If, like us and many Santa Barbarians, you thought that Santa Barbara’s mild and always temperate climate was making air conditioning systems superfluous...
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Green Tip: Laundry Detergent Sheets
Each year, over 700 million plastic laundry jugs are dumped into landfills across North America. Did you know that about 90% of your detergent is actually water?
The Inflation Reduction Act: A major step forward in tackling climate change
On August 16th 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act. This act aims at fighting climate change...
Green Tip: Electronic Waste Management
Electronics, such as our smartphones, laptops, smartwatches, or TVs are so integrated into our daily life that most of us rarely think about the waste they produce...
Why home battery makers are moving away from Cobalt, and why you should too.
Batteries for storing solar energy have recently gained a surge in popularity...
Community Choice Clean Energy: deciphering your new electric bill
Over the past few months, eligible residents of Barbara County have had the opportunity...
The solar industry since the pandemic: from challenges to new opportunities
Although last year has been challenging in all aspects and has created some difficulties in...
Why does it make sense to pair your solar system with a battery backup system?
If you are concerned about power outages and would like to become more resilient...
How to use products from the Earth and give back to the Earth?
Compost is the result of nature’s natural process of breaking down plant materials, such as yard waste...
Paris Agreement: 5 Years Later, Have we Done Enough?
In December 2015, leaders from 195 countries in the world met in Paris to form The Paris Agreement. The goal of this agreement was to work together...
Green Tip: Face Masks
As wearing face masks has become a requirement (at least indoors) and has proved to be an efficient way to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, more litter has been found in our environment. Like many...
2020 doesn’t have to suck (entirely)!
Can we all agree that 2020 has been somewhat of a challenging year? But can we also agree that challenges are what helps us thrive...