Read the rest of 6 Vegetarian And Vegan Snack Alternatives For Super Bowl Sunday

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: 7-layer dip, appetizers, carnitas, dairy free, finger foods, football, gluten free, healthy snacks, jalapeno poppers, Meatless, nfl, party, party planning, potato skins, pretzels, seitan, snacks, spicy chickpeas, Sports, super bowl, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes

With the number of athletes and fans traveling to a gigantic stadium filled with bright lights, epic half-time shows, and enough confetti to carpet a billion hamster cages, the Super Bowl is not what one would first think of as a “green event.” However, one of our nation’s biggest cultural events may have an environmentally-friendly side after all. In addition to efforts made by the promoters to offset carbon emissions through various eco-friendly projects, the behavior of the fans themselves could be working towards reducing the overall amount of energy used during the big game. Research by the consulting firm, Opower comparing the electricity use of 145,000 households during last year’s Super Bowl with other winter Sundays found that power use was reduced by as much as  7.7 percent, depending on location.

Read the rest of How the Super Bowl Causes a Drop in Household Energy Use

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: big game, carbon offsets, Consumption, east, Electricity, emissions, game, Green Appliances, households, opower, social, sunday, super bowl, tv pooling, west

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: "wind power", 7 ways the superbowl is going green, composting, eco superbowl, football, green super bowl, green superbowl, indianapolis, inhabitat-news, nfl, recycling, Sports, super bowl, superbowl, superbowl 2012, superbowl going green, superbowl recycling, superbowl xlvi, sustainable superbowl

While Giants fans have been rabble-rousing Tom Brady over the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI, environmentalists are giving the Patriots quarterback and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen the stink eye for a different reason – their brand new, 22,000 sq. ft. mega mansion in Brentwood, CA. The celebrity couple recently moved into the $20 million home with their young son, and one has to ask why a two and a half person family needs such a ginormous space (if you do the calculations, that’s about 7,333 sq. ft. per person). Bundchen, who is known for her eco-activism, rebutted people who questioned how such a McMansion could be called eco by touting its sustainable features such as solar panels on the roof and rainwater recovery systems, but we wonder if that’s enough to call the ginormous home green.

Read the rest of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen Claim Their Brand New 22,000 Sq Ft Mega Mansion is Green

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: brady bundchen mansion, eco design, eli manning, giants, gisele bundchen, gisele bundchen mansion, green design, new england patriots, ny giants, patriots brady, super bowl, super bowl 46, Super Bowl XLVI, sustainable design, tom brady, Tom Brady Gisele Mansion, tom brady home, tom brady mansion, tom brady's mansion