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...anarchy, I mean the little things you do without subordinating yourself to some greater cause or heeding some elected authority. It’s all the wonderful things that happen in your life without a warrant, a subpoena, an audit, or a friendly letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles. It’s buying toothpaste at CVS and it’s gossiping with your friends—about someone other than Barack Obama. The change we can believe in is the change you do on your own, whether it’s swearing off all-nighters in Lamont...
Homeowners who come to Current Energy can order an energy audit--a socket-to-faucet analysis of how to eliminate energy and water waste. After receiving the report, customers can follow as many of the recommendations as they wish, with Current Energy employees involved in the installation work--down to changing the lightbulbs. Joseph VanBlargan, a writer, secured an assessment for his Dallas home and estimates that the upgrades save him about 30% on his monthly energy bill. "I could have done it on my own, but there would have been bits and parts I would have missed," he says...
...WorldCom employee, Cooper had never intended to go public (a member of Congress had released her internal audit memos to the press), and the drama she was watching from the inside was the downfall of a hometown company she loved...
...With only one plate they will eat a little at a time, and are less likely to waste it,” said Maureen A. Henry, a Quincy dining hall employee. In order to judge the program’s efficacy, Quincy dining services will perform a waste audit every Thursday night. To set a base standard, they measured waste after last Thursday’s dinner. Dining services found that 400 diners left a total of 45 pounds on their trays, according to Manny DaCruz, another Quincy dining hall worker. The others reasons for the elimination of trays...
...businesses, recently launched the Green Levittown program, which aims to persuade residents to upgrade their homes, improving energy efficiency and cutting fuel bills. Volunteers signed up to canvass Levittown's 17,000 homes starting Jan. 15. Their mission is to introduce the program and offer to schedule an energy audit (approximately $300) that can identify cost-effective renovations. Those who choose to participate--replacing an inefficient hot-water boiler, adding solar thermal power--can finance the upgrades with reduced-interest loans offered by a local credit union. "For all the attention paid to global warming in the media or internationally...