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September 2008 Archives


FW Residents Invent GeiserMiser

4:26 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 |
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Do you want to know what I am doing to conserve natural resources? A friend of mine and I developed and patented a product that can save billions of gallons of water. This device, when installed in a sprinkler system, can stop the unrestricted flow of water from broken or damaged sprinkler heads. While the State and cities continue to find ways to improve the efficiency of sprinkler systems by increasing regulations, passing legislation that a...



Neighborhoods Are Our Opportunity to Put Back the Juice into our Community

2:01 PM Thu, Sep 18, 2008 |
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I believe our neighborhoods are the answer to all our environmental problems. We know our neighborhoods, even if we don't know the individuals. We know where the litter collects; we even know who's recycling; and we know which neighbors need help with their property. Our neighborhoods are a great place to start practicing sustainability.

Neighborhoods are also perfect opportunities to share information. We can share resources about ene...



Keep Carrollton Beautiful helps the City in a BIG Way

9:33 AM Sun, Sep 14, 2008 |
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Keep Carrollton Beautiful is contributing to our community in a BIG way. At a recent City Council meeting, Mayor Ron Branson accepted two large illustrations of Keep Carrollton Beautiful's support. The checks, made to represent the contributions of Keep Carrollton Beautiful to the community of Carrollton in the last 12 months, proved to be a very good way to demonstrate their assistance.

In the previous twelve months, Keep Carrollton B...



Support Needed for Recycled Fence

12:21 PM Thu, Sep 11, 2008 |
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Dear Project Green,

After the wonderful event you had on Tuesday, I asked Ed Begley about his milk carton fence. I wanted to buy a recycled fence just like his because my fence fell down ( all but the part the vines were holding up). As he said, 'if we don't buy stuff that has been renewed, it won't get made'. But, he said it wasn't being made any more.

I went back on line and found a brand-"Timberwolf" made by Fiber Tech with ...



Courier Goes Green

5:07 PM Mon, Sep 01, 2008 |
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Go Green Couriers is Dallas/Fort Worth's first green courier company dedicated to providing excellent delivery services using only hybrid and bio fuel vehicles in addition to bike messengers.

What does it mean to GO GREEN as a courier service?

We use hybrid vehicles. Hybrids produce less than half of the emissions standard gasoline engines produce. So for every car we have on the road we are saving 17-30 tons of carbon emission...