Finding products made with a high percentage of PCR content can be challenging.
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Decarbonize Your Life (Part 3)
Heat pump water heaters are one example of low-hanging efficiency fruit as they are 2-4x more efficient than other water heaters. This is the third article in a four-part series showing how, with modest steps and a middle-class income, a family has dramatically reduced emissions and is sequestering what remains through a small reforestation project. Their life is better for it. Decarbonize Your Life (part 1) Decarbonize Your Life (part 2) Many organizations have charted a path to a decarbonized world by 2050 and broken down required action into four areas or “pathways.” In past issues, we discussed the first two pathways–Decarbonizing Electricity and Electrifying Everything–and how individuals can take…
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Unwrapping the Global Plastics Problem
Notpla is a UK-based seaweed packaging company focused on making packaging disappear
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100% Carbon Free, Climate Resilient Living
This is the future of the grid happening right here in Vermont Imagine living in a home that’s all-electric, fossil fuel-free, and is fully storm-resilient. That’s the reality for the 155 families who will move to Hillside East in South Burlington, Vermont. This is a first for that state– a whole neighborhood that is resistant to power outages thanks to a Resiliency Package of in-home Tesla Powerwall batteries for seamless backup power, rooftop solar panels to recharge, and extend the batteries’ backup capability, and a neighborhood microgrid for extra backup power as needed. O’Brien Brothers, a Vermont-grown property development company for over six decades, turned to Green Mountain Power when…
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One Can
Less is More: Getting to One Can of Garbage a Year
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Putting the Medicinal Garden to Use for Pets
Healing herbs are just as good for our pets and animals as they are for us
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Editor’s Page
The good news is that in the 15 + years we have been publishing the Green Living Journal, we have been encouraged by the many changes that have occurred
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US Air Quality Improves with Switch to EVs
a shift toward electric vehicles and renewable energy would slash not only carbon emissions but harmful air pollutants as well.
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Flower Power at Heart of Methane Reduction
A daffodil extract could help reduce emissions by 30 percent when added to feed.
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Fruits of Decay
Harvesting mushrooms endows us with memories and connects us with a powerful source of new life.
