Green Word A Day » carbon footprint http://www.greenwordaday.com A Sustainable Glossary Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:01:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Reforestation http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/reforestation/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/reforestation/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:26:12 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=127 Replanting of forests on lands that have recently been harvested.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/reforestation/feed/ 1 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/life-cycle-inventory-lci/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/life-cycle-inventory-lci/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:21:41 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=120 An accounting of the energy and waste associated with the creation of a new product through use and disposal.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-dictionary/life-cycle-inventory-lci/feed/ 0 Happy Holidays – let’s exchange gifts http://www.greenwordaday.com/carbon-footprint/happy-holidays-lets-exchange-gifts/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/carbon-footprint/happy-holidays-lets-exchange-gifts/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:07:58 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=102 YES YOU CAN! The Top 10 Absolutely Greenest, Doable Resolutions! from Greenwala

Our Holiday Gifts To You!

Give the Gift of Clean Water – please consider donating because: One in Eight People on this Planet Don’t Have Access To Safe, Clean Drinking Water.

Wishing you a most joyous, prosperous, green 2010!

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The most common sources of wireless electrosmog are:

  • Cordless phones
  • Cordless baby alarms
  • Mobile/cellular phone masts/towers/transmitters
  • Mobile/cellular phones
]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/sustainable-dictionary/electrosmog/feed/ 0 Daylighting http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/daylighting/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/daylighting/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:33:59 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=71 Letting natural light into a space through glazing with the intent of reducing or eliminating electric lighting, and thereby the energy consumption of a building.

]]> http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/daylighting/feed/ 0 Carbon Neutral http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/carbon-neutral/ http://www.greenwordaday.com/green-glossary/carbon-neutral/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:19:14 +0000 admin http://www.greenwordaday.com/?p=58 Reducing energy use and impact to remove as much carbon dioxide from the environment as we put in.

Further steps to carbon neutrality can also be achieved by use of renewable energy and buying carbon offsets for that which can’t yet be reduced.

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