At one of the nonprofits I worked at, it was a HUGE struggle to get my colleagues to print on double-sided paper. For regular use within the office, sure, but for board meetings?

If you can pay your electric bill, you can make the switch to solar. That's because Citizenre will install photo voltaic panels on your roof and rent them to you for the same price as your current average monthly electric bill. Plus, once you sign a rental agreement, your flat rental rate stays the same for the life of your 1, 5 or 25 year contract.

Warm fires and cold nights, these are the things of fairy tales and folk lore. Sitting beside the fire was not only a way to stay warm, it was there that families found the center of their union, where romance and connection flourished.

...so many incandescent light bulbs burning when compact fluorescent bulbs have been made available at great prices like $0.99 each by their manufacturers and retailers.

A good friend who recently moved to New Zealand from Seattle just altered me to an interesting blog post about biofuels and how they may neutralize OPEC's pricing strength and give governments some relief from agricultural protectionism.

Check out www.sokets.com . They will be coming out with a consumer energy management solution so you can easily reduce your energy consumption with a "hibernation" approach. Why use energy when you don't need it? 

If we all did this, think of the impact we'd contribute toward solving climate change problems without any sacrifice.