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June 23, 2009

A More Conscientious Consumer



I recently finished reading a very interesting book that I thought readers of this blog might like.  It is called "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life", by Barbara Kingsolver.  I had read The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver a few years ago and loved it.  The Poisonwood Bible is a novel about an American missionary and his family, set in Africa in 1959, which follows the family members for the next thirty years.  It...


June 16, 2009

A Look at Our Commercial and Institutional Accounts…



As a customer service and marketing manager for our commercial and institutional accounts I have the pleasure of working with other marketing managers, public relations contacts and decision makers on the customer’s side to help them promote and communicate their clean energy commitments.  Often times, the most important stakeholders that our customers are interested in communicating to are their employees and customers. 

Some...


June 11, 2009

My Scooter – Three Years and 7,000 Miles Later



This November, I’ll be celebrating the third anniversary of owning my Honda Metropolitan scooter. My desire to own a scooter started after a trip to Italy, where it seemed like most of Rome made their way around town on two wheels. Regardless of how chic the men and women looked on their Vespas, it made a lot of practical sense and I vowed to buy one upon my return home. While there are many reasons to own a scooter, here are my top three...


June 9, 2009

They Grind Your Bones to Make Their Bread



My high school’s Green Campus Initiative recently added an impressive piece of hardware. The Lawrenceville School’s sustainability program includes a LEED certified building, biodiesel production facilities and vehicles, and an organic vegetable garden that helps to feed the campus. In January, the school purchased something called an in-vessel digester, a food waste mixer that turns food waste into mulch. The alumni newsletter recently...


June 4, 2009



Summertime is fast approaching, and for some parts of the country, summertime temperatures have already arrived!  I find it valuable to review energy saving tips each season ; to save both energy and money!

The Consumer Energy Center lists useful summer energy saving tips: click here to read the complete list online.  Some of the tips I found most interesting are:

• Cooking with your microwave uses two-thirds less electricity as...


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