Sierra Club Radio -- 4-12-2008

This week on Sierra Club Radio: 1) Australian pop star Missy Higgins talks with us about cutting back on carbon 2) Mr. Green on his new book, Hey Mr. Green: Sierra Magazine's Answer Guy Tackles Your Toughest Green Living Questions! 3) Emily Rusch from CALPIRG on the possibility of building high-speed rail on the west coast 4) Green cuisine tips from Chef Annie Somerville.

Comments

[Hybrid]

I hope everyone tries and make some small changes in their life, change begings at a personal level... personally I used to have 5 screens for web development and two PCs and a laptop... I switched over to one Mac laptop and one mac Mini pc at home and just 1 screen.. my energy bill for our condo went from $120/m to $55...

We also switched our lightbulbs at the same time to energy saving ones... I was amaized at how much difference that made...it really shows you can make a difference and that's just doing two things...

Cool place to find more green tips, anyone else know of any good places to find tips?

[Orli]

Hi, thanks, and glad to hear you are making a difference! You can find more green tips at the following links:
http://www.sierraclub.org/greenlife
and
http://www.heymrgreen.com
also, see what you can do in every room in your house, and download Mr. Green's checklist for a Cool Home at
http://www.sierraclub.org/coolhome
keep up the great work!
Orli

[Susan]

What is the deal with the energy saving flourescent light bulbs? I have heard that they contain mercury and have to be thrown out in another place besides the trash. There isn't much information about this. I am concerned that in our rush to green things up, we are not looking at all the elements of the design. Sure it takes less energy to run those bulbs, and they are supposed to last longer, but since there is mercury and most people toss them in the trash, it seems like a bad trade off.???
Am I not seeing the big picture?