The latest news & tips
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Kansas Living Magazine features Energy Green Grandpa (and Grandma) in new online article!
This week, the 60+ year environmental education career of Dr. George Potts (a.k.a “Energy Green Grandpa”) was featured in Kansas Living, an online magazine published in affiliation with Kansas Farm Bureau. Reported and written by Sheridan Wimmer, the article, entitled “Energy Green Grandpa shares energy tips on YouTube“, traces Dr. Potts’ long career as a…
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How to keep energy “vampires” from running up your electricity bill
In this episode of Energy Green Grandpa, Dr. George Potts shows how you can set up a power strip to help regulate the “vampires” that can accidentally increase your energy bill. Energy saving tips: Phantom power loads • 3 Easy Tips to Reduce Your Standby Power Loads (Energy.gov) • Power strips (Lowe’s)
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How motion-sensor lights can help you save energy
In this episode of Energy Green Grandpa, Dr. George Potts shows how you can use timed motion sensors to turn off your lights and help you save energy, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint. • The Best Motion Sensor Light Switches (from Bob Vila) • Motion Sensors Light Guide (Reviews.org) •Motion-sensor lights (Lowe’s) •Motion-sensor…
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Why LED lightbulbs are better than incandescent or compact fluorescent ones
In today’s video, Energy Green Grandpa talks about how LED lightbulbs are better than incandescent or compact fluorescent lightbulbs when it comes to saving energy, saving money, and reducing your carbon footprint. LED Light Bulbs 101 How to Use LED Lighting •LED light bulbs (Lowe’s)
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Save money, save energy, and reduce your carbon footprint: An introduction
Welcome to Energy Green Grandpa, where over the next several months Dr. George Potts (aka “Energy Green Grandpa”) will share videos, tips, and links for how you can save energy, save money, and reduce your carbon footprint. Each blog post will contain the latest Energy Green Grandpa video, as well as useful links related to…
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Alice Potts receives the Kansas Wildlife Federation’s 1994 Wildlife Conservationist award
Note: This commendation accompanied the Kansas Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife Conservationist award to Alice Potts in 1994. Alice Potts has involved herself in Environmental/Conservation Education for nearly twenty years. She has been trained in numerous environmental education work-shops, including Investigating Your Environment (KACEE Workshop), Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, and Project Wild Aquatic. She has modified many…
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George Potts is named the Kansas Wildlife Federation’s 1993 Conservationist of the Year
Note: This commendation accompanied the Kansas Wildlife Federation’s Conservationist of the Year award to Dr. George Potts in 1993. Dr. George Potts’ strong, positive and long-lasting contribution to environmental education and conservation of our natural resources has spanned many years and involved many people. Since this native Kansan received his B.S. degree in Biology in…