http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog Green Living, environmental issues, eco-friendly ideas, organic foods, health and wellness. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:36:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As above, so below... We are facing another down market and property value decrease.. What are our options to tough it out this cycle? If you're a home owner facing a possible foreclosure, time to take action. 1) Learning Cap. Put it on and surf the web, bookstores and libraries and ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/politics/mother-natures-cycle-of-a-down-market-save-your-home/ Make this year’s Halloween a little greener. October 31 is a day that traditionally sends shivers down your spine, but you can do your part to make sure the skeleton on your porch is doing the spooking, not refined sugars, vinyl costumes, and extreme energy usage. The scary flip side ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/culture/halloween/ How Wall Street Crisis May Affect Green Projects The current shocks to Wall Street have led many to believe that financing for green energy projects will be largely scrutinized as the government attempts to clean up the current credit mess. http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/politics/credit-crisis/ Chevrolet Announces Electric Vehicle in a Class of its Own On September 16, Chevrolet revealed their new production vehicle. This revelation isn’t just a new vehicle, though – it’s a new class of vehicle. Chevy Volt is an E-REV, an extended-range electric vehicle. The Volt can travel up to 40 miles ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/cars-and-transport/chevrolet-volt/ With the latest advances in biomimicry, scientists have created a cement manufacturing process, known as the Calera process, that incorporates waste CO2 emissions. The process mimics the natural formation of sea corals, using spent CO2 as a raw material. The method will consume about a half ton of CO2 for ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/in-the-news/green-cement/ One of the easiest and effective ways on cutting down on emissions each day is for people to bike to work whenever they can. However, the most common excuses for not doing so are the time it takes to get there and the whole “sweat-stains problem.” The solution has finally come. ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/in-the-news/optibike/ Recently, oil companies and researchers have been looking for alternative fuels that could play a part not only in opening up a new avenue in renewable resources but also create a new eco-friendly manner of supplying the growing energy needs of our population. Algae Pros and Pros There may be no prospect ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/in-the-news/algae-biofuel/ New federal laws to cut down air pollution from auto painting and stripping has forced some auto painting shops to start going green. Now this doesn’t mean freeways will take on the aerial appearance of vines weaving through the urban jungle. It simply means methods and products used by these ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/cars-and-transport/green-auto-painting/ http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/environment/solar-hydrogen-home-michael-strizki/ In the latest celebrity move to show support for environmental awareness, Johnny Depp has bought his own $3.6m island. Besides using it as a hideout from the paparazzi, the actor has some interesting plans for it. His 35-acre plot in the Bahamas, aptly called “F*ck Off Island”, of course has no ... http://www.greeneggsandplanet.com/blog/in-the-news/johnny-depp-green-island/