http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:20 -0700 Tue, 12 May 2009 06:22:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m5d12-Enroll-in-IPLs-Cool-Cents-for-the-summer?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  Now is the time to enroll in IPL's CoolCents program. During the summer months, IPL will minimally reduce the duration of time your air conditioning unit cycles during prime consumption hours. In exchange for giving IPL this priviledge, yo... Tue, 12 May 2009 06:22:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m5d12-Enroll-in-IPLs-Cool-Cents-for-the-summer?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d29-eWaste-Recycling-Days-this-weekend?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner Indiana University, my alma mater, and IUPUI are sponsoring eWaste Recycling Days this weekend, Thursday, April 30-Saturday, May 2, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The general public is asked to donate on Saturday, 9 am-2 pm, leaving Thursday and F... Recycle Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:41:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d29-eWaste-Recycling-Days-this-weekend?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Starting-an-earthfriendly-habit-to-celebrate-Earth-Day?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner What are you doing to acknowledge Earth Day this year? Maybe we could give Earth Day some of New Year’s Day’s power to make us start new programs and break old habits, to make changes that benefit the earth!For the 24 hours of Earth Day, ... Green events Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:15:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d20-Starting-an-earthfriendly-habit-to-celebrate-Earth-Day?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Best-Buy-joins-the-green-bandwagon?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner Check out the Best Buy ad in today's Indianapolis Star and applaud yourselves. Revel in the fact that they recycle your old television, promote an eco-friendly cell phone, and have dedicated a page on their website to the green cause. They're reachin... Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:37:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Best-Buy-joins-the-green-bandwagon?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Vermicomposting-101-composting-your-food-waste-the-worms-way?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner I gave my brother-in-law, Terry, an Easter present: a bucket full of worms. No, he’s not a fisherman. He’s a big proponent of living green, and these red worms are nature’s recyclers of organic food waste.Here’s how they work.... Recycle Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:51:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Vermicomposting-101-composting-your-food-waste-the-worms-way?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d18-Home-Depot-Earth-Day-offers?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  Another reason to applaud Home Depot. The hardware store decorated in their trademark orange continues to support green efforts and plans some great giveaways to celebrate Earth Day.Tomorrow, Sunday, April 19, all Home Depot locations will make... Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:59:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d18-Home-Depot-Earth-Day-offers?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Upcoming-festivals-with-an-Earth-Day-focus?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner I hope that you already have Earth Day marked on your calendars, circled in red on April 22. In celebration of this special day, communities have organized some earth-focused events.Sunday, April 19 Z’GreenFest 2009 This annual community f... Green events Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:52:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Upcoming-festivals-with-an-Earth-Day-focus?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d15-Unemployed-Think-green-jobs?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  President Obama has pledged to spend $150 billion in the next decade to create 5 million green jobs. Some industries have started retraining workers on eco-friendly ways on practicing their trade.Read this article from ABC News and Good Morning... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:21:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d15-Unemployed-Think-green-jobs?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d14-The-Green-Bible-recommendation?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  Sue Kennedy of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library’s Irvington branch recommends The Green Bible. Verses and passages that speak to God’s concern for creation are highlighted in green, adding up to more than 1,000 referenc... Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:03:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d14-The-Green-Bible-recommendation?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d6-Less-lawn-equals-less-mower-pollution-some-landscape-alternatives-to-grasses?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  In last month’s National Geographic magazine, Peter Miller describes an experiment he and his family conducted focused on reducing the family’s carbon emissions by 80 percent. If you haven’t read the article, read it here.One ... Reduce Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:54:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d6-Less-lawn-equals-less-mower-pollution-some-landscape-alternatives-to-grasses?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Disposing-of-compact-fluorescent-bulbs?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  A reader recently asked me the proper way to dispose of a compact fluorescent bulb. I started to answer, but then realized that I had yet to have that problem. When we moved into this house almost 5 years ago, we replaced the outside lighting w... Recycle Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:41:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m4d4-Disposing-of-compact-fluorescent-bulbs?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d27-Green-tips-for-your-spring-getaway?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner It’s spring break time!And for those of you who are getting ready for a week away, here are some tips on how to make your getaway greener.At homeTurn back the hot water heater. Some heaters have a “vacation” setting.Turn down the th... Reduce Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:15:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d27-Green-tips-for-your-spring-getaway?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Help-with-the-beautification-of-Washington-and-Shadeland-intersection-Saturday-March-21?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner Plantings make interstate exchanges more attractive.The Irvington Terrace Crime Watch neighborhood group is coordinating a neighborhood beautification project at the cloverleaf interchange at Washington Street and Shadeland Avenue.Plans are in the wo... Green events Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:24:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Help-with-the-beautification-of-Washington-and-Shadeland-intersection-Saturday-March-21?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Indy-Really-Really-Free-Market-this-Saturday-March-21?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  Just wanted to make you aware of another option for finding a new home for your unwanted items: the Indianapolis Really Really Free Market.The 3rd Saturday of every month, 2:30-6 pm, the Earth House downtown hosts this free exchange of goods. C... Green events Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:03:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-Indy-Really-Really-Free-Market-this-Saturday-March-21?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-freecycleorg-keeping-good-stuff-out-of-landfills?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  On Wednesday morning I joined freecycle.org, an organization designed to turn trash into treasure and keep good stuff out of landfills. Members post unwanted items under Offers; members looking for an item in hopes that someone else is giv... Reuse Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:45:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d20-freecycleorg-keeping-good-stuff-out-of-landfills?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d18-Every-little-bit-helps-50-tips-for-greener-living?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner   Tom Schenk and the social justice committee at St. Monica Parish put together this list of “green” tips. It offers 50 options of little things you can do to be more environmentally minded, all great examples of “every li... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:18:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d18-Every-little-bit-helps-50-tips-for-greener-living?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d16-Books-and-batteries-to-the-library-branch?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner Libraries are easily my favorite use of tax dollars. Access to so many books, music, and movies at no cost is so helpful. And libraries are very green!Besides saving us patrons money by not having to buy our own copy, sharing books through the l... Recycle Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:07:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d16-Books-and-batteries-to-the-library-branch?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Be-green-on-St-Patricks-Day?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! And everyone can be green too.While drinking too much green beer can make you green, I’m writing of the more earth-focused choices of how to celebrate March 17th.Let’s consider our beer ... Recycle Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:18:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d13-Be-green-on-St-Patricks-Day?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d12-GAIA-Movement-greedy-or-green?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner Last week I recommended that you donate your used clothes and shoes to the GAIA Movement. Remember those bright green receptacles around town? Well, I feel that I should share this article from Nuvo giving their take on this organization. The GA... Reuse Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:13:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d12-GAIA-Movement-greedy-or-green?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d10-Spring-cleaning-plan-medicine-cabinets?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner  Ready to continue our spring cleaning, moving into the bathrooms?Fortunately the medicine cabinet is a small, easily organized space, right? Except that once I get started I don’t usually stop my cleaning frenzy until all the bathroom cab... Reuse Recycle Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:32:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-4412-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner~y2009m3d10-Spring-cleaning-plan-medicine-cabinets?cid=exrss-Indianapolis-Green-Living-Examiner