In celebration o’ Earth Day (Fun Fact: Earth Day was started by someone named Gaylord), Swaptree is planting a tree for each trade completed today. “‘Old on a tic”, you might exclaim, “Just wot is this ‘Swaptree’ thing, anyway?”
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April, 2009 Archive
Swaptree Planting One Tree for Each Swap Today
April 22nd, 2009 by ecojoe in event, green business, reusing, save money
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Quick City Gardening Tips Right Before Earth Day
April 21st, 2009 by ecojoe in food, green living, organic, plants, projects
Kick off Earth Day by starting a neighborhood garden. Gather around a bunch of neighbors and locals, find a vacant lot, and help “green” it by cleaning it up and turning it into a majestic garden. Here are some great tips for community gardens…
Hopefully those tips will aid you on your journey to your very own community garden.
From the incomparable Onion.
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EcoSmart Organic Insecticide
April 15th, 2009 by ecojoe in green business, organic
Disclaimer: I don’t kill bugs, unless they’re in my house and they’re too small to free outside.
Many moons ago, a company called EcoSmart sent me a sample of their organic ant and roach killer to test out. I finally got some ants inside my humble abode today, so I put the organic pesticide to the test.
Let me tell you, las hormigas didn’t stand a chance. They were dead within seconds, as a licorice scent filled the room. All I had to do then was wipe up the residue, which was easy to do.
So if you’re looking for an organic insecticide that’s non-toxic and safe around kids and pets (so they say), then check out EcoSmart. But you don’t have to take my word for it.
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Reusable Coffee Mugs Equals Save Some Cash Money
April 8th, 2009 by ecojoe in food, green business, reusing, save money
To make a long story short, I won’t have internet at my house ’til Friday, so yesterday I went to Swift Creek Coffee House to leech off their wireless internet.
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Alex Chiu Does it again – Perpetual Motion Machine
April 1st, 2009 by ecojoe in eco hero, electric, inventions, science
Dang!! Back in college, me and some of my friends talked a lot about creating perpetual motion machines, and came up with all kinds of different designs. Eventually we decided it was impossible, and abandoned the idea.
But apparently some people did not give up, and recently the famous Alex Chiu announced that he had built a working perpetual motion machine. The only caveat is that it will not work on Earth — it needs the zero-gravity of outer space.
Still, this should revolutionize everything. Not since his immortality device has such an invention been unveiled to the world. Free, limitless energy should dramatically lower pollution and energy costs, and get rid of the need for gasoline and coal.
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