Tag Archive - conservation

Hokkaido Energy Conservation

9 October 2008 by Charles Hamel, 2 Comments
Hokkaido Energy Conservation

Japan is really one of the front runners in the world when it comes to green technologies. I have never seen more solar electric panels or solar hot water systems, than I have here on peoples homes. New technologies are hitting the news everyday coming from Japan on implementing green technologies. Recycling here is so [...]

Keeping it Green

23 September 2008 by Charles Hamel, No Comments
Keeping it Green

The internet amazes me everyday, even after being on the net for the past 13 years, it just never gets old.  It facilitates me learning and discovering more things about my interests that I could never get from a library.  One of the subjects that I am really interested is sustainability and green products and [...]

Sustainability Part2

26 August 2008 by Charles Hamel, 3 Comments
Sustainability Part2

Another video Blog post on Sustainability and growing your own food instead of paying someone else to grow it for you, not to mention saving all of the energy it takes to get it to the store and then to your home. Today we are harvesting potato’s, and I actually grew 2 different kinds, one [...]

Sustainability and Conservation

1 July 2008 by Charles Hamel, 2 Comments
Sustainability and Conservation

  There is a new book out called The 100 mile diet, now this is not a diet in which your goal is to loose weight, but rather the goal is to be more conservative and sustainable.  The concept is to not eat anything out of season or that comes from more than 100 miles [...]