Earth Day: How to go green in 2010

By KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: Apr 22, 2010 at 8:56 AM PDT
Earth Day: How to go green in 2010
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To mark Earth Day, KVAL's sister station in Portland put together this report on ways to go green during the next year. Do you have ideas of your own to go green? Send us an e-mail with your green living tips.

PORTLAND, Ore. – Thursday is Earth Day, the 40th year of a celebration that has sparked everything from street and beach clean ups to hoofing it to work in Southwest Washington and Oregon.

Ready to join the Northwest's push for environmental sensitivity? We've compiled recycling and conservation tips for the entire family to help you reduce waste and pollution, including how to make a rain garden, how to get a water audit and a tutorial on how bees are being used.

Explore just some of the topics we cover in our "Go Green in 2010" special report:

ABOUT RAIN DRAINS AND BIOSWALES


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ABOUT URBAN GOATS                                     


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URBAN BEE KEEPING

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Meanwhile, home and business buildings reportedly consume 40 percent of the energy -  and represent 40 percent of the carbon emissions - in the United States. Experts say improving the efficiency of these buildings is one of the easiest, most immediate and most cost-effective ways to reduce carbon emissions and save money on energy bills while creating new jobs. Find out how you can retrofit, without a dent to the pocketbook, in this KATU report.


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