Did you know you can get federal and state tax credits, loans and grants for installing solar and other renewable energy systems in your home or business?
Dsire offers a comprehensive state by state list of incentives available to homeowners, builders and developers, along with contact information. There are also programs offered by local utilitites and […]
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Federal and State Solar and Renewable Energy Rebate Programs
Published by March 31st, 2008 in Green Building, Green movement and Homeowner tips. 2 CommentsNEV: Neighborhood Electric Vehicle
Published by January 23rd, 2008 in Cool New Products and Green movement. 3 Comments H3 by GM
The Neighborhood Electric Car (NEV) may be coming to your town soon. These low speed electric cars (25-35 mph) are super energy efficient and practical for small towns and planned communities where the posted speed limits are 35-45 mph. They are permitted in 40 states. Planned communities like Celebration, Florida have NEV […]
Green Goes Mobile: Moveable Public Parks
Published by January 21st, 2008 in Green movement. 0 Comments
Park(ing) Day is a global event, held in San Francisco, where “artists, activists and citizens collaborate” to create temporary public parks. It is the brainchild of REBAR.
REBAR is a collaborative group of creators, designers and activists based in San Francisco. Rebar’s work ranges broadly in scale, scope and context, and therefore belies discrete categorization. It […]
Guerilla Gardening
Published by September 30th, 2007 in Green movement, Guerilla gardening and Sellsius Real Estate Blog. 2 CommentsThe earth laughs in flowers — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Guerilla gardening is gardening on vacant land, typically an empty city lot, without the owner’s permission. Whether planting flowers, shrubs or a vegetable patch, the purpose is to create beauty and put neglected land to some use for the community. Sorta like a “people’s eminent domain”.
It […]
