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Do It Yourself Electric Vehicle

GreenCompany — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:31:34 +0000

What would it take to build you own electric vehicle? If you are the type who is really comfortable around mechanical things and love to get your hands dirty, creating your own EV is not very hard. And for the first-timer and part-time tinkerer there are now so many resources available in terms of parts [...]

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What Happened To Less Packaging?

GreenCompany — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 17:48:25 +0000

I very well could be dating myself with this article but I cannot help but remember during the late 80′s and early 90′s there was a push on in North America to reduce the amount of material that was being used in packaging. This was coupled with the first residential recycling programs and initially it [...]

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2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV

GreenCompany — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:44:48 +0000

This week Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada released the pricing structure for the 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV subcompact hatchback zero-emission electric car. Not accounting for any provincial subsidies, the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price for the standard version of the i-MiEV will be $32,998.00. The price for the fully equipped model will top out at $35,998.00 exclusive [...]

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The Million Dollar Energy Challenge

GreenCompany — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:27:52 +0000

No this isn’t some weird green April Fool’s joke, Sears Canada is really extending a million dollar energy challenge. Meant to provide more sustainable ways for Canadians to save energy and help the environment while doing it. Hot on the heels of the past weekend where some ten million Canadians turned out the lights in [...]

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Your Toilet Is Not A Garbage Can

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:07:45 +0000

A new Canadian water attitude study shows that across Canada people are not very water-conscious nor eco-friendly. Nearly three-quarters of those asked said they use the toilet as a garbage can. Really? Do people need to be reminded that the toilet is only designed to handle and remove human waste? It seems so. Sadly Alberta [...]

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Greening Your Home Has Many Benefits

GreenCompany — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:05:03 +0000

Greening our homes and making them more environmentally friendly has many benefits. Obviously the environmental part of it but increasingly also the resale values maximize after greening our homes. More and more home shoppers are looking for homes already made more environmentally friendly. By greening our homes we not only help the environment we also [...]

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Rooftop Solar Panels

admin — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 07:21:52 +0000

In every city and large town are many large privately owned buildings with unused rooftop space. Endura Energy is tapping into that by placing solar panels on these open spaces. In Richmond Hill, Ontario, they have begun installing the first commercial scale rooftop solar panel installation in the province. The 100 kW solar panel system [...]

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Greening Up Waste Removal

GreenCompany — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:00:08 +0000

The city of Vancouver and the surrounding areas are going to benefit from a new fleet of cleaner running natural gas trucks tasked with cleaning up and removing waste from the the city. Waste Management has teamed up with Terasen Gas to bring to the streets of Vancouver twenty new cleaner operating trucks to remove [...]

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Recycling Our Electronics

GreenCompany — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:11:12 +0000

We here at Green Company Canada get many emails asking about locations for recycling used electronics, and which items can be recycled. This seems to be both easy and hard – and it all depends on where you live. Large cities have many options for people looking to drop off electronic items for recycling and/or [...]

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Teaching Children About The Environment

GreenCompany — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:55:00 +0000

How can you help your children to understand the immense potential of renewable resources and being green while your child’s desire to have fun remains intact? Experiment kits, allow your children to build the project of their choosing while learning about the environment in a way that is both fun and educational. Some kits facilitate [...]

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