Category Archives: Friday Footprint

Friday Footprint: Flush With Less Water

April 6, 2007 – 9:13 am

What goes in must come out. Going to the bathroom is a part of our everyday lives and that means we are less likely to think about how doing the do effects the environment. Each time we flush the toilet, we’re using quite a bit of water to rinse away our bodily waste. In fact, [...]

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Friday Footprint: Eat Less Beef

March 30, 2007 – 6:28 pm

One of the things I love about life is food. Just like some have a love for sweet chocolate, I have a love for a good home-cooked meal. Eating is something that all of us do, but how often to we stop to think about our food’s impact on the environment. Specifically, I would like [...]

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Green Friday: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

March 16, 2007 – 6:36 pm

For PBriscoe.com’s first Green Friday [renamed Friday Footprint] it seems suitable to start with one of the easiest, yet most effective, ways of reducing your global footprint. Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (or CFLs) use about 25% of the energy needed to power a regular incandescent light bulb. They cost a little bit more initially, but [...]

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Green Fridays at PBriscoe.com

March 16, 2007 – 4:42 pm

You’ve heard of Black Friday, but have you heard of Green Friday? Here at PBriscoe.com I like to stay as Green (environmentally friendly) as possible. It is scientifically irrefutable that we are facing a severe global warming problem. If you remember a couple months ago, this problem is so bad that it was a contributing [...]

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