Conserv-A-Store wholeheartedly supports the construction of the Sun Rail regional transportation system in metro Orlando area. For Orlando to have first gotten the taste of rail via the Walt Disney World monorail in the 70’s we central Floridians are all … Continued
Since we’ve purchased Chico bags before and had a pleasant experience with them we found this article to be of interest. It’s basically an Old Economy vs New Economy story isn’t it. The Old Economy as envisioned by Bush and … Continued
Here’s the Conserv-A-Store Green Investing Report for the week ended June 10th 2011 Of course the US stock market has been battered recently and our little portfolio is not immune Currently only the New Alternatives Fund and the FAN Global … Continued
What’s the Recycle Bank? RecycleBank is a company with offices in New York City and Philadelphia focused on recycling rewards. It does this by measuring the amount of material each home recycles then issuing RecycleBank Points based on the amount … Continued
Solar farms are sprouting in Florida-guess better late than never. Here’s an Orlando Sentinel article of a proposed solar PV farm in a central Florida county about 30 mins from Orlando A Lake County pasture where cows now graze could … Continued
Here’s the Green Investments Report roundup for the week ending 5/27/11 There was a report by shorting trader extraordinaire Jim Chanos this week that shorting clean tech stocks is a smart move since renewable energy incentives are to be lessened … Continued
Water water everywhere-yes that is Florida but drinkable water is most easily gotten from the subterranean stream the Floridian aquifer. Prob is that the humans are drinking the aquifer dry so now the humans with their mindless appetite are looking … Continued
Here’s a sad report from the Orlando Business Journal about the continued loss of your tree cover The South is expected to lose 23 million acres of forests over the next 50 years due to urbanization, weather patterns, land ownership … Continued
We are tickled about the increasing press and interest in the coming horde of Electric Vehicles (EV’s) to be released in the next few years. Germany just made a claim to try and reach 1 million EV’s on the German … Continued
Recently we added Real Goods Solar and Gaiam to the list of investments. These are long standing green companies both in America. Real Goods is largely a designer and installer of solar systems but they also have a green goods … Continued
