6 Things Roof Ray Will Teach You about Solar Power
Roof Ray is a great tool for solar fans. That's us here at GP! Trying to determine whether or not solar power is a viable option for you in your area, you can know by going to Roof Ray. Roof Ray will tell a potential solar power user - 1. how a solar array will be set up on their roof. 2. the ...
Great Photos of Fall Foliage
Not that we'd need more things to see how beautiful nature is, but it's autumn and I just wanted to show you some great photos of fall foliage that should arouse your emotions and make you do less harm (if you do any) to the environment. Imagine yourself sitting on a bench in a park with all these great colors nearby. ...
Don’t Vote if you Don’t Care, But Vote if you Care
That may be a weird title, but there's something behind. Leonardo di Caprio and the guys at DeclareYourself.com came out with a video where most of the Hollywood celebrities tell you to go register and vote if you care about your country. If you care about the education system, welfare, the minimum wage, women's rights, civil rights, the economy but ...
Atlantic Giant Bluefin Tuna a Critically Endangered Species
For a sushi fan like me, that would do anything for a bite of tuna, be it rolls (sashimi or whatever comes out from the chefs' knives) these days, the fact that the Atlantic giant bluefin tuna is an endangered species kind of shocked me. And it does, because I never even considered that the fish I'm serving could go ...
Nissan Nuvu – The Electric Car of 2015
The Paris Motor Show is ongoing as I write in Europe's love capital and we have some juicy news from Nissan who decided to surprise us all today. Nissan Nuvu is the latest concept car announced by the Japanese carmaker, an electric car that will revolutionize urban transportation in ... 2015. [singlepic=7,,,,] Why can't we get our hands on this tiny car ...
Something Missing on the Play Palin Bingo Card
There's a vice presidential debate going on this evening. Okay, you knew that. If you don't have your head in the sand, you will know it. There's a game going around called Sarah Palin Bingo. Or just Palin Bingo. It's to give people something to do while they watch the Veep debate. There are words like Alaska, Tax Relief, Family, Russia, ...
How House Peters Jr, Mr. Clean, Made the World a Better Place, too
Cleanliness is next to godliness. A green world is a godly concept, too. In that regard, House Peters, Jr, Mr. Clean, did his part to make the world a better place for 92-years. He died yesterday. At GreenPaks we want our world to not just be green, but also cleaner, healthier and a friendlier place for animals. Peters was an actor, as ...
World’s Largest Solar-Powered Tea Factory is in California
The largest solar-powered tea factory will be built by Traditional Medicinals at their headquarters in Sonoma County, California. The whole project was supervised by Akeena Solar and includes some 1,450 solar panels that will generate an approximately 430,000 KWh per year which is some 75% from what the factory needs while the rest will be offset using wind energy credits. “Since ...
Reserved Parking Space for Hybrid Vehicles at IKEA
Dutch company IKEA is trying to get environmentalist to shop from the, otherwise I don't understand why someone with a hybrid vehicle gets a reserved parking space. Is it just a marketing move to get us people to write about it, or do these guys really care that a hybrid won't pollute the air in the nearby? Tomorrow I'll be visiting ...
LPGA Samsung World Championship & Solar Powered Porta-Potties
So, I am hanging out in Half Moon Bay, CA, home to some serious whale watching. But, this week it is hosting the LPGA Samsung World Championships. The question - what does the LPGA have to do with green? The answer was just outside the media tent ... the porta-potties. They are solar-powered. Now, to be sure, I am not ...
