Jobvine takes a look at what green jobs are and at growth over the past few years. With most governments investing millions of Dollars into making their countries greener each year, all industries are getting affected.

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The Growing Green Job Market (an infographic)

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Conserving energy when it’s 95 degrees outside is no easy task.

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5 Easy Ways To Slash Your Energy Bills When It’s Hot Outside

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We talk about advances in smart meters and energy monitoring technology all the time, but how much do you really know about how these devices really work? Smart meters have many advantages over traditional utility meters, and allow for much higher levels of energy efficiency when compared to older consumption tracking technologies

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Everything You Need To Know About Smart Meters

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Electronics make life easier and connect us to information and people that we might have never known otherwise. But what happens when they wear out and it’s time to upgrade? Without the technological advances of the last few years, we wouldn’t have in-car GPS to help when we’re lost or laptops and tablets that let you read greenUGPRADER no matter where you are

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Are We Burying Ourselves In A Mountain Of E-Waste?

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Despite the fact that we had new snow less than a week ago, the weather in Colorado is slowly beginning to look and feel more like spring. Soon, all that cold and wind will be just a distant memory as we look for ways to escape the dry, persistent heat of the Rocky Mountain West. It’s estimated that the average American home uses over $2,000 of energy every year.

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Understanding HVAC Helps Keep Energy Costs Low

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Originally published in January 2008. Harness your creativity to make something useful and keep something else out of landfill. I like the idea of making unique pieces of furniture for my home, and I like not having to pay (or paying very little) for materials to make something that’s worth more than the sum of its parts.

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Flashback Friday: EcoDIY make a chair

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Things have been a little on the upside-down side for me lately. I moved house Friday before last, and it’s taken Telkom a week to realise that the ADSL line that they installed at my new house, wasn’t actually installed at all

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Delays and holidays

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I like this idea for an Easter egg receptacle.  We’re going to be away from home this Easter and staying in a B&B,  so this is a good idea for somewhere for the Easter Bunny to leave eggs for the children.  It’s messy and a great kids’ craft and it’s made of stuff that is free, natural or would otherwise end up in the bin. For full instructions on how to make a bird’s nest, visit Growing Up Creative . If you make one, please post a link to your image in comments, we’d love to see your works of art.

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EcoDIY with kids: a bird’s nest

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