http://asmallerfootprint.com You can make a difference, if you really try. Sun, 04 May 2008 15:27:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Noble Environmental Power, a Connecticut-based wind energy company, last year put up 67 turbines in the town of Eagle, about 60 miles southwest of Rochester. The turbines — standing 265 feet tall, with blades extending an additional 123 feet — turn out 100 megawatts of electricity that is fed into ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/wind/wind-farms-in-western-new-york.html On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/activism/earth-hour-2008.html I noticed a great ZDNet post this morning from Heather Clancy, about the California Edison "Change a Light, You're the Star!" user submitted videos campaign. Seeing kids involved in these homemade CFL promotional videos is a heartwarming way to finish 2007. I encourage you to have a ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/cfls/homemade-compact-fluorescent-promotional-videos.html The photo on the cover of Neil Young's latest album, Chrome Dreams II, is the hood of his "baby", a 1959 Lincoln Continental Mark IV. That car, a 19' long 2 1/2 ton cruiser is currently in Wichita KS being converted to a hybrid electric vehicle. The ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/activism/neil-young-doesnt-let-up.html On Dec. 19, the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 was signed into law. Among other things, the bill raised fuel economy standards for the first time in 32 years and set a Renewable Fuel Standard that will mandate the use of renewable biofuels by energy producers. The bill ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/global-warming/bush-signs-energy-bill.html as reported by highrivertimes.com...ALBERTA, CA-- ” Since the beginning of time, man has looked for ways to harness the power of the sun and bend it to his own means. Cayley school takes the species one step closer. The school has been given approval from the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/uncategorized/school-goes-wind-and-solar-will-include-data-in-curriculum.html The roofs of nine Bayonne, N.J., schools now host solar panels. They save the district $500,000 a year -- roughly what it spends on textbooks. The state has offered rebates of up to $43,500 for a $77,500 residential solar system. With a $2,000 federal tax credit introduced this ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/uncategorized/new-jersey-embracing-solar-energy.html as reported by billingsgazette.com...MONTANA — During a recent helicopter tour of Glacier Park conducted for ABC News, Montana Governor Schweitzer noted, "We had over a hundred glaciers ... Now we're down to a couple dozen, and by 2025, 2035 at the rate that they've been declining, there will be no ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/global-warming/no-glaciers-in-glacier-national-park.html as reported by onedayvancouver.com...BEIJING — Global warming is causing Tibet's glaciers to melt faster than expected at a rate of 7 per cent annually, triggering droughts, expanding desertification and increasing sandstorms in China. China has collected data from 681 weather stations over four decades. The results? A 2 degree ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/global-warming/chinese-glaciers-melting-7-per-year.html Since leaving office, Al Gore has traveled the world presenting one version or another of his "traveling global warming show", a slideshow, for free. He's been raising awareness and has made this presentation in his estimation, "a thousand times." Now, it's a movie and by some accounts, a terrifying movie. More ... http://asmallerfootprint.com/activism/an-inconvenient-truth-al-gore-on-global-warming.html