Google has announced that they will be using goats to mow the lawn in their sprawling campus, seriously!

According to their blog, about 200 goats will arrive at their campus and will spend about a week there eating their way through. In order to help corral them, a border collie will be used. They are calling this a low carbon approach because there won’t be any gasoline and noisy lawn mowers. An added benefit to this endeavor is that the goats will be fertilizing as they go along through their week long buffet.

I have to say its a great idea. Funny, but otherwise a great idea.

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If you’re planning to build it from the ground up, somewhere around the vicinity of Php 7M ($155k, $1=P45). Engr. Nestor Archival of Cebu put up a two storey 400sqm house on a 7,000 sqm property which uses biogas, solar and wind energy to power their electrical needs. And you can’t say that the house is spartan because along with working electricity it also has a swimming pool at the back.

Inspired by his work as chair of Cebu City’s committee on environment, he decided to redesign the original plans of the house he was planning to build so that he could contribute to making the world a better place. With a household of 8 people he spends just around P1,500 a month for their electrical needs.
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The Grocery store I shop in doesn’t offer a green bag like another popular grocery here. But unbeknown to them they had long been in the “Green” company club by offering consumers the option of having their groceries boxed instead of using plastic bags. The boxes used are the old boxes that their goods are stored in when it gets delivered to them by their suppliers.
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