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British home improvement store selling wind turbines

According to Treehugger, wind turbines have become the top-selling item at B&Q (the British equivalent to Home Depot) weeks after they first went on sale.
Home owners are rushing to buy them at £1,498 ($2,840 U.S.) a pop.
They have also started selling seven different kinds of solar panels for tile and slate roofs. Some are used to heat water whilst others generate electricity. Next year the store intends to offer products to recycle “grey water” from washing up for use in the garden.

Wal-Mart introduces packaging scorecard

From Treehugger:

As part of Wal-Mart’s continuing efforts to address its environmental footprint, the company established a goal to reduce packaging used by suppliers by 5% by 2013. In an effort to achieve this target, the retail behemoth has announced an innovative scorecard system. The scorecard will allow manufacturers to rank their current use of packaging. Scores will be given on several relevant categories including: greenhouse gas emissions produced per ton of packaging, raw material use, packaging size, recycled content, material recovery value, renewable energy use, transportation impacts, and innovation.

See a sample of the score card here: www.scorecardlibrary.com

Tips for Treehuggers

I just found this site thanks to Lifehacker.
The site has lots of tips on making your life more green.
Here’s a rundown on some of the site highlights…

  • The first installments of our How to Green Your Life series are out and cover your public transportation and meals…with more to come.
  • An unassuming Minneapolis city may be the first to bring solar-powered Wi-Fi to its citizens.
  • Starting in 2007, a new daylight savings time will save us upwards of 3 billion kilowatt hours of energy.
  • Now that we can buy wind power cards next to the granola bars at the grocery store, do we really understand what they do?
  • Slate.com and TreeHugger have teamed up to create the Green Challenge, a step-by-step program for greening your daily grind.
  • The 100-Mile Thanksgiving Challenge is on, bringing the holiday closer to home.
  • Winners of this year’s TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Prize include Architecture for Humanity founder Cameron Sinclair and legendary biologist E.O. Wilson.
  • Also in TreeHugger, our guest bloggers from Live | Work examine growing trend of products of service and access over ownership, green chemistry for the masses, and how to make your own non-toxic wallpaper paste.

    • Good news for pastors from the IRS

    What the IRS Did to Save You Money:

    For all you pastors and evangelists who rack up miles on year car each year for the sack of ministry, I have good news for you. The IRS has announced that as of January 1, 2007, the standard mileage rate for business purposes will be raised to 48.5 cents per mile.
    And for the church volunteers, the mileage rate for charitable service purposes will remain unchanged at 14 cents per mile.
    Log your miles. Enjoy the savings.