Event: American Solar Energy Society Conference, San Diego

This is one for the locals. The American Solar Energy Society will be hosting their annual conference this year in San Diego, May 4-8, 2008. Vendors, contractors and solar enthusiasts alike will all be out for the event. If you're in any way curious about how those funky panels work, check them out here at: ASES Solar 2008.

Recycling Plastic Hangers

What should you with all of those coathangers in your closet that seem to breed like rabbits when the lights are out? Well, you can always take them back to the drycleaners where you got them in the first place. Most of the time they will take them back, hey it saves them money on hangers, right? Just pile them with your drycleaning and take everything in together when the pile gets big enough. Easy enough, right?

Also, if you need coathangers, why not try a Goodwill or Salvation Army. Oftentimes they have packs of coathangers for just a few bucks, or even a few cents if you can hit them on a sale day. Instead of purchasing new plastic coathangers which will just take more resources to make (oil) and will eventually be more than you need.


Thought of the Day: Be Nice or Leave!

Electronic Recycling in San Diego

This coming Saturday, March 8, (8am-4pm) is a mega electronics recycling event here in San Diego. So gather all of those items that have long cluttered your house, apartment, job, car backseat, etc and bring 'em down.

Actually, its better to reuse than recycle, so if there is a way to repair the item, try doing that first. Oftentimes electronics places will take donations - if you're happy to part with the item, they'll fix it up and resell it for cheap. Check and see if they will recycle the item if its unfixable and just needs a proper burial.

For more information, check out at NBC San Diego Go Green.

Working For The Green

For those of you local San Diegans looking for a job that is focused on more than the bottom line, there is a Nonprofit website devoted strictly to San Diego jobs.

Check them out here at San Diego Non-Profit Works.

Treehugger and Grist both now have job boards for green/eco job postings.