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Meet Amy Wu, AG Writer

3/7/2022

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Amy Wu, Author

In January at a Zoom conference, I met Amy Wu, who is an award-winning writer and founded of Farms to Incubators for women's Ag and AgTech.

Amy's mission is to give a voice to women in food, farming, and agriculture technology. Prior to her mission she was an investigative reporter for media outlets such as Time magazine and the Wall Street Journal. So with women creating new technologies for better yields and more efficient growing procedures, Amy wrote a book profiling 30 women. Their successes and challenges are presented along with the diversity of perspective that women bring to agriculture.

Amy's overall goal is to help connect women in AgTech and inspire the next generation by telling the stories of today's trailblazers and pioneers in the different sectors of Agriculture Technology. Sharing the tangible solutions that assist all farmers to be more successful with producing food for the world is always a plus for living a sustainable life.

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Feel free to learn more by visiting the website From Farms to Incubators with this Link. Also the website's Home page can be seen below, as well as Amy's book.

When visiting the website spend some time watching the trailer to their award winning documentary From Farms to Incubators: Telling the stories of minority women entrepreneurs in agtech at the Salinas Valley and beyond.

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The book is available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
If anyone is interested in obtaining an autographed copy of Amy's book,
you can email her at [email protected].

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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Bill Lauto has Guest Spot on Dylan Welch's Podcast Going Green

5/29/2021

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Going Green Podcast

Dylan Welch is the host of Going Green's Podcast, television show and news platform that highlights climate change scientists, renewable energy experts, and clean tech entrepreneurs by giving them a voice in the mainstream media.

After a background in television production and over 1,000 shows on Networks such as ABC, NBC, CBS, and Amazon, Dylan started his own company with a focus on clean technology, renewable energy, and sustainability. Since then, Dylan has interviewed hundreds of scientists, CEOs, and experts in the renewable energy space, and has shared their stories to millions of people.

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Article on Going True Green and Bill Lauto

On Dylan Welch Media's website called Going Green, a feature article was posted on Going True Green's Bill Lauto. The following Link may be used to access the article called:

International Green Technology Advancements

Additionally, the Going Green Podcast with host Dylan Welch interviewing Bill Lauto of Going True Green can be heard below on our audio file...

Being interviewed by Dylan at Going Green was a great opportunity to share information and misinformation about living a more sustainable life. As a responsible individual we are the solution to a better tomorrow. By living a more "sustainable life" we will save Money, Health, Energy, and Earth without making any sacrifices! But we MUST work as a Team toward good Environmental Stewardship! I have no electric bill and what I have done is not rocket science. Facts, trade secrets and encouraging support, is what the world needs.The Blame game must end. We must stop looking for a solution from a politician, corporation, political party or celebrity and make the difference ourselves!

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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GTG's Blog Receives Best Sustainable Living Honor

3/3/2021

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This was an unexpected honor to receive notification that Going True Green's Blog is being featured by the ShamansMarket company as one of the 30 Best Sustainable Living Blogs for 2021.

Many thanks to the Shaman Market for their consideration of my Going True Green blog and placing us on their list of Best 30 Sustainable Living Blogs for 2021.

In part, the email we received from Natalie Green, Community Relations Manager stated:

Hi Bill,

Just wanted to give you a heads up that GoingTrueGreen.com has been featured in our recently published post: 30 Best Sustainable Living Blogs.

We found Going True Green to be a great resource on sustainability and wanted to thank you for sharing your expertise.
Congratulations and keep up the awesome work!

Best,
Natalie Green
Community Relations Manager

Everyone at Going True Green greatly appreciates the honor to be part of the 2021 list for the 30 Best Sustainable Living Blogs. We also recognize that a major contributing factor to receiving this acknowledgement is because of our followers and readers. I am happy to be able to provide useful details toward saving money, energy, health, and our environment, when living a more sustainable life without sacrifice. I graciously extend my sincere thanks to everyone at Shamans Market and our readers. Below is Shamans Market's write up on us. Click on image to enlarge. Thank you

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Top 100 Environmental Blogs

1/15/2020

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With the start of 2020, I am honored to share the news we just received about Going True Green's Blog being listed as one of the
TOP 100 ENVIRONMENTAL BLOGS by Feedspot.

In part, one of the two emails we received from Feedspot stated:

Hi Bill,

My name is Anuj Agarwal, I'm the Founder of Feedspot. I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog
Going True Green has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 100 Environment Blogs on the web.

I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 100 Environment Blogs on the internet and I'm honored to have you as part of this!

I am greatly honored and appreciative of being awarded placement on this list of Top 100 Environmental Blogs. I extend my sincere gratitude to Anuj and the Feedspot panelists for the time they afforded us. Thank you for the consideration of my Going True Green blog and placing us on your list of Top 100 Environmental Blogs.

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Posting Additional Look Backs

7/31/2019

Before I started GoingTrueGreen.com, I wrote code for websites on the World Wide Web in 1992. By 1995/96 I had the LightBulbHotLine website up and running to help people learn about the many new compact fluorescent light bulbs that were being sold since 1982. Eventually the LightBulb HotLine website became EnergyHotWire.com (EHW) and then I launched GoingTrueGreen.com (GTG) so they could work in tandem. Today, GTG is leading the way!

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First Website, 1995, Light Bulb Hotline

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Comic Relief On EHW Blog In 2007

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Kiplinger's April 1992

Over the years, before Blogs came about, I wrote articles or provided data for publications doing a section or column on energy savings. One such publication was in Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, April 1992. The first day Kiplinger's magazine hit the newsstands, I received 95 phone calls from around the country. The section was titled: Lights That Lighten Your Electric Bill.

I have always been writing and teaching facts about Energy Saving Light Bulbs, as well as many other energy saving and environmental topics over the decades. I started loading up my articles to EnergyHotwire.com before the Blogging format took off.

This summer I am posting several more of those "Yesteryear" articles from Newspapers, Magazines, my LightBulb Hotline website and EnergyHotwire.com to my GoingTrueGreen Blog. You can take a trip down memory lane by accessing these postings under the Category called: Yesteryear Articles & Blogs, found in the right hand column of this page. For the Kiplinger story, you may click on the date: April 1992 under Archives, also found in the right hand column. To see how I was doing with my energy bills in my first apartment for the year 1988, click on the date May 1989. You can even use the Archives to click on the date November 1972 to peruse my very first paper I wrote on our environment back in middle school. My first article for newspapers on the new energy saving fluorescent light bulbs will be the next Archived date of November 2, 1987.

I also finally added the Category: COMIC RELIEF which brings you back to early 2007 when I published 3 different comic strips on EnergyHotwire.com.
Use this LINK to start off your visit back in time with a laugh or two or three - Comic Relief.

Enjoy the "Look Back" - Thank you.

Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
Environmental Scientist
International Sustainability and Energy Consultant
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A Sample From 1990s

9/10/2016

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Consumer Reports Mag

Before Blogs, there were articles, columns, or a writer's corner, published in various types of media. This pre-Blog era was also prior to the start of any Energy Star or LEED certification program established by the government. Information was collected in person, eye to eye, and after being the Energy Advisor to the Earth Day Committee for New York City in 1990, I was contacted several times by various entities.

For example an EPA representative consulted with me as they researched starting up future energy saving programs. In 1992, I was interviewed by Consumer Report Magazine and provided them with data on energy saving light bulbs for their October issue on Efficient Light Bulbs and Dimmer Switches. The Associated Press picked up some of my articles on energy saving light bulbs and so did Newspapers such as the San Francisco Examiner to the Asheville Citizen Times.

Visiting the past always helps to make a better future. Here is a small sample of my work from the early 1990s.
The full write up, with additional images, is under this LINK.

Bill Lauto , GTG
Environmental Scientist
 International Sustainability and Energy Consultant 
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Going True Green Blog: Earth Day 1990

4/26/2013

Part two of two

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New York's City Hall

I arrived very early for the Press Conference. After being cleared by security I immediately set up the comparison light bulb display by the podium in the Blue Room of New York's City Hall. I had all my charts and numbers ready to answer any question from the Press. The room quickly filled up with reporters from around the country and the world.

Introductions were being done among the guests before the Mayor arrived, so I had my back toward the front when meeting various invited guests, such as myself. Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon and Mel Gibson were the celebs for the event. Mr. Reeve was formal and Ms. Sarandon was pleasant. I didn't get to meet Mr. Gibson because he was joking around with others up to the start of the Press Conference.

Now politics had already shut off the main goal for announcing saving energy at this Press Conference. The Earth Day committee presented the bulb changing project so City Hall could change the 60 watt inefficient incandescent candelabra bulbs to new 13 watt candelabra bulbs in each chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the Blue room. Unfortunately we were told every excuse as to why just changing some light bulbs couldn't be done. This bulb project wasn't in the budget, work orders would need to be filed or not enough time. Not enough time to change light bulbs? It was March, not the day before the conference! Contracts were involved, so I guess these old inefficient bulbs had a very good agent working for them. I am sure if Mayor Dinkins had been in-the-loop, the bulbs would have been changed and presented proudly.

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13 watt to replace 60 watt candelabra bulbs

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Chandelier

Nevertheless, that was water under the bridge and I wanted to focus on presenting short and to the point information about these new bulbs that very few knew about. When I turned around to go back up front at the start of the conference, I saw the light bulb display was moved to the side wall and I was now informed there wasn't enough room for me to stand with the Mayor, celebrities and other dignitaries. Yet, I was reassured that the Mayor would call me up to answer any question posed by the Press on energy saving lights.

None of the displays offering solutions were shown, no questions were posed and I didn't contribute anything. An expert witness that attended for teaching about how to save water, became so upset that just before the closing of the Press conference he pushed his display right in front of the podium. I can not remember if one piece of educational information was presented to help the general public. In the end, that was not the purpose of the conference. Introductions and Earth Day event announcements for around the city were made and that was the purpose. Lesson learned.

I will work hard to provide you with situations and solutions. I will not just put on a show. I am already receiving requests for solutions on certain topics. I hope to cover them all. Have a great, safe and green weekend.

Bill Lauto, GTG

Going True Green Blog: Earth Day 1990

4/25/2013

Part one of two

In late January, I was put in contact with Pamela Lippe, the Executive Director of the Earth Day events in New York City. The year was 1990, the 20th anniversary of Earth Day would occur in April. They needed someone to direct topic on saving energy and thus saving our environment. I volunteered and received approval to be the energy advisor to the Earth Day committee for NYC after my meeting with Pamela and staff, but promotions and most event plans were already completed. We needed some fast and effective energy saving tutorials by March.

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SL-18 Bulb

Over the next two months we set up several menus, some included demonstrating energy saving compact fluorescent bulbs. Yes, those energy saving fluorescent bulbs did not come out in the year 2002 when Home Centers and eventually Supermarkets started selling them regularly. The first energy, money and earth saving bulb (SL-18) had been around since 1982! Unfortunately, because of money making goals, twenty years had to go by before they became readily available at affordable prices. I fear the same will stand true for the new LED bulbs. BUT I digress...

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NYC Blue Room

Our most advantageous demonstration would be at former NYC Mayor Dinkins' Press Conference for Earth Day. There would be speeches, children, celebrities, and a comparison display of light bulbs with me as the expert witness to answer any question from the press. Nevertheless, the main goal was to have NYC demonstrate their own new energy saving bulbs in each chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the "Blue Room" of the Press Conference. What a show! What a lesson in politics... I will have the conclusion to this in my blog tomorrow.

Bill Lauto, GTG

Twelve Things To Do Before Christmas

11/30/2011

Holiday Press Release, December 2011

The truth about having a True Green Christmas for the 99% of us in 2011 is we can't. Nevertheless, we can take action toward a GREENER Christmas and feel good about doing so. Below are twelve things to do before Christmas to save money, energy, and our planet. Additional information and photos can be seen on our GoingTrueGreen.com Blog posts.

First Day: Buy cards made from Tree FREE Resources, such as hemp or make our own cards using recycled paper or recycled card stock. Reuse old envelopes and use environment friendly inks when writing out our cards or printing them.

Second Day: Go shopping for the holiday feast a different way. Walk! If we can’t walk to the food store, take a vehicle that gives us the best gas mileage. That might be a car, but public transportation is better. To facilitate shopping check out, use Reusable Cloth bags.

Third Day: When buying all that food we can save a great deal by not buying foods that must be shipped thousands of miles to get to us. Buy from local farmers who take pride in growing organic produce or sustainable meats. This will help our own local economy and help to reduce the carbon footprint just by shopping smarter.

Fourth Day: If we have yet to read the short story "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, please do. A simple gift from our heart is worth a million times more than a big electronic and noisy product that uses natural resources. The digital version of this book makes a great eco-friendly gift.

Fifth Day: Have a tree planted in a U.S. National Forest for a person who loves nature and the outdoors. This is another great eco-friendly gift.

Sixth Day: Call neighbors and ask them if they need anything from the post office or supermarket when making that trip. Perhaps we can even carpool with some of them and get to know them better, along with their traditions and customs.

Seventh Day: Donate our talents to local outreach programs that help save time, money, energy, and our planet.

Eighth Day: When buying commercial gifts, buy GREEN. A reusable mug or cup can help our environment and save energy by avoiding buying bottle water that is the worst. Learn how a reusable mug and distilled water can make a powerful difference at our GoingTrueGreen.com website and Blog postings under WATER.

Ninth Day: When wrapping those gifts reuse old wrapping paper, bags, and boxes from prior years.

Tenth Day: If we are putting lights up outside our house to whatever degree, use the new LED lights to save energy and money. Realized savings can be as high as 90%. Simple is better for most people, so also try to stay away from all those Blow-Up Decors that use fans and lights. We all need to remember the real reason for Christmas and keeping Christ in Christmas is easy after we see Jesus’ real face and full passion on the Shroud of Turin.

Eleventh Day: Remember the Three Rs: Reuse old holiday cards by tearing off the cover image and using them as gift name tags for next year. Thus Reducing the need to buy new name tags. Recycle the back half of the cards.

Twelfth Day: Visit us at GoingTrueGreen.com to learn so much more about saving Money, Energy, and our Environment.

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Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
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West 81st Street NYC With WINS NEWS

8/7/2010

Look at all the AC units in this one building!
Can you count how many AC units are installed in the WRONG location?
HINT: ONLY ONE (1) AC unit is installed in the best location for using the least amount of energy and having the Lowest electric cost.

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Okay, give up counting. AC units are mounted through the building's wall, in the windows and the photo was taken in early May.

Even more AC units will be installed within a few weeks as the days get hotter!

So if they are all wrong except for one... Which one is correct? See the close up photo below for the answers.

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Solar Power and Wind Up Radio

REMEMBER: COLD AIR DROPS

So the HIGHEST location is the BEST location for your "COOLED AIR" to ENTER your room.
Let it be through a Vent or from a Window unit mounted in the window or through a wall, the fact remains: Higher up in the top half of the window or by the top of your wall is best and since AC units come with REMOTE CONTROLS... NO PROBLEM !

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We hope this educational information is helpful to the people and maintenance office of this building and everyone else in our country.

Because each air conditioner installed wrong is wasting America energy and costing Americans money.

Every AC unit in this building should be mounted in the top half of the windows. Not the bottom of the windows and Never below the window through the walls!

Yet even today, new buildings are designed with below the window openings in the walls for AC units.

Is common sense dead in this country?

The government isn't teaching us this, nor are the Utility Companies.

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Bill Lauto, at GoingTrueGreen.com
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