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This blog post was writ­ten by Christo­pher Rus­sell, Energy Man­ager. To many observers, “sus­tain­abil­ity” is a trendy buzz­word, evok­ing a lifestyle image of tree-hugging peo­ple wear­ing beads and san­dals.  Detrac­tors per­ceive sus­tain­abil­ity and envi­ron­men­tal ini­tia­tives as an infringe­ment upon prop­erty rights and eco­nomic lib­erty in gen­eral.  How­ever, forward-thinking busi­ness and pol­icy lead­ers per­ceive a dif­fer­ent [more…]

A new pro­gram cre­ated to bring more trees to Howard County was an over­whelm­ing suc­cess with 2,010 trees reserved by res­i­dents in just 48 hours. County res­i­dents were allowed to apply for up to two free trees as part of the 2010 Trees in 2010 ini­tia­tive which began on Mon­day, March 22. The pro­gram was insti­tuted [more…]

Part­ner­ing with you, your pet, and the planet to enrich the human & ani­mal bond by pro­vid­ing prod­ucts that are healthy, eco­log­i­cally sus­tain­able, and socially respon­si­ble. Pets Welcome!

Here we go again, Howard County!  Let’s plant some trees! We are very excited to let you know that due to the over­whelm­ing response from the first run of the pro­gram, 2010 Trees in 2010 is back.  Next Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 13th, at 9 a.m. will be the begin­ning of reg­is­tra­tion.  (Sign-up will be on the 2010 [more…]

Our orga­ni­za­tion was founded with a fresh view of today’s busi­ness and social cli­mate. We focus on cre­at­ing new solu­tions for life’s chal­lenges involv­ing com­mu­nity, edu­ca­tion, entre­pre­neur­ship, energy, lifestyle and it. We stand to empower pos­i­tive action by cre­at­ing aware­ness of greater effi­cien­cies improv­ing life. energy. planet.

More idling = more car­bon = more cli­mate change. Good news:  Com­pared with unreg­u­lated vehi­cles 30 years ago, today’s new cars gen­er­ate 98 per­cent fewer hydro­car­bons, 96 per­cent less car­bon monox­ide and 90 per­cent fewer nitrous oxides. Bad news:  One ele­ment in tailpipe emis­sions can’t be “cleaned up” – car­bon diox­ide (CO2). This is the [more…]

Wow, have you been to the new Miller Library in Elli­cott City?  The joint was jump­ing last Sat­ur­day when I finally took my daugh­ter over there.  We enjoyed check­ing out the new space; the kids area, com­put­ers, meet­ing rooms and quiet study areas.  The His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety room on the sec­ond floor is neat and it’s [more…]