Archive for April, 2010
Charity & Community, News»
By Brooke, April 14, 2010, Charity & Community, News
Now that Easter has come and gone (and hopefully you’ve come down off the Easter candy rush), you may be looking for something new and fun to do. On Friday, April 16, 2010, St. Luke's Day School is having an "Up, Up & Away Soiree” and Bounce Energy is excited to support this festive event! While enjoying the company of friends, family and teachers, you’ll be able to participate in silent and live auctions and enjoy delicious food donate [...]
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Green, Special Offers»
By energy_linguist, , Green, Special Offers
Two Texas electricity providers that offer renewable energy plans. Two providers that take great pride in customer satisfaction. What truly sets Bounce Energy and Green Mountain apart may be the devil in the details, so I've decided to dive a bit deeper and provide additional insight into the primary differences between Bounce Energy and other Texas electric providers.
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12-Month Fixed Rate Plans
Green Mountain's Po [...]
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News, Save Money, Special Offers»
By bouncey, April 13, 2010, News, Save Money, Special Offers
There's been a lot of activity recently over at Bounce Energy's money savings blog, FrugalBabble. We launched FrugalBabble back in January in an effort to provide customers (or anyone else, honestly) with ways to save money beyond switching to Bounce Energy.
Here's a list of the 10 Most Popular Posts:
Cheap Eats in Houston
Quick Cash: Your Guide to Selling Your Clothes
Couponism
5 Tips for Affordable Furniture Shopping That Doesn [...]
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Green»
By Julianne, April 12, 2010, Green
On April 22, Earth Day will celebrate its 40th Anniversary. It’s time to think of what you can be doing to help off-set your carbon footprint and make the world a little bit greener.
To help bring people together, the Earth Day Network has launched its “Billion Acts of Green” program. The goal of the campaign is to accumulate the many environmental commitments that individuals and organizations make each year. This shows that there are [...]
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Energy Efficiency, Green, News»
By Vernon T., April 9, 2010, Energy Efficiency, Green, News
Proponents of Texas wind power now have a real holiday to celebrate.
On February 28, 2010, with wind speeds peaking at 47 miles an hour, wind turbines in West Texas cranked out a record 6,242 megawatts of Texas electricity. At 1 pm, 22% of all consumed electricity in the Texas electrical grid was coming from wind power.
Peter Behr's Climate Wire article, "Is Texas Writing the Book on Wind Power?" appeared in the New York Times. It shows [...]
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News»
By Eliza, April 7, 2010, News
For as long as I can remember, everyone was caught up in this “Going Green” campaign. But when I reflected the other day I thought to myself, “Wait a minute, why are we (US) going green?” So as I usually do with most things I need to learn more about, I went to the source, GOOGLE. I began to read about the different issues and how it is affecting our planet and us as species who call it home.
The site I was on was very helpful, run by [...]
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Green»
By Brooke, April 5, 2010, Green
Going green. It's all over the TV, newspapers, magazines, etc. - you name it and it probably has something about it. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great to want to help the environment, but it seems that most of what I hear on how to help seems to be on a larger scale. So it got me thinking, what could I do as a parent to help the environment? Well, I discovered some simple green parenting tips to follow, which can help save the environment, i [...]
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Charity & Community»
By Brooke, April 2, 2010, Charity & Community
Dallas/Ft. Worth Area
Community Easter Celebration at the Courtyard Theater
On Saturday, April 3, there will be an Easter Celebration at the Courtyard Theater in Plano, Texas from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. There will be Easter egg hunts, scavenger hunts, a puppet show, clowns, games and free hot-dogs to the first fifty kids who register. For more details call 972-941-5600.
Texas Sized Egg Hunt at the Stockyards
Kids (12 and under) grab your E [...]
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Charity & Community»
By Brooke, April 1, 2010, Charity & Community
With Easter quickly approaching, it may leave some families in search of something fun to do for the whole family. Or maybe you have some family coming in and aren't exactly sure what do while they are here. Well, here are some ideas to get everyone in the Easter mood.
Houston Area
Easter in the Gardens
On Sunday, April 4, 2010, Moody Gardens is bringing Easter to life with a fabulous Easter buffet at the Garden Restaurant and Moody Garden [...]
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