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Funds Still Available for the Texas Appliance Mail-In Rebate Program

Posted in Efficiency, recycling, tagged Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Rebate Program, Texas on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

If you’ve considered participating… Funds are still available for the Texas Appliance Mail-In Rebate Program. Texas has already approved over $12 million in rebates and funds are limited, so act soon! Funding for the program is available to Texas residential consumers on a first-received, first-issued basis according to the application’s postmark date until funds are depleted. You [...]

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Texas Appliance rebate part II (don’t miss out on this one) !

Posted in Efficiency, Energy, recycling, tagged Comptroller, Efficient energy use, energy efficance, Energy Star, Funds, Texas on December 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Need a new refrigerator, washing machine, dish washer, water heater, air conditioner or heat pump? The the state has a deal for you. Texas has started another round of its energy efficient appliance rebate program. As we covered in a previous blog post this is a big, sweet deal of a rebate for new energy [...]

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Don’t forget to pre-register for the 3rd Annual Austin Green Holiday Party

Posted in Consumers, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, recycling, Renewables, solar, tagged Austin EcoNetwork, Austin green holiday party, austin texas, barr mansion, design build live, food, Holiday Celebration, live music, net impact, party, physicians for social responsibility, public citizen texas, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, Soalr Austin, Texas Green Network, texas league of conservation voters on December 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

If you haven’t already pre-registered to celebrate the holidays at the 3rd Annual Austin Green Holiday Party, do so soon. It is coming up soon and this year it is hosted by 10 great organizations. Fiesta Gardens (2100 Jesse E. Segovia St., Austin, TX 78702) Thursday, December 16th, 2010 from 5:30pm-9:30pm Registration: Pre-Registration ONLY for this Event (No Cash [...]

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The Story of Electronics online film release coming

Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, recycling, Toxics, tagged Business, Electronic waste, Electronics, environment, recycling, The Story of Stuff, United States, Waste Management on October 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »

A new online film, the “Story of Electronics”, will be released on Tues, November 9. This is the newest in the series of the excellent, user-friendly Story of Stuff web-films about excessive consumerism and waste. The Story of Electronics tells the story of how electronics are really “designed for the dump” and not made to [...]

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