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Homeowners Seek Group Discounts On Solar Energy
By Pooling Resources, Californians Are Leveraging Buying Power To Lower The Cost Of Solar Panels
It’s basic capitalism: the more you buy, the cheaper your price per unit. It is this very simple economic guiding principal that has allowed giant big box retailers, distributors and other megacorporations to enjoy enormous profits and buying power, from Wal-Mart to HMOs to Standard Oil. Why not use some of that bargaining leverage for good, argues an editorial in the Marin Independent Journal.
Green Friends - From Chennai, India
What is so special about the three-acre campus of Amrita Vidyalayam (school for children) situated on the banks of the Adyar River in Chennai, India?
The lush greenery and flower gardens tell us a different story from the arid surroundings - a green revolution is quietly underway. Mr. Krishnamachari, the school Principal and Mr. Raj, former landscape expert, and GreenFriends staff have been working steadily to grow a paradise
Their aim - to help children enjoy Nature while caring for it.
A village to call their own
A sense of community and a desire to step lightly on the earth are making ecovillages increasingly popular, writes Nick Galvin.
Judith and Rod Cook decided to preserve their island of greenery.
For more than 50 years, Judith and Rod Cook have lived on their two-hectare block of land in the middle of Winston Hills, raising cattle, goats, turkeys, ducks - and three children.
Over that time they have watched suburbia gradually encroach on their hilltop retreat, ultimately leaving them an island of green amid the cars, bitumen and brick-and-tile homes.
