theconscientioushome.net - articles
The articles on this website will range widely. I aim to stay in the realm of environmental articles and opinion pieces, but I don't make any firm promises!
About this Site
On Science and the Environment
On April 20th, 2006, the National Geographic published an article
Posted by Joe Dolson on 08 May, 2006
Alternative Fuel
The news has recently contained a large number of articles discussing the energy efficiency of ethanol based fuels. There have previously been many critics of et. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 31 January, 2006
The Myriad Forms of Alternate Energy
The need for renewable sources of energy is critical. Energy use skyrockets, fossil fuels gradually disappear, and we (Americans, especially) cross our fingers and. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 19 April, 2008
Conservation
Conscientious living means thinking about your environment, your health, and your world in all your actions. Avoiding unnecessary waste is a key behavior to succe. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 01 March, 2006
Some companies have very high energy use. The reasons for this are pretty obvious: manufacturing requires a lot of energy. Computing requires a lot of energy. A. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 17 October, 2006
I've written about this before, and will probably write about it again. As a heavy computer user and also an environmentalist, keeping my home office green is a c. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 07 February, 2006
Every day I see new articles about a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of Bird Flu virus. Outbreaks in Asia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe - constant concern about. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 17 March, 2006
According to a wide variety of recent articles, Wal-Mart is jumping onto the environmentalism bandwagon. These articles, based on an interview by Amanda Little wit. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 22 April, 2006
Why Subscribe to Print Magazines?
Although you can't really say that online publications have completely taken over the serial market, it's fair to say that the inroads towards fully electronic ava. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 23 April, 2007
Energy Use
It often occurs to me to wonder what the sense is in using the internet for environmental purposes. It's all well to state that the medium saves on paper and incr. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 12 December, 2005
General
Welcome to the Conscientious Home!
The idea behind this website is to provide access to the wide variety of resources that can make keeping your home environmentally responsible easier. It's abou. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 19 November, 2005
Hand in hand with the big green buzzwords like "quot;organic"quot; and "quot;natural"quot;, we often see the terms "quot;co-op"quot; and "quot;credit union"quot;. . . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 11 December, 2005
Poll Results
The results of my poll on fuel technologies were pretty interesting. Like I thought, the answers were pretty scattered. (There were only 9 answers, but I can live. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 02 September, 2006
Poll Results on Garden Watering
So, I'll freely admit that this poll was very, very, very late in ending. Scheduled for an October 1st, 2007 close, I just closed it today -- January 30th, 2008. I. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 30 January, 2008
Poll Results: Public Transit or Bust!
Well, to be entirely frank, I'm more than a little disappointed by the responses to my poll concerning public transit. While there was a decent percentage (nearly . . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 05 May, 2008
Results from the Fuel Tax Poll
Well, this site must be growing: this poll experienced more votes than any previously! With 13. Hey, 13 votes is enough to have some kind of interesting spread in . . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 02 November, 2006
Recycling
On January 20th, 2006, the National Geographic published an interesting article concerning the relationship between cell phones and the African gorilla. This was. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 25 January, 2006
Social Action
"Canvassing" the Grocery Stores
A simple canvas bag is one tool that everybody can easily work into their weekly routine to make a small environmental act. There are so many routine shopping act. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 06 January, 2006
With the recent appointment of Henry Paulson as Secretary of the Treasury, green investing is at the front of my mind. Henry Paulson is an unusual choice for Pres. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 02 June, 2006
A boycott is, most commonly speaking, a social action by a group or organization requesting consumers to avoid a specific commercial product or the products of a. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 06 January, 2006
Toxic Environment
It may be fair to say that the United States is compulsive about trying to improve their food supplies. Genetic modification, antibiotics, forced feeding, you nam. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 12 August, 2006
Mosquito Control and the Environment
Fighting Mosquitos around the world is a difficult and unending task. For the summer months to be enjoyable in some places, extreme measures are sometimes taken. . . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 20 April, 2006
Toxic Plastic 3 - Turn Over the Bottle and Look!
lass="author"> Guest author Miriam Ellis-Loraditch spends half of her time birding, and the other half act. . .
Posted by Miriam Ellis-Loraditch on 19 February, 2007
Transportation
Public Transit: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Part 1: Bad Transit
I lived in Rochester, New York for two years - during that entire time, I traveled to and from work either on foot or by bus - and it was a MISERABLE experience. W. . .
Posted by Joe Dolson on 14 June, 2006
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