming needs to be addressed, have passed bills to: create a task force to research the potential impacts of climate change; better inform consumers regarding greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles by requiring global warning index labels on the windows of new automobiles and to establish the New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force to evaluate ways of protecting the coastlines and natural habitats in the face of sea level rise brought on by global warming.
NYS Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation