Time to Move On from the Yellow Pages There was a time when the Yellow Pages sat next to every landline phone in America so Poynt! Big, bold, and heavy, it was the go-to source for phone numbers, business listings, and local services. But times change—and so must our habits. By 2011, most people had already... Continue Reading →
Back in 2010; yes it's a while back, I was going through my book tour startups. Yet, getting to meet people and celebrate green living. So a while back in the midst of the Green Living Guy book tour, I went to an outdoor market at Gossetts Farm in Katonah, New York for organic, green great eats and drinks. Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle by Carl VogelWhile it was a rainy day, it was all about motorcycles; electric motorcycles.
A really nice friend from Planet Green named Sara Novak interviewed me a while ago when A Lot To Say, inc and I went over to the Sundance Film Fesitval. I really have to thank A Lot To Say for that experience. Besides hanging out with the Planet Green folk (as you'll see), I also got to meet and interview some amazing people out there. I have a film I am going to be releasing soon of the whole experience. Stay tuned and in the meantime check out the excerpt from the story at Planet Green. More and more festivals across the country have taken steps toward putting on a more responsible show. And some festivals have made huge strides like Bonnaroo and Wanderlust, which have greatly reduced waste through recycling and composting as well as using solar power and biodiesel to run generators. And this year the trendiest celeb fest of them all, the Sundance Film Festival, took baby steps toward green.
I was looking through old stories that I had written for other sites and realized that my old story about plug-in hybrid electric cars was posted by Yahoo Green. Since I wrote the story for The Daily Green, TDG pitched it to Yahoo and BAM! As Stated on Yahoo Green: The following is a guest post by Seth Leitman, editor of the TAB Green Guru Guides. PHEVs need to be the standard for hybrids.
Companies To Reduce Data Center Costs by $80 million Over 10 Years. Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today in Westchester announced a partnership to help data centers in New York City and Westchester County reduce their energy use, save on operating costs, and cut greenhouse gas emissions through more efficient use of electricity. Under the Data Center Efficiency Program, Con Edison and NYSERDA will work together to provide data centers in the Con Edison service territory with targeted technical assistance as well as $10 million in financial incentives to support energy efficiency initiatives. This funding is available with the goal of reducing energy costs by $8 million and achieving 55,000 MWhs in annual energy savings.
