tincan pendulums

tincan pendulum clocks

My pendulum tincan clocks can be mesmerizing if you look at them long enough. And of course, everything looks better with pearls.

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National Geographic's Green Guide

Tips for Everyday Green Living

Going the Extra Mile--Tips from Energy-Saving Hypermilers
So you don't drive a hybrid. But you can still get better mpg in the car you have. Join the ranks of the hypermilers--people who compete over how much they can improve their fuel economy just by using better...
Urban Foragers Cropping Up in U.S.
In Sacramento, they pick figs, kumquats, and plums from public trees. In New York, they harvest purslane--an edible flower--from the cracks in the sidewalk. Down south, it's fiddlehead ferns, and just about everywhere, people are picking black walnuts, wild...
BPA Linked to Higher Testosterone Levels
BPA's in almost everything, it seems. The chemical is great for making transparent, nearly shatter-proof plastic, called polycarbonate, so it shows up everywhere--in CDs, water bottles, even eyeglasses. Now it's in your urine, too. And if you're a guy, it's...

NJ Chapter Press Releases

NJ Chapter, Sierra Club, recent press releases

A Disappearing Act by the "Garden State"
A Disappearing Act by the "Garden State" Sierra Club releases analysis of Natural Resource Inventory Report
An analysis of open space in New Jersey done by the Sierra Club shows that the state is leading the nation in the loss of farmland. The Sierra Club's analysis, based on USDA National Resource Inventory data, shows that rural land in New Jersey is being developed at an alarming rate. New Jersey leads the nation in the loss of farmland as a percentage of the overall land area. Even though New Jersey has some very successful programs in trying to preserve farmland, we're still loosing it at a high rate.
The National Resource Inventory is a report released by United States Agriculture Department and Natural Resource Conservation Service. Based on this data, the status of New Jersey's rural land is bleak. From 1982-2007, we have experienced a more than 20 percent reduction in rural land.
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New Report Reveals Toxic Coal Ash Contamination Threatens Public Health
Solar on Landfills: A Win for the Environment
The Sierra Club strongly supports S2126, a bill that allows for solar farms to be put on landfills. The bill, which the Senate passed today by a vote of 34-0, will clean up landfills and turn them into sites that produce clean energy.
Solar farms on landfills will have many environmental benefits. First, the cap placed over the landfills would help stop leaking. Second, by generating solar energy, New Jersey will be producing clean electricity and promoting green jobs. There are an abundance of abandoned landfills throughout the state - more than 80 are in the Pinelands alone.
The bill has criteria to require environmental standards and protection in the development of these solar farms on landfills. To do nothing would continually allow these sites to leach toxins into our groundwater and environment.
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