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Recently a friend of mine brought my attention to a little video - The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard.

I say little as physically it’s about 20 min. long. But this is one of the greatest I have seen in a very long time.

It’s a simple piece with some very cute animations. But in its simplicity it underscores the complexity of Stuff, how we get it, how we use it and what we do with it. Continue Reading »

This is one in my Dobehave Series: Save Energy, Be Green, Have More. We all want more. There is a formula for having more: do-be-have, in that order. So the first things is to do, then you become and through that you will have.

The first place we shall take a look at is our lighting habits in our home and how to save energy and money. This is in response to question: Continue Reading »

Solar and Wind Home Generating Energy Systems

- product review

There is more and more talk about how to generate energy for home use. Not surprising with rising costs of energy for home use, not to mention the growing awareness in the need to change away from fossil fuels as our means of creating electricity. Continue Reading »

something on my mind …

There is this great little video that explains the consequences of global warming and climate change. If you have not seen it, do so now … and then come back here. If you have … just keep reading.

I talk to a lot of people about this, I get a lot of feedback via this blog. This has brought me to the realization that … Continue Reading »

A friend of mine brought this little animated video to my attention.

Wow … here I have been trying to explain global warming, global climate change and not even come yet to the point of explaining what this can do to us and the planet. This short animated film about the feedback loops likely to lead to catastrophic climate change, by Leo Murray does it so well and so much better than a 1000 words can do. Continue Reading »

This is one in my Dobehave Series: Save Energy, Be Green, Have More

Alternative Energy Sources

It’s actually funny that we today talk about alternative energy sources. It just shows how habituated we are to think that fossil fuel is the main source of energy. The truth is that man has known about many of these “alternative” energy sources for a very long time. So maybe we should take a look on how to define alternative energy. Continue Reading »

This is one in my Dobehave Series: Save Energy, Be Green, Have More

Conventional or Alternative Energy Sources

Factory Smoke over City

Global warming and climate change are results of the accumulation of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, in the atmosphere. The accumulation of these gases can from natural causes but also man-made causes. Continue Reading »

This is one in my Dobehave Series: Save Energy, Be Green, Have More

do u think wind energy is viable if the government decides to stop extending subsidies?

House with wind and solar energy

Someone by the name of pritanshjain asked the above question on Yahoo Answers. This is my answer: Continue Reading »

Generate your own energy - reply and suggestions

With all this talk about alternative fuel and energy it is a good idea also to take a look at what is available.

One thing we could do, of course, is put pressure on our utility company to become more environment friendly. With enough people pushing I am sure that will happen.
But maybe we don’t want to wait so long, and we would rather stand up for ourselves and create our own solutions … and put some money in our pocket Continue Reading »

This is the second article in my series on what global warming and climate change. In the first I explained what global warming is and asked some questions about this. To read the first one click here.

This is one in my Dobehave Series: Save Energy, Be Green, Have More

In this articles I explain how the earth gets warmth, how global warming affects climate and causes changes, and also what kind of changes we see and can expect.

The Earth Gets Warmth and There is Life

The earth is warmed by the sun. The sun’s activities and the earth’s position to the sun have a direct natural effect on our climate. Continue Reading »