FRG Waste Resources, Inc. is headquartered in Napa Valley, CA. They are the nationwide leader in providing quality waste and recycling solutions – from compaction equipment to proprietary materials removal and document destruction to comprehensive waste/recycling management programs.
One of their eco friendly inventions is called eCorect. It is a machine that is a dehydrating system. It takes wet food-waste and other compostable materials are processed and reduced producing a dry, nutrient-rich soil amendment that may be used as a landscaping material, natural lawn care or other eco friendly products.
The eCorect is environmentally friendly and efficient by reducing trips to the landfill and creating a closed-loop system. The unit requires no water line, no added enzymes or bacteria-based additives. Its easy to install, easy to operate and easy to maintain.
This energy innovation will be a great part of Sustainability Programs for restaurants, college campuses, cafeterias, etc.
Below is a video on one of their Eco Friendly Inventions: Future posts will bring attention to best green companies, green inventions, eco friendly products, green jobs, companies going green and hybrid electric vehicles. Stay tuned!
Designing a garden to attract birds is an excellent idea and has many benefits that you may not have considered. Birds are fun to watch and they add beauty to your garden, but there are other environmentally and people friendly reasons to design a garden to attract birds.
Some of the reasons you may want to consider designing a garden to attract birds include:
Soil conservation – some plants used in landscaping can help to prevent soil erosion
Increased wildlife populations – various species of birds will flock to your garden
Natural insect control – birds eat insects so naturally the more birds you have the better insect control you will have in your garden
Educational opportunities – children and adults alike will have the opportunity to view and learn about many different types of birds and plants
Food production – many of the plants that attract birds also produce foods that humans can eat
Now that you know a few of the benefits of designing a garden to attract birds it will be important to know the necessary elements to incorporate into the design of your garden.
Garden Elements that Attract Birds
Bird Feeders - Bird feeders are one of the easiest and least expensive elements that you can add to your garden to attract birds. You can use a feeder that hangs from a tree or you could opt for a free standing feeder. By using several different kinds of bird seed you can attract various types of birds. You may attract birds such as sparrows, robins, and doves.
Bird Friendly Plants - Certain types of plants will attract birds to your garden. Some plants will be a place of shelter for the birds while others will provide a haven for mating and nesting. Plants such as berry trees will be a food source for birds. Plants that are bird friendly include things such as: creeping vines, holly bushes, butterfly bushes, larkspur, and evening primrose. Flowers that are nectar producing and brightly colored attract birds such as hummingbirds.
Water Features - Water features not only provide a place from which the birds can drink or in which they can bathe, but water features will also provide aesthetic appeal to your garden. Small fountains, bird baths, or a dish of water on the ground will all be sufficient water features.
There are a lot of companies going green and best green companies, but today's post is featuring a very cool company who is making Playgrounds out of used Milk Cartons.
Green Energy TV gave Progressive Design Playgrounds the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for their green inventions and eco friendly products. They are also creating green jobs, and not only a place for kids to play, but also providing Environmental Education for for Children.
I saw a recent newsletter from the Civic Innovation Lab out of Cleveland, Ohio that one of the companies they funded is offering Low-tech solar panels to developing nations.
The newsletter stated that around the world 1.6 billion people do not have access to electricity. Cleveland-area native Christopher Clark wants to change that.
The 26-year-old Clark founded Sunflower Solutions after becoming aware of the rampant lack of power in developing areas and the myriad problems that stem from living without electricity.
Green Energy TV has given his company the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for his energy innovation, green inventions, being one of the best green companies and their eco friendly products that give a new way to define solar energy. For more info, check out their site at http://www.thesunflowersite.org/ Keep up the great work!
I just finished watching a great video presentation by Bill Roth where he was a speaker at an SBA event. Bill Roth is the Green Business Coach for Entrepreneur.com and he has a lot of knowledge and green business experience.
He talks about Sustainability Programs, his experience, best green companies, energy innovation, green inventions, eco friendly inventions and how sustainability programs can change your life.
The Video is on: THE GREEN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION - SBA Speaker Event. If your interested in starting up a green business or launching a green company or organization, then this is a great video to watch. I used this video in my class on Sustainability Programs and the students were glued to it.
There are many alternative fuel ideas and a variety of alternative fuels program.
A video was uploaded to our main site Green Energy TV that shows how how a Danish company is taking a waste product from making paper and turning it into an alternative fuels program.
The company is named Haldor Topsøe, and they are a an energy innovation technology which can transform black liquor (a waste product from paper production) into DME (DiMethyl Ether).
DME is a clean fuel, but can also be used for cars. Volvo, one of the project partners, has tested DME and named it 'the preferred fuel' among the green fuels available. The project taking place in Sweden, uses the entire technology chain: from the paper mill supplying black liquor via gas stations for fueling DME to trucks actually running on DME.
Learn more about their eco friendly inventions in the video below:
You hear a lot of positive news about companies going green, and the best green companies.
Well, Panasonic announced that they aim to be the No.1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry.
Below are some of the ways they plan on being the top of the list for best green companies in their industry:
Green life innovation- Panasonic will make the green lifestyle a reality by implementing Panasonic ideas for life and offer better living to people around the world with a sense of security, comfort and joy, in a sustainable way. For example, the ideas will include "lifestyle with virtually zero CO2 emissions for the entire home and the entire building," "lifestyle with recycling-oriented products," "evolving and expanding eco cars," and "encouraging eco-conscious products in emerging and developing countries."
Green business innovation - Panasonic will cut its environmental impact stemming from its business activity to the maximum extent possible and introduce to the market its technologies, ideas and measures derived from such efforts. For example, the company will strive for "minimizing CO2 emissions in all business processes," "recycling-oriented manufacturing," "green work-style" and "offering eco-solution using its own expertise."
1) Global networking: Creating a network of strong autonomous Panasonic bases across the world, Panasonic will pursue management approaches that will optimize business efficiency on a global scale.
2) Individual-customer touch points No.1: Taking advantage of the vast array of its products, Panasonic will establish new IT-driven relationships to provide to each individual customer a maximized life-time customer value.
3) Synergy creation: Panasonic believes group synergy occurs when Panasonic companies collaborate spontaneously and autonomously in diverse fields. The Panasonic Group aims to become a flexible and dynamic company, consistently promoting collaboration and creating synergies within the Group through spontaneous initiatives and autonomous management.
Green Energy TV is giving Panasonic the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for being one of the best companies going green. Keep up the great work!
A few of our readers sent us emails asking us to post the following ideas for some recommended Green New Year's resolutions for 2010.
Below are 7 of the 2010 Green New Year's Resolution Ideas:
Go on a Green Diet- In the New Year, many people go on a diet. This means, you can start eating certified organic foods that do not contain the food toxins or chemical toxins that are in most of our foods. You can also start to buy more of your food locally as well and get food that is fresh and support the local economy and help create more green jobs as a direct result of your purchases.
Do the Green Diet Exercise - One of our Guest Bloggers wrote about how he lost over 70 pounds by pedaling his bike to power his TV. Here's a link to that blog post if you are looking to power your TV while you watch it and save electricity and lose a lot of weight in the process blog.greenenergytv.com/blog/wind-power-technology/0/0/new-green-diet-pedal-and-watch
Say good-bye to Household Toxins - You can have an environment friendly home by eliminating the chemical toxins. Most of the store bought cleaners contain very harmful chemical toxins, however, you can switch to safer cleaners from companies such as Shaklee or Seventh Generation. There are many new green and safer cleaning products out there right now that do a great job without exposing your family to chemical toxins in your home.
Green your Lawn - Most of the chemicals in fertilizers used on the lawns in the US are banned in Europe because of the dangerous chemical toxins they contain and they seep back into our drinking water and affect fish and other wildlife as well. There are more options for this year with chemical free lawn care and organic lawn care. You can use bone meal and other organic lawn care products that prevent weeds and still give you a green lawn without the chemicals. Check out your local nursery and read the labels!
Get Green Jobs& Get Certified- There is an increase in green jobs, whether you decide to become a solar installer, energy rater, get involved in Sustainability Programs, etc. We have green jobs posted on our main site, and there are many other major outlets advertising green jobs on Indeed.com and Monster.com
Get a Green Degree - There are more schools and independent organizations offering classes on Sustainability Programs, certifications for LEED, Energy Raters, Solar and Wind Installers and more. Many of the top green universities are also offering green educational classes and degrees now and this can help you land green jobs and prepare you for the future blog.greenenergytv.com/blog/green-jobs
Start a Green Business - There are many areas in green that are fast growing and opportunities increasing daily. We did a post a while back that talked about the growth areas of green and here's a link to some of the hottest and upcoming areas that deal with organic natural foods, eco friendly products, solar installation to geothermal energy, energy efficiency and green building.
If you have any Green New Year's Resolutions for 2010 that you would like to share, feel free to do so in the comments below. - Stay Green!
There are a lot of Business Competitions and a huge growth in Entrepreneurship Programs across the country. You are starting to see that a large number of the winners and people submitting to these competitions have green ideas, green inventions, new types of energy innovation, eco friendly products, etc.
At a recent business idea competition, six (6) College Students defeated CEO's and MBA's by coming up with an idea to eliminate the need for college students to use, carry around and buy bottled water.
They won the competition, and their idea bought them $27,500 in start-up funds. They recognized what a pain it is to carry around cases of bottled water to their dorm rooms and knew how bad it is for the environment.
So, they came up with the idea to create a portable water bottle that has a filter inside, and to allow it to be customizable with a logo, and then to be sold to colleges and Fortune 500 companies. Keep an eye out for this new eco friendly product, their company will be called “Inspire Green”.
There are many ways to define solar energy, and for some, the use of solar energy can be used to save lives.
In Kenya, people have to boil their water and do so by using wood or coal. Now, in some parts of Kenya, they are using a Solar Powered Water Purifier.
Fact: There are currently 1.2 billion people in the world living without clean drinking water.
Check out the video below and see how the green inventions such as these are helping to provide clean drinking water solutions:
Interesting Fact: Given the number of people worldwide currently treating their water by boiling with firewood, WWF estimates that, with widespread distribution, Solvatten could be reducing CO2 emissions by 26 million tonnes per year by 2020. The use of Solvatten can reduce dependence on firewood and other fuels, since it uses the sun's rays.
We will continue to focus on green inventions, eco friendly products, energy innovation and more in upcoming posts.
Many kids are beginning to hear words such as Carbon Footprint, but they do not know what it is.
There are teachers who are implementing environmental education for children in classrooms all around the world.
Below are two (2) videos that were uploaded to our main site www.GreenEnergyTV.com and they help explain what a Carbon Footprint is and use the Eco Bunnies to do it.
Check out both videos below and let us know what you are doing in your school: The Eco Bunnies
I think Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Hydro Power, Geothermal Energy, and various types of green energy and renewable energy is great, but not the immediate solution.
I am not saying to stop the solar installations or erecting Wind Turbines, I am just saying to look at saving energy before you look to put solar panels on your roof.
According to Projections by the International Energy Agency, they show that using energy more efficiently has a greater potential to curb carbon dioxide emissions over the next 20 years than all the other options put together. Wow, that's an eye opener.
So why out of $112 billion invested in clean energy around the world in 2008, just $1.8 billion was spent on improving energy efficiency? This fact comes from a study by the U.N. Environment Programme and New Energy Finance.
There are many energy efficient saving devices besides the compact Fluorescent bulb. There are many new green inventions, eco friendly products and solutions to cut energy costs in home and offices.
Let us know what you are doing in your home or office to use less energy, save money and if there are tax incentives for going green as a result of your efforts. -Ted Malloy, Guest Blogger for GreenEnergyTV.com
According to The Velux Group, they have launched the project Model Home 2020 as a vision for climate-neutral buildings with a high level of livability.
They are developing sustainable building, from 2008 to 2010, VELUX will build six full-scale experimental demo-houses in five European countries.
The first house, Home for Life, is a carbon-neutral single-family home with optimum livability. The second experiment, Green Lighthouse, is a faculty building for the University of Copenhagen - it is the first carbon-neutral public building in Denmark.
Their experiment is promoting eco friendly living, sustainability programs, and showcasing new green inventions and energy innovation.
I have 4 dogs, and I love them. I have been doing a lot of research on behalf of my university and have found some scary info. Did you ever wonder why so many dogs have allergies now and why the rate of cancer in dogs is at an all time high?
More and more dogs get diagnosed with cancer every year. Some experts believe its from the drops used to prevent fleas and ticks since there are some very strong chemical toxins in that medication.
My research is showing that there are other chemical toxins that our dogs are being exposed to that are driving up the number of cancer rates, and number of dogs who now have allergies.
The Answer is right under our pet's nose:
Grass - How many people use fertilizer to get the perfect looking lawn now as opposed to how many people used it 30 years ago? Do you know the dangerous chemical toxins that are in lawn fertilizers and our dogs nose is constantly on the grass, sniffing or they are laying in the grass. READ THE BACK LABEL OF YOUR FERTILIZER next time before you apply it to your yard. You can research the ingredients and see the warnings that cause reproduction issues, kills aquatic life, etc. When your dog comes in your home, he/she is bringing those into your house too.
Your Home - Unless you use eco friendly products to clean your home, then you and your pet are being exposed to the chemical toxins in the floor, bathroom, and kitchen cleaners. These cleaners are known to cause cancer in lab tests.
Food - What is your dog eating? Check out the ingredients on the back of your dog food back and look them up, you will not believe the cancer causing agents that go into your pet's food.
Solutions: Organic lawn care and chemical free lawn care. There are a lot of organic lawn care products out there so you can keep your beautiful green grass without exposing yourself and your pet to the chemical toxins found in leading brand name fertilizers.
You can also switch to using chemical free cleaning products such as Seventh Generation, Shaklee and other eco friendly products. - Mike Stanford, Guest Blogger for Green Energy TV.
We recently did a post on 10 Green Business ideas and we are continuing to cover Green Businesses & Entrepreneurship Programs.
The following Green Business Ideas have been submitted by our readers and also people from Entrepreneurship Programs at Colleges, Universities and High Schools across the country. Here are some of the things they are doing:
Sell Carbon Credits - You can do this from your dorm room, or wherever. Selling carbon credits to large companies that produce a large volume of pollution can be a lucrative way for students and small businesses to earn revenue. Businesses that are involved in reducing carbon emissions or who produce low emissions in general can sell carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) For more info: www.ieta.org/ieta/www/pages/index.php
Sell Eco Friendly Products - You can start an online store that sells eco friendly products.
Green Inventions - There are a lot of people coming up with green inventions and energy innovation, but do not know how to market them. You can help expose the green inventions and energy innovation that people are creating in their basement or garage and help get the word out there for them.
Sell Organic & Heirloom Seeds- Over the last few years, there has been a huge increase in people having backyard gardens. Many people are looking for seeds that are Non Genetically Modified and there are some companies out there selling Organic and Heirloom seeds and doing quite well at it.
Start a Green Jobs site - This could be a site for college interns as well as others so they can see what is out there for them or in their area. There are some jobs sites now, but not too many that are specific to green jobs and green internships.
Green Grant Writer - Many companies and individuals may want to go green and since there is a lot of stimulus money and tax incentives for going green out there, most people don't know how to go after it. If you write green grants, companies and individuals can hire you to write these on their behalf.
Become an Energy Rater - Help people to save money in their homes and business and the environment. Info on how to become a Certified Energy Rater www.natresnet.org/rater/certified/default.htm
Let us know what Green Business Ideas you have or if you have students launching green businesses in your Entrepreneurship Programs. We will feature them.
There are more and more Entrepreneurship Programs popping up on college and university campuses throughout the country. There are also many Entrepreneurship Programs being offered in High Schools.
I have been asked many times by students and others what are the best green business ideas to launch and the best green ideas and growth areas to focus on.
Everyday, there are more and more entrepreneurs launching green businesses, creating new energy innovation, green inventions, eco friendly products, green building, growth in renewable and alternative energy as well as organic food and products. I would recommend signing up for Google Alerts in the area of interest so you can receive emails when there is news in the subject area of your interest.
Below are some examples of Green Business Ideas and opportunities that students can start:
We have more than 10 Green Business Ideas to share with you and we will continue to do so in upcoming posts. There are many schools going green, sustainable campuses, green campuses, and various green initiatives taking place in schools around the world. Feel free to share what's going on at your school and we will keep feeding you more ideas. -Stay Green!
We overlook many areas of energy usage, but one area that may surprise you is your garage door opener.
So how much energy does your Garage Opener use? The average garage door opener is 800 watts and uses 6¢/hr worth of electricity. This is based on an 8 cents per kilowatt hour electric rate.
Grand Total per month: $43.20
Does anyone know of any eco friendly products or green garage openers that can cut costs on this? - Duanne, Guest Blogger for GreenEnergyTV.com
We see a variety of green inventions, energy innovation, alternative energy videos and eco friendly products, but to find eco friendly products made from elephant poop is something you don't hear or see everyday.
What is the name of the company? The Great Elephant Poo Poo Company Limited.
So do their products smell? No.
How much poo does it take to make paper? (this is not a joke): One piece of poo or turd will give you 25 sheets of paper or 10 standard sized journals and this includes front and back covers. Are you looking for a green gift and want to buy something very original? You can buy their products at http://www.poopoopaper.com/pootique.html
The holidays are quickly approaching and many people will be searching for green gifts and/or looking for ideas to buy gifts for that special someone, in law, or your boss.
Here are a couple places you can search for the top green gifts, green gadgets and eco friendly products that you may want to consider getting this Holiday.
Your Boss: If you are looking for your boss and your companies going green, you may want to check out these green products to make a Green Office:
Him/Her or teenager: The Kindle is a great device and a very eco friendly product that is saving trees. The price has dropped a lot, and this is one of the top green gifts for 2009. Choose from over 350,000 books, now that's a green library!
If you are looking for Green Baby gifts, eco friendly products, green toys for kids that include Wind turbine kits, solar kits, hydrogen kits or organic foods, organic clothes, etc. check out http://greenenergytv.com/Shop/
Happy Green Holidays! - Kristen Walters, Guest Blogger
Kristen would like to hear your thoughts on your green gift ideas too! see comments below:
We receive a lot of emails from our viewers and readers asking what are the easiest ways to green their business and also people asking for green business tips.
In response to your questions, we recommend that you start by Greening your Meetings. If you would like to save time, money and benefit the environment, then look to WebEx to green your next meeting.
There are a lot of companies going green, and one of the easier ways to go green and reduce your company's carbon footprint is to meet with your clients, colleagues and prospects online. WebEx offers the perfect solution for you to accomplish these things without you ever having to catch a flight, stay at a hotel, spend time traveling in your car, etc. to and from meetings.
Green Energy TV is giving WebEx, the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for their eco friendly solutions to help companies go green, save time, money and work more efficiently.
The eCorect is environmentally friendly and efficient by reducing trips to the landfill and creating a closed-loop system. The unit requires no water line, no added enzymes or bacteria-based additives. Its easy to install, easy to operate and easy to maintain. 
So, they came up with the idea to create a portable water bottle that has a filter inside, and to allow it to be customizable with a logo, and then to be sold to colleges and Fortune 500 companies. Keep an eye out for this new eco friendly product, their company will be called “Inspire Green”.
The Answer is right under our pet's nose:
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