Welcome

Welcome to the website! I would like to post topics about how you can actually save money and the environment. I am slowly building a system to create and manage a consulting business to help businesses, residents and the like to save money by using energy more efficiently.

Modern Recycling

I've always been perturbed by recycling bins scattered around an area, such as a college campus, where they are more difficult to find than trash cans (and if you do find one, it probably doesn't accept the recyclable you happen to be holding). This prototype trash can/ recycle bin is right alongside my idea of what we should have. Everywhere there is a trash can, there should be (greater than or equal to) the same amount of space for recycling. The prototype above is a great start, but I don't think it allocates the correct amount of space for each section. To really impact the way we dispose of unwanted things, the waste bin should be smaller and more discrete, yet still useful enough to avoid trash being put in the wrong sections.

So the next time you are ready to dispose of something recyclable, RECYCLE IT!

public transportation

I recently finished a paper on alternative transportation for my Green Politics class. Our city's current policy for designing and implementing dedicated 'bike lanes' in the city is very young. Bike lanes are totally dependent on roads getting resurfaced (repaved), and even then they are only considered to be installed. My solution was to create an ordinance that would use the current research to 'install' new bike lanes on roads that were wider than necessary. This would follow the same principles as the 'repave first' plan because the main cost is simply the extra paint. The alternative requires 'blacking out' all the lanes on the road, repainting lines, etc. which can be very expensive.