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RE-AMP Member Profile:Challenge Coordinator

Posted in Videos, tagged , , , , on 5 August 2009 | 1 Comment »

Neely Crane-Smith, the Energy Challenge coordinator, was recently profiled by RE-AMP, a network of nonprofits and foundations working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Midwest: check it out!

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Heck Yeah

Posted in Videos, tagged , , on 29 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »

It goes without saying that this is the best thing, ever.

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Green Carpet Film Festival: Ninja!

Posted in Videos, tagged , , , on 7 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Not to play favorites or anything, but this really is my favorite offering from Linden Hills Power and Light’s Green Film Festival.

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Green Carpet Film Festival

Posted in Videos, tagged , , , , on 31 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Did you miss the Green Carpet Film Festival put on by Linden Hills Power and Light?  No worries – they’ve posted the awesome winning videos on YouTube! Congrats to all the winners and all those who contributed videos.  They are inspiring, funny, touching, cool and impressive.
Here’s one of the honorable mentions, and a particularly [...]

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More on Vampire Energy

Posted in Videos, tagged , , , , on 20 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It seems appropriate as Halloween creeps nearer to bring up the haunting menace of many an American household, Vampire Energy (muahahahaha) – that is, the constant energy drain that many appliances and electronics have while plugged in, even if turned off.  Here’s another great expose from the folks at Good Magazine on this phantom problem.  [...]

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The Making Of…

Posted in Videos, tagged , , on 26 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Minnesota Energy Challenge launched our new EZ Challenge at the State Fair this past August.  A lot of hard work went into the new Challenge, especially by our awesome web development company Space2Burn and photographer Kelly Mac.  When we decided to use “characters” to illustrate some of the actions, we had to come up [...]

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Last call for entries to local green film contest

Posted in Local Events, Videos, tagged , , , , , , , on 23 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Linden Hills Power & Light (LHP&L) a non-profit, community-based environmental organization, just sent out a reminder that there’s just a few weeks left before the October 8 deadline for submissions in their Green Carpet digital video Contest.
Amateur and professional videos are equally welcome and monetary prizes will be awarded in three categories.  Prizes include a [...]

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Watch Carefully

Posted in Videos, tagged , on 12 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A great ad from the UK on bike safety…

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Light Bulbs are Easy – Just Do It!

Posted in Awesome Actions, Gadgets, Gizmos and Stuff, Videos, tagged , , , , on 5 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The hardest part about taking action isn’t picking out what action you want to take, or even getting supplies, if any are needed. The hardest part about taking action is ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION: getting that extra gumption to do something and make a difference. It’s hard to let go of old habits. Apparently, [...]

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Can You Spot the Difference?

Posted in Awesome Actions, Videos, tagged , , , on 29 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Don’t let the accents throw you off – these Brits are onto something.

The Energy Saving Trust in the UK was sick of hearing people complain about the difference between compact fluorescent light bulbs and the old energy-wasting incandescents, so they set up a sort of Pepsi challenge to see if shoppers [...]

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