Posts Tagged ‘Friends’

Tips to go green for Earth Day

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! The EPA would like all of us to make a personal commitment to make environmental protection a part of our daily life. We’ve compiled some tips from others to help you go green. When you come across more articles online or get ideas from friends on how to green your life, save them in Springpad!


Download Monitores To Automatically Turn Off Monitor Display

Well friends, its time to go Green with Monitors. I must tell you that monitors consume lots of energy and it is advisable that if you are not at your desk or if you are not using your PC, you should turn off your monitor to save electricity.


Private Equity Firm to Focus on Green Tech

From our friends at the DealBook blog:Carter BalesThe race to cash in on the environmental technology wave just got a little more crowded on Monday with the founding of the New World Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on investing in companies in the nascent “green tech” sector. Led by Carter Bales, an industry heavyweight who founded the environmental practice at McKinsey in the 1980s, and assisted by four partners including Bradley Abelow, former head of operations at Goldman Sachs


Visiting friends on Deepavali Day

On Deepavali day, I got up bright and early to begin my open house visiting. Here I am at Bala’s home (the man in white sitting on my left). Bala is my helpful assistant at my Kinrara Service Center.Next, I went to Puchong to visit Govindan (in the blue batik shirt) and his lovely wife (the Chinese lady beside me). Govindan is one of our DAP strongmen in Puchong. As I was leaving, I was pleasantly surprised when he presented me with an ang pow and an apple, as it is a Chinese custom. Then, I we


Calling all radicals: unite for Kerry-Boxer

Cross-posted from Grist . As an activist who has been arrested for civil disobedience, organized national climate mobilizations, protested outside of coal plants and worked for Greenpeace, I am calling on my friends and colleagues to fight for the Kerry-Boxer “Clean Energy Jobs Act” and a strong global treaty in Copenhagen. On Monday Senator Barbara Boxer and Energy Secretary Steven Chu said there is a chance of passing a climate bill in Congress before the international talks in Copenhagen


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