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Author: RealWorldGreen Added: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:22:40 -0800 Duration: 136Wall outlets can leak a lot of air into your house, wasting energy and money. Learn here how to lower your energy costs by insulating your wall outlets.

Author: RealWorldGreen Added: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:22:40 -0800 Duration: 136Wall outlets can leak a lot of air into your house, wasting energy and money. Learn here how to lower your energy costs by insulating your wall outlets.

Wall outlets can leak a lot of air into your house, wasting energy and money. Learn here how to lower your energy costs by insulating your wall outlets.

Author: RealWorldGreen Added: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:49:31 -0800 Duration: 95The Greenhouse is the place for those of us who watch Gardenfork and Real World Green to share thoughts, recipes, photos and videos, interesting links, and information. You get your own page to post blogs, pictures, all sorts of neat stuff.

Author: RealWorldGreen Added: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:19:37 -0800 Duration: 257Paper cups are ubiquitous, to lower your carbon footprint and reduce your carbon footprint, here are some tips for more green ways to drink you coffee.

Author: RealWorldGreen Added: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:19:31 -0800 Duration: 319Want to Green your Car? Start with checking your cars tire pressure and more in this show on making your auto a greener car.

Author: RealWorldGreen Added: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:19:31 -0800 Duration: 248Does Blackle save power? Real World Green uses Kill A Watt meter to answer the question.

Does Blackle save power? Real World Green uses Kill A Watt meter to answer the question.

A leaky toilet can wasted hundreds of gallons of water a month. Watch and Learn how to check for toilet leaks and fix them, plus information about low flow toilets.

Vampire power runs up your electric bill night and day, Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint by eliminating sources of Vampire Power in your home and office.

Using Compact Fluorescent Bulbs is one of the simplest and easiest ways to reduce your Carbon Footprint. They use less power and last longer than incandescent bulbs, thus contributing less greenhouse gas into the environment.

How does air travel impact the earth? Watch and Learn.

Since the container gardening doesn t seem to have a high yield, and since our local organic market has expensive produce and the nearest real farmer s market is in the next town over, we ve opted to become subscribers in community supported agriculture (CSA), a relatively new business model for farms that should keep us in locally produced, seasonal, organic produce for months. CSA can be very cost-effective and convenient, but many people don t feel comfortable with the idea of cooking whatever it is the farm is growing. So, we ve brought along Ilona, our friend, local foodie, and fellow CSA subscriber. Rhett and Ilona go to town dissecting the first shipment from Redland Organics and discussing ways to make quick, simple, satisfying meals without bending over backwards. Interested in trying out CSA for yourself? Just check out Local Harvest to see if there s a farm near you! Show credits: The music in the montages is Earthen Fire and Dreams Away by Zen Debris. Foley effects for the wine pouring came from Percy Duke, stjin, and luffy, all courtesy of the FreeSound Project Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Quicktime (.mov) Tags: green, greentime, green lifestyle, food, agriculture, cooking, community supported agriculture, organic

Every 20th episode of this project is dedicated to looking back and putting a hard measure on how well previous experiments have worked out. Often, when we put out a show, we have just tried something out for the first time. Many green ideas seem green at first, or seem like they re easy at first but later on you just find they don t work out for you. Sometimes, the hard things turn out to be easy, too. We each sit down separately and share our perceptions of these last eight months with the camera and pick our big winners and big losers. Our points where we agree and disagree might surprise you! If you d like to see how each of us scored every experiment, please check out the full scorecard on our site! Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Quicktime (.mov) Tags: greentime, green, green lifestyle, retrospective, meta

We re back from the impromptu hiatus causeed by all our friends deciding to get married at the same time.  We d like to extend our fondest congratulations to Cat and James as well as to ChrisAnn and Mark.  We ve got a lovely montage of wedding pictures for Cat and James (set to the music of their band, the musical voice of Greentime, Zen Debris), and we hope we can show you some of ChrisAnn and Mark when they get back from their honeymoon! Amy s in front of the camera this week, opening the viewer mailbag.  Then she dives into our most recent project, reducing the water use in our shower.  We ve replaced the hilariously surreal showerhead with a more practical one that offers two kinds of low-flow options as well as a pause setting.  Ever heard of a navy shower ?  Check out this episode and find out how to get in your daily bathing without wasting 20-50 gallons of water. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Quicktime (.mov) Tags: green, green lifestyle, bath and shower, water, water conservation

So, we re starting to make that plunge towards conserving our automobile use.  As you may be aware from previous episodes, Amy is already a telecommuter, so this one falls mostly to Rhett.  Just by taking a bike for his daily commute and changing his lifestyle around slightly (read: no going home for lunch), he s able to carve off a good 90 miles a week.  That might not sound like much, but he really doesn t drive very much as it is.  If we re not going on a road trip (which is rare), then that s probably at least a 50% reduction. Commuting and running errands with a bicycle is pretty easy.  Just hop over to t or your local bike shop and get a nice, sturdy, used bike then replace the mountain bike tires with slicks designed for use on the roads.  A couple of small and simple tools to go with it, and you ve got a vehicle that s mighty fun, healthy, and green to ride. Oh, and did we mention it s the most energy efficient mode of transport?  Yes, even if you take a very pessimistic analysis, it is not only more efficient than virtually any other choice in ground transport, but shaping your lifestyle around a bike encourages conservation.  Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: bike, bicycle, commute, bicycle commute, green, green lifestyle, new urbanism, travel

Rhett s in the kitchen this week showing off some simple ways that we reuse water in the home. Greywater, or the water coming out of (non-kitchen) sink drains, washing machine drains, and shower drains, is ripe for reuse and constitutes 50-80% of household waste water. Just through the simple application of bucket and spout , it s possible to water significant portions of your garden or even flush your toilets. The simple methods shown here are motivational examples and they re only the tip of the iceberg. For more ideas, check out our resources and show notes: The Greywater Guerrillas - activists for greywater reuse and recycling. This site is ripe with projects and ideas for homes of all sizes. WVU on Greywater - Great rules for the safe handling and use of greywater. Colorado State on Greywater - A moredetailed coverage of greywater handling. It also mentiones rainwater harvesting. New Mexico State University - The basics of New Mexico s laws on greywater. Also has an excellent coverage of safe handling guidelines. Greywater irrigation - Stats on greywater production, use, and pollution. It also includes material on greywater treatment options. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: green, green lifestyle, apartment living, reuse, reduce, greywater, water

Thanks for the patience while we got this episode out! We ve been at Dragon*Con doing panels about video podcasting, we ve been sick, Rhett s had to go out of town to be at his research lab life in general has gotten in the way. The new Greentime logo is out now. As we said, we won t be making merchandise of our own, but we encourage you to get the logo and make your own. (png format) (svg format) Anyway, we re now back and greening our lives once again! Rhett goes off to the mailbox and throws a little tizzy over the junk mail held therein. Here s how: Contact the Direct Marketing Association to get on their opt-out list for circulars and direct mail. Get on the opt-out list for all the major credit bureaus. For more information, check out these guides from the Native Forest Network and No Impact Man. Conveniently enough, they re also where we got our statistics. And don t forget that, if you want to have someone take care of this for you, GreenDimes offers a fairly comprehensive service, complete with tree plantings. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv) Tags: green lifestyle, green, environmentalism, reduce, junk mail, solid waste

A lightbulb suddenly burns out and Rhett springs into green action, replacing the lightbulbs in our front room with CFLs. These things are great they put out a beautiful white light and use 25-33% of the electricity of incandescent lights. Granted, they have mercury in them, but it s not hard to work around that. They re cheaper than LED lights and they really sip the electricity for what they do. Some important links: Did you know consumers prefer CFL light? Really. Check out this Popular Mechanics study. What about the mercury content? Again, Popular Mechanics is there. Energy Star on CFLs, including proper disposal. Find a CFL recycling facility. CC Crane is pretty famous for LED lights, for the mercury-phobic. Check out the CFL Epidsode of Real World Green, our distant cousin green vlog. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv) Tags: cfl, reduce, electricity, green lifestyle, green, environmentalism

We d like to welcome everyone who s coming to see us for the first time thanks to our redistribution at greenerMIAMI.  We re so proud to see our first site affiliation. Hungry to shrink our electricity bills this summer, we go after our monster appliance sucking 1800-5000W of power.  That s right the clothes dryer.  We look into the inexpensive and surprisingly not-inconvenient option of letting the miserable heat of Florida s summers do the work for us by drying on racks.  See how this is going for us and check out some information on how you can get involved. Links: Project Laundry List - A group promoting information and advocacy of a clothes dryer-free lifestyle and a return to the clothes line.  They re a great place to start if you need information on fighting deed restrictions.  We live in a right to dry state.  Do you?  Find out. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: green, green lifestyle, environmentalism, reduce, electricity, appliances, clothes, clothes line, hang out

Rhett summarizes his bumbling adventure through the world of commodities economics and intangible assets as he attempts to figure out how the green electricity program for Florida Power and Light works. In the process, he lays out criteria he finds sufficient for a carbon offsets company and discovers NativeEnergy, a company which meets his standards. We apologize for the long running time, but there s no quick way to do this topic, and it s a very important one. Photo credits: wind farm by rasmithuk, coal plant by mikkoit, hippie dog by sis, and tree by terinea. All photos are available on a CC attributions license. The free carbon offset certificate humorously provided by http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com. To find out more about FP s green energy program, please see their FAQ here. For a list of America s biggest REC purchasers, see this list from the US Department of Energy. We d also like to bring this report (note: PDF) from Clean Air Cool Planet regarding the state of business practices among offset companies. Also, we d like to make it clear that we have not been paid or even asked to promote FP s green electricity program or NativeEnergy in any way, nor should this video be construed as an endorsement. We re too insignificant to get paid for our endorsements. The purpose of this video is to explore the market forces of RECs and offsets and show how we ve come to a conclusion about how we believe we can buy an offset productively. To provide a more balanced perspective, here s an opposing article from FoxNews.com about Congressional investigation into offsets, including NativeEnergy. This was released while we were shooting. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: green, green lifestyle, energy, renewable energy, renewable energy certificates, rec, carbon offsets, offsets, carbon neutral

Thanks for your patience!  We re back from the honeymoon and ready to sustainably kick some butt.  Amy was recently asked by a friend how to figure out if her coffee is good for the planet, and the result was a bunch of research into what various fair trade and sustainable certifications actually mean.  Amy reviews Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, Bird Friendly, and Utz Kapeh.  The results might surprise you.  Also, a big thanks to Ilona for the link to Fat Free Vegan. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) Tags: green labeling, green lifestyle, green, coffee, food

Thanks so much for your patience while we get back on track! We got married on June 3 and we ve been recovering from it ever since, but we finally got episode #10 done. In this episode, aside from showing wedding pictures, Rhett shares his experiences in using Amtrak to travel around the state of Florida. Taking the train rather than driving is often touted as an excellent green choice in travel, but what happens when you try to make the green choice might surprise you. Resources for this episode: Amtrak fare and schedule finder Wikipedia entry for Amtrak (Amy corrects a mistake in Rhett s commentary) Remember, if you have any knowledge or personal experience with buying carbon offsets for travel or tourism, please let us know so that we can try to make an informed choice about our honeymoon. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) Tags: amtrak, green travel, wedding, green lifestyle, green, environmentalism, carbon footprint, travel

Amy jumps in this week with an update on the garden.  After that, she introduces the concept of voluntary simplicity, its implications for work, consumption, and gift giving, and talks about using Freecycle. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), MPEG-4 Video (protected) (.m4v) Tags: voluntary simplicity, gardening, green, green lifestyle, gift giving