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Non-Toxic Flea Control
I guess we should consider ourselves blessed that, in the ten years that we’ve had our golden retriever Shannon, we’ve never had a flea problem. But this summer, we discovered what a frustrating and challenging problem a flea infestation can be. We’re not sure who to blame (the groomer? Another dog? Life?), but we’ve cursed…
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Achieving Net Zero
Most people would love the possibility of having a clean, renewable energy system that produces all of their electricity. As utility rates continue to climb, our summer electric bills have gotten our attention and seem to scream for an alternative solution. Many people are discovering that solar electric systems are well suited to accomplish this…
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Welcome to Team Christner!
Now in my twelfth year of riding the in what is now called Bike MS, I have ridden with a number of teams over the years. Two of my mates from Team CSL were unable to ride this year, so my long-time biking partner Harold Anderson and I decided to ride with Team Christner this…
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Keep the Utility Bills Coming!
I’m sure most people can’t relate to this, but I actually look forward to getting our utility bills. We’ve made a number of investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy, along with some behavioral changes to be more conservative in our energy use. We got our electric bill today for the period 7/30-8/28. During this…
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Carrots and Sticks
Legislators have long used a variety of incentives and disincentives to encourage or discourage certain behaviors. Subsidies, like tax credits and loan guarantees, help jumpstart and grow new businesses. Taxes, penalties and outright bans make it uncomfortable or illegal to continue doing what we’ve done in the past. So when the federal government banned the…
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Saving with Solar
For those of you who’ve been following my blog or Going Green column for a while, you may recall the success story on home energy efficiency I wrote about late last year. Since our first energy audit in 2007, we’ve made a number of improvements to our home to reduce the amount of energy we…
