This is a new video by earthsense - Strength in Numbers asking people what green means to them. It's interesting to hear what other people think of as green and how completely different each persons view is.

As many of the regulars to this site probably already know. I've moved my family from Chicago to New Hampshire. We bought an old Cape Cod that needed some work, especially in the area of energy efficiency. The previous owner was using 1800 gallons of heating oil per year and at least two full cords of wood, probably more to heat the house. I've been taking pictures along the way and will post what I've done and the progress I've made once I get a little more settled in.

Here's the post about the approach I'm taking:
http://www.greenerpeople.com/forum/g...effecient.html

We've also applied for an energy efficiency program through the local utility that starts with a discounted home energy audit and I plan on posting about our experience with the program if we get in.

And finally, here's a pic of the new house.

I was just reading about the Google Power Meter project. Basically it allows you to see your energy consumption using meters on your appliances in near real time. The idea is that if you can measure your power consumption and see how and when you are using the most power then you have the ability to make small changes that can greatly reduce your power consumption. Google Power Meter Information

Just wanted to throw this out on my blog too... Looking for some feedback, thought, etc..

Originally Posted by zach

I've been seeing more and more sites with green seals on them. I used to own a web hosting company and don't really buy into the whole notion of green web hosting. What most of them do is buy renewable energy credits or carbon offsets to account for the power consumed by the servers that they are selling green web hosting space on.

That's great but the problem with this is that the power consumption of that that server actually only accounts for a very, very small portion of the power consumed by a web hosting company. There's networking equipment, backup servers, heating and cooling the data center, lighting the data center, the computers and servers used to monitor the data center, backup generators and the list goes on...

At one time I was buying renewable energy credits for myself, my family and my employees business and personal activities. I'm a little skeptical as to how much this actually helps the environment.

Anyway, I was thinking of signing up for the program below and would like to get some feedback, thoughts and/or alternatives.

Green Website Certification - Make Your Website Green | CO2Stats

Thanks!
Zach

I thought this was pretty cool. A group of gardeners the that take over urban places to do their gardening. Our cities would look a lot nicer if there were more people doing this. And the added vegetation probably help filter some of the pollutants out of the air and water.

Here's the link: http://www.guerrillagardening.org/

This site has a great tag line, "real food, real farmers, real community" and they a locator for find local farmers and farmers markets in your area.

Here's the link: http://www.localharvest.org/

I find a lot of great sites and info on Stumble Upon. You can find me on SU at: http://greenerpeople.stumbleupon.com/

I don't have a lot of time right now so I haven't been able to keep up with posting new green tips. Everyone has got green tips so I was kind of thinking of moving them to the side line and starting to put some feature articles on the home page and start putting blog posts from different users on the home page.

The biggest things I could use help with:

• writing articles/tips/news/etc.
• ideas for the site
• forum moderators/leaders

Anyone interested?

I wanted to do a quick blog entry about this thread on the forum: http://www.greenerpeople.com/forum/g...reen-town.html

It's really an amazing story and they've turned a tragic incident into something really great. A new greener beginning for their town after a tornado destroyed it.

They are being recognized with a TV series on Discovery's new Planet Green Channel. The series premiers this Friday on Discovery Channel and June 15th on Planet Green. Tune in to see their amazing story and maybe learn a thing or two about being greener!

Some other links:

• Greensburg GreenTown - News and Updates
• Discovery Channel :: TV Listings :: Greensburg
• Series Schedule : : Planet Green
• Turned Green by a Twister - TIME
• NPR: Kansas Town's Green Dreams Could Save Its Future

This is the very first post on GP blogs. Each user now has the ability to have their very own blog on Greener People. Along with many other features now available like social networking. Add friends, leave messages on friend's profiles, add photos to your profile and much more.

Happy Greener Blogging and Networking!