Tuesday, December 4, 2007

a green tree for the big apple.

It’s a (good) sign of the (better) times: New York City’s iconic Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has gone green.

For the first time, the giant Norway Spruce is using 30,000 energy-efficient LEDs (light-emitting diodes), strung on five miles of wire and powered by solar panels — saving a much electricity in a day as a family in a 2,000-square-foot home uses in a month!

Additionally, the tree was cut down by handsaw to minimize pollution, and once it’s done its time towering over ice skaters, will be cut into lumber to be used by Habitat for Humanity.

Want to make sure your Christmas tree is ever-green? Click through to www.grist.org/advice/ask/2007/11/19/index.html for tips on the most eco-friendly way to enjoy your Yule tree.

o< :)

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