Following up Kohl’s plans to install solar panels on its buildings, they recently flipped the switch and turned on the Laguna Niguel Kohl’s location. This roll out is just the milestone in the building of solar electric systems at 63 of Kohl’s 80 California locations. Keep in mind Kohl’s operates 834 stores in 46 states, [...]

If your are in the phoenix metro area and are thinking green, you should stop by and watch the feature film, “WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?”. Its a great movie and there will be a gathering of others who want a change. I will not make it tonight, but maybe the other dates. Heres is [...]

Today, I received an interesting question and I wanted to pass it along to my readers. Chris asked a question about which type of environmentally friendly light bulbs are people buying, and how are they disposing of them. The basic argument is that CL light bulbs use less electricity, but contain harmful chemicals that MUST [...]

When I think of wind power I think of these huge blades spinning around and creating a couple of megawatts of power, not a in my backyard kind of device. Well Mariah Power has create an affordable $4,000 vertical wind turbine that produces 1kW of power and stand only 30 feet tall! The Windspire is [...]

BrightSource is doing just that (Yes, 400 Megawat Solar Power Plant) and has filed an application with California to build these plants. (if only they were COOP, UGH!) The idea is to build 3 power plants, two 100 megawatt power plants and one 200 megawatt solar power plant. These power plants will be made up [...]

Chris sent me this joke today and I have to post it. It’s a green joke and hopefully spices up your day. A Harvard, Yale, and University of Vermont graduate enter the mens room. The graduate of Yale spends 4 minutes aggressively washing his hands with soap a constantly running water proclaiming “At Yale we [...]

As most of you know I have moved to Arizona and have been enjoying the “hippy” style out here with my prius. I have recently been shopping at Wild Oats and Whole Foods. Well tonight it finally hit me, how much more it costs for staying organic or even trying to buy products that have [...]