One Sunday I decided to take my dog, B on a walk. We went to Three Dog Bakery, where she got a new chew toy and a new beach/boat t-shirt. We then, were going to walk down to Alpha Dog, but got stuck in a monsoon!
We had to duck into several stores to shelter ourselves from [...]
Archive for November 14th, 2008
People have been wrapping gifts in paper since paper was invented, in 105 A.D. Though it wasn’t till the early 1900s that gift wrap became popular in the U.S., it is now a $2.6 billion business. It is a tradition for most during the holiday season and on special occasions to wrap presents, but is [...]
Nov
14 “Green Behind the Walls”
Join Us for a Green Building Seminar Presented by Justin Whitney of The Whitney Projects
November 18th 10:00-12:30
Premier builder Justin Whitney will be joined by a panel of area [...]
Nov
14 , also known as Green Homes. These are homes that are aimed to be environmentally friendly, and are built via sustainable development. Slowly green homes are becoming a trend for home builders across the United States.
What is Sustainable development? It is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving [...]
Each year, recycles more steel than aluminum, glass, paper and plastic combined
Americans use 100 million steel cans every day
The steel industry has been recycling for over 150 years
The steel industry’s largest source of raw material is scrap metal, which is commonly collected by recycling steel
Recycling steel saves 75 percent of the energy that would be used to create steel from raw [...]
