Don’t throw out items you no longer need. Save landfill space and recycle these goods via special networks set up for the trade of recycleable items – most of these groups are free to join.

Summary of the latest non-blog articles published on Green Living Tips December 4 – 14 2006.

An Australian research team is gearing up to mass produce solar panels that will cost 60% less than standard monocrystalline cells through the use of sliver solar cell technology. More power for less silicon and a higher energy conversion rate.

Bushfire season 2006 has only just started in Australia, but we’ve lost well over half a million acres of bushland already to fire – and many of these fires are deliberately lit.

Among unusual iceberg events in recent years, a rapidly growing crack in the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica may soon end in the creation of an iceberg approximately 900 square kilometers or 347 square miles in size.

Even with all our advancements in technology and environmental awareness, energy consumption per person is on the increase. Going green is as much about cutting consumption as it is making earth friendly choices.

2006 statistics for wind power electricity generation capacity of various countries.

Non-blog articles added to Green Living Tips for the week ending December 3 2006

Most supermarkets appear to be way behind the times when it comes to earth friendly packaging and electricity usage. Isn’t it time that these major businesses began toeing the environmental line?

Carbon dioxide levels are rising and creating global warming. Peaks and troughs along the rising trend are attributed to deciduous trees. So should we be planting deciduous or evergreen trees to combat carbon dioxide increase?