KIVI-TV Today's 6 News: Boise Green Living
Boise Green Living: Green building expert in Boise
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A renowned expert on green buildings visits Boise.
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KIVI-TV Today's 6: Boise Green Living
Boise Green Living: Green Works Idaho
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You may have seen television ads airing on Today's 6 featuring helpful tips on how to go green in your daily life. The ads are part of a new Green Works Idaho campaign...
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Boise Green Living: Caldwell Recycling
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The city of Caldwell teams up with the College of Idaho to start a comprehensive recycling program.
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Boise Green Living: Flings Bins
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Barbeques in the park and backyard parties can leave behind a lot of trash. To make collection a lot easier, TrashCo Inc. has introduced Flings Bins...
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Boise Green Living: Student-built green home
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Students in the Boise School District build a LEED-certified home.
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Boise Green Living: Reusable Bag Demand Grows
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For some time now shoppers at Albertsons checkout lines have helped push forward a green grocery revolution in the Treasure Valley. New numbers show demand for reusable bags continues to grow at least at one chain and could be due in large part to promotional efforts...
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Boise Green Living: Green Websites
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New Year's resolutions are tough to keep. So just in time for the start of the year, Today's Channel 6 News Boise Green Living reporter & technology correspondent Michelle Stark has picked some of her favorite websites to help you stay on track with green goals in 2010...
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Boise Green Living: Computers for Kids
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It's a busy time at Computers for Kids this holiday season. The non-profit has partnered with the University of Phoenix for a "regifting" computer collection drive, hoping to pick up all the old computers folks will be tossing out after the holidays...
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Boise Green Living: Green Remodel
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A Treasure Valley man tries to prove that green home remodeling doesn't have to be expensive.
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Boise Green Living: Green Jobs
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Renewable energy in Idaho means more jobs headed to the state.
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Boise Green Living: Recyclable Gift Wrap
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Looking to save a little cash this holiday season? If the gift budget is tight – recyclable gift wrap might help make the season a little brighter...
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Boise Green Living: Energy Efficient TVs
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Idaho Power promotes the purchase of energy efficient televisions.
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Boise Green Living: Mobile Solar
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A solar panel, attached to the roof of an SUV, powers some electronic gadgets inside that same rig. Treasure Valley Solar's mobile solar system has a relatively simple set up. Take a closer look at the concept though and you'll find big implications for the future of green power...
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Boise Green Living: Green Medical Building
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A Meridian clinic becomes the first medical facility in Idaho to get LEED certification.
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Boise Green Living: The North Face store
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A Boise outdoor shop goes green in a big way.
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Boise Green Living: Energy Neutral Home
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It looks just like a normal construction site – a cement filled lot that will eventually become a Boise home. A closer look at Energy Neutral's project however, reveals plans for an ultra-efficient home that could influence how residences are built in the future...
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Boise Green Living: Sandless Refinishing
A Treasure Valley company offers a unique alternative to traditional wood refinishing.
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Boise Green Living: CRT Recycling
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One at a time, computer monitors are broken down inside a recycling warehouse, revealing cathode ray tubes. PC Recyclers of Idaho is doing the teardown to demonstrate why CRTs are considered an environmental hazard...
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KIVI-TV Today's 6 News: Boise Green Living
Boise Green Living: Geothermal Plaques
The city is using special plaques to celebrate the use of geothermal power.
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Boise Green Living: Christmas Light Exchange
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The holiday season has arrived at Home Depot. Decorations abound at the front of the Boise store and so does a big discount on LED lighting...
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Boise Green Living: Rocky Canyon Hot Springs
A battle is brewing over Rocky Canyon Hot Springs in the Boise National Forest.
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Boise Green Living: Blue Green Turf
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It's the most recognizable symbol of Boise State - a blue field that packs plenty of excitement for football fans each fall. It turns out though that Boise State's blue turf is actually pretty green...
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Boise Green Living: Idaho Power's Environmental Practices
Idaho Power looks to protect the natural world as the company harnesses energy from it.
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Boise Green Living: Second Chance Materials
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If you're looking for home remodeling supplies you might want to think Second Chance Building Materials Center - a shop that offers discounted goods and a green way to fix up your home...
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Boise Green Living: Segway Tours
A Boise company is offering eco-friendly downtown tours by Segway.
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Boise Green Living: Green Donations
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You might think a thrift store is just a place to shop for gently used clothes or some seasonal Halloween knick-knacks but it's also a place to go green...
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Boise Green Living: Green Paint
One Boise painter turns to green paint for all his jobs.
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Boise Green Living: Boise Bike Lockers
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Bicycle commuters have a new way to secure their two-wheeled rides in Downtown Boise. The Downtown Boise Association has spearheaded an effort to get bike lockers installed and those lockers can now be found in two downtown garages...
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Boise Green Living: The Wedg
A group of people wants to turn a section of downtown Boise into a "green-tech" corridor.
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Boise Green Living: Co-Mingled Recycling
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Meridian residents are about to have an easier time recycling, thanks to a new co-mingled recycling program starting Monday, October 5 th ...
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Boise Green Living: Green Preservation
A Treasure Valley company practices green living by preserving historic places.
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Boise Green Living: Re:Use Market
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In the back room of Downtown Nampa's White Pine Boutique, a woman shuffles through boxes containing scraps of colored leather. Another examines various papers stacked along one of the room's walls...
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Boise Green Living: A Green Tax Credit
A Boise company offers a way for customers to get a green tax credit.
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Boise Green Living: Green Dent Repair
This is the environmentally friendly way to get the dings and dents out of a car door.
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Boise Green Living: Green Taurus
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Ford Motor Company brought a big rig and a high-level executive all the way to Nampa, Idaho's Dan Wiebold dealership to unveil the company's newest model...
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Boise Green Living: Boise Riversweep
It's not hard to find a picturesque setting along the Boise River. But you may also find something that ruins it.
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Today's 6 News: Boise Green Living
Boise Green Living: New Power Metering
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It's a scene taking place in backyards all across the Treasure Valley. Workers with Idaho Power are taking down old power meters and replacing them with new ones. When it's done, it's unlikely a meter reader will ever have to step foot on your property again...
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Boise Green Living: Green Power Mowing
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Just a few weeks ago Alexis Hillman was out of work. Her dad was newly retired. Now the two spend long hours cutting green lawns, to make their "green" startup company a success...
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Boise Green Living: Teaming up for Greener Living
Meridian's new City Hall has been open for less than a year. The same rings true for Vengaworks, a flexible office space provider in Meridian. Both buildings are LEED certified and energy efficient. Because of that, Idaho Power has awarded thousands of dollars in energy credits.
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Boise Green Living: Natural Feeds
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The Feed Mill in Meridian is not the kind of mill you usually find now-a-days. The mill makes all natural feeds and has strict rules in place to prevent contamination...
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Boise Green Living: Uberstix
At first glance, a model sailboat skimming across a park pond is just that; a model sailboat. You can buy it and put it together. But with one particular sailboat, there's other work involved.
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Boise Green Living: Green Habitat
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Saws, hammers and a lot of hard work are slowly building two new townhomes on Nampa's North side. The homes are the latest to be built by Canyon County's Habitat for Humanity Chapter and according to the organization; they're a lot greener than you might think...
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Boise Green Living: Air Quality Commericials
Poor air quality is all too common in the Treasure Valley. It's annoying, unhealthy, and can also affect our economy.
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Boise Green Living: Green Hospitality
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Approach the counter of Nampa's Sleep Inn and you'll have a hard time missing the hotel's green approach to hospitality. Several signs greet those checking-in that describe how the hotel is committed to "green practices...
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Boise Green Living: Green Tooth
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Don Porterfield shows off some of the products offered by Green Tooth. What he sees still has the power to amaze even himself...
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Boise Green Living: Canyon Habitat's RESTORE
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Take a look inside the Canyon County Habitat for Humanity RESTORE and you'll find shelves stacked full of knobs, lamps, tools and even furniture - all items that might have ended up in a landfill...
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Boise Green Living: EcoHome Solutions
A Boise company looks to save you money by evaluating your home's total performance.
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Boise Green Living: REUSEUM
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David Gapen shows off a synthesizer he made from scratch. It's the kind of thing he builds all the time with old electronics that have been cast aside...
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Boise Green Living: Ideal Bite
A website introduces people to the concept of going "light" green.
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Boise Green Living: Green Home Display
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Giant panels are carried into Boise City Hall and stacked together, creating a walk-through, how-to guide for "green" home building...
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Boise Green Living: Polar bear expert brings knowledge to Idaho
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Polar bears have become a symbol of global warming's impact. Showing up on television in commercials for the World Wildlife Fund, in environmental protection ads...
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Boise Green Living: Kid's Green Art Contest
A children's art exhibit goes on display at this year's Idaho Green Expo.
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Boise Green Living: Boise's Stimulus Projects
Boise looks to "green" up its image with millions of dollars in federal stimulus money.
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Boise Green Living: Green Grilling
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It's a summertime staple, a 4 th of July tradition, but is a grill loaded up with goodies good or bad for the environment?
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Boise Green Living: The Green House
Boise Mayor Dave Bieter announces a new "green" business incubator in the downtown area.
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