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First Nissan LEAF

GreenCompany — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:25:46 +0000

The first Nissan LEAF electric vehicle has been delivered after making its long-awaited debut in the Canadian market. Ricardo Borba was the lucky recipient, and to much fanfare which included Nissan Canada President Allen Childs personally delivering the first vehicle to the Ottawa dealership. The Nissan LEAF is a vehicle we have covered since it [...]

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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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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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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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Honda Canada Announces New Hybrid and Battery-Electric Vehicles

GreenCompany — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:45:43 +0000

Honda Canada is slated to bring to the Canadian car market new environmentally friendly vehicles some time in 2012 or 2013. These vehicles include Honda’s plug-in hybrid and their new battery-electric powered vehicle. These green vehicles will first be introduced into the U.S. market. And as we have stated before on Green Company Canada – [...]

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Carbon Neutral Shipping

GreenCompany — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:20:39 +0000

Shipping items anywhere has always been a concern for the greenhouse gases they produce in the manufacture of the boxing materials and actual transport of the items. Most consumers choose one of large shipping companies to handle their product shipping needs and now UPS Canada is offering Canadian consumers a new carbon neutral shipping option. [...]

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Using Solar Electric Panels for Extra Battery Power in Vehicles

Green Guest — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:10:28 +0000

It is not new technology, but solar electric panels have become more efficient and are being used in several different applications, even in vehicles as a power source. Although solar electric panels can be used to directly power small electric type vehicles, larger vehicles such as RVs can employ them to charge batteries that are [...]

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Increasing Use of Solar Power

Green Guest — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:44:02 +0000

The benefit of solar power over other sources of energy has motivated the commercial and domestic establishment for solar power installation and technological advancement. Various governments are providing subsidies and grants for the purchase and installation of solar kits and equipment thus promoting it as the future of reliable clean energy source. There is little [...]

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Eco-Gifting It Is The Right Thing To Do

Green Guest — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:34:24 +0000

The ecological and environmental hazards threatening the earth at present have reaching the boiling point. Air, earth and water are under attack from toxic industrial, and commercial waste materials as well as consumer produced toxins. Efforts to cut back in consumer waste products have yielded some smart eco friendly gifts. Eco-gifts might be household cleansers [...]

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