Explore the Possibilities of Small Solar Power for Your Home
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| Calculate Your Carbon Footprint and Step Toward Change |
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 How does your carbon output compare with the rest of the world? You can test most aspects of your lifestyle --including work, travel and home --with EarthLab`s carbon calculator. Click on the link to the left and take the test to learn the size of your footprint.
There are many different ways to calculate your environmental impact. Read here to see if you make the grade with this chart created by HEC. |
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| Help Indiana Secure A Strong, Clean Energy Policy: Help Us Pass a Renewable Electricity Standard in 2009 |
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 A Renewable Electricity Standard, a requirement on utilities to buy an increasing portion of their power from renewable resources, has proven to be the most powerful way to accelerate the development of a renewable energy sector all across the country. Indiana and Michigan are the only states in the Midwest which have failed to pass an RES, though Michigan`s governor strongly backs one. Learn more about this issue, take a stand, and help us get this passed in 2009! |
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| Take Our Survey - Let Us Know How We Can Better Serve! |
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| The Hoosier Environmental Council is growing and changing -- to become even better! Please take a few moments to voice your opinion. You may win a prize and HEC will become smarter. Click here to help HEC. |
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| Protect Your Family and the Environment |
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 There are chemicals everywhere around us: in our household cleaners, our bug spray, our produce and our water. Many of these have documented health effects, especially in children, ranging from mild to severe. Learn how to be aware of the chemicals in your home and how to better protect your family in HEC`s new informational brief: Home, Health and Environment. |
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| Apply for our New Position: Marketing Associate |
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| The Hoosier Environmental Council is looking for a talented, energetic individual to join our team as a Marketing Associate. This position is ideally suited for someone with broad knowledge of environmental issues, and a strong background in marketing, event planning, media outreach and public relations. Find out more here. |
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Explore The Wabash River`s New Course of Flow
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 Because of the recent flooding, the Wabash River has created a new channel. This section of the River in Posey County used to be a meandering loop, but has become a straighter channel flowing into the Ohio River. For more information see this report on The Indiana Waterways website or read this article in the Evansville Courier Press. |
| photo by: Connie Thompson |
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| Read "Forging a New Vision for Indiana`s Transportation Future" |
| HEC`s Executive Director Jesse Kharbanda writes on Indiana`s proposed multi-billion highway construction project and the Governor`s transportation plan. Go to the Indianapolis Star OpEd here. |
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| Decrease Your Oil Consumption and Pollution Output: Take Reusable Shopping Bags when Going to the Store |
 When you go shopping, bring a canvas or other durable bag with you. Some countries have already enacted a ban against the use of disposable plastic shopping bags. Plastic bags are made from crude oil, thus increasing oil dependence. Also, litter and chemical pollutants result from the disposal of plastic bags. Learn more about these current bans and the problem of plastic bags through this slide show from the Pocono Record. |
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| All Online Donations Now Being Matched by Two Foundations |
Now through 2012, th e McKinney Family Foundation will match all online donations made to the Hoosier Environmental Council Fou ndation (HECF). Also, through September 14, 2008, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation will match all online donations made to both HEC and HECF. This Foundation is a project of musician Jack Johnson and All At Once. |
