Sustainable North

From National Geographic’s Green Guide: Green up your laundry room with cleaner, healthier products. Check out this interactive guide.

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From NYTimes.com, Wednesday, August 18, 2010: When it comes to saving energy, many Americans seem to get it — and at the same time they don’t get it at all. That’s the takeaway from a new study by researchers from Columbia University, Ohio State University and Carnegie Mellon University who found that people are far [...]

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From the US Dept. of Energy: The size of new U.S. single-family homes completed in 2009 declined, dropping to a nationwide average of 2,438 square feet and reversing trend of the past three decades, according to a National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). New single-family homes were almost 100 square feet smaller in 2009 than [...]

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From The Associated Press, Thursday, July 22, 2o1o: Alaska Airlines says it’s flown another test flight of landing procedures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that can save fuel, reduce noise and cut emissions by a third. The procedures, already used in Alaska and at several Lower 48 airports, use satellite technology to guide a plane to [...]

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From treehugger.com: Low-tech Magazine, consistently highlighting how age-old low-tech solutions are thoroughly applicable in creating a more eco-friendly world, serves as a useful antidote to the usual high-tech hubris that infects much of the new green deal talk. A recent post on the newly established Traditional Knowledge Inventory is no exception. Though not fully fleshed [...]

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From DisneyFamily.com: What can you and your family do to be kind to the environment TODAY? Here are 50 simple, earth-friendly actions.   Buy eco! Super cool and environmentally friendly shoes, purses, skateboard earrings, platters, picture frames, batteries, cars, and more are readily available these days Recycle electronics, including computers, printers, cd players, and toys [...]

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From The Christian Science Monitor: In the US, where 40 percent of homes contain at least one, video game consoles consume 16 billion kilowatt hours of energy yearly. That’s enough to power the entire city of San Diego for about 12 months, say the Natural Resources Defense Council and Ecos Consulting, which conducted a study [...]

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From The Wall Street Journal: For homebuyers, green is fast becoming a priority — whether it’s because they want to reduce their energy costs, minimize their carbon footprint or improve indoor air quality. Here are 10 questions that prospective buyers or renters ought to ask to find out how green a house or apartment is. [...]

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From The Daily Green: Way beyond shipping container homes, these fresh green buildings are at the cutting edge of style and convenience. Click here to read more.

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Event hosted by Alaska Interfaith Power & Light: Join Alaska IPL at the Pioneer Park Civic Center on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 from 11 am to 3 pm, for an inspiring community event — One People, One Earth. This free, family-friendly event will infuse fun, faith, education and charitable opportunities to learn about environmental stewardship [...]

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