September 2009
4 posts
Books to Read in Greener Times →
Originally posted at AlterNet
Some say print books are passé, but I still like curling up on the couch with a mind-expanding read. Here are my top picks for ecological and sustainable reading.
EPA blocks permit for giant mountaintop removal... →
by Brad Johnson via Think Progress
In a letter issued last week, the Environmental Protection Agency “moved toward revoking the largest mountaintop-removal permit in West…
Europe Bans Incandescents: Fallout Begins →
Written by Hank Green via EcoGeek
Europe has officially begun it’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, a ban that promises to save some $7 Billion a year in energy costs. Stores are…
Estuary Power? Mixing Salt and Fresh Water = Clean... →
by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada via treehugger
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August 2009
10 posts
Top 10 Green Stories – Time Magazine’s and... →
by Annie via GreenChiCafe
Time magazine has an interesting list of the top 10 green stories for 2008. I liked re-reading them this morning. I can’t retrace quite how I…
Happy 150th, Oil! So Long, and Thanks for Modern... →
By Alexis Madrigal via Wired Science
One hundred and fifty years ago on Aug. 27, Colonel Edwin L. Drake sunk the very first well that produced flowing petroleum.
The discovery that…
Tiny bicycle-towed house is self-sufficient →
by Charlie White via DVICE
Why tow around a bus-sized motorhome when you can create a 100-pound trailer that has nearly everything you need? Meet a guy named Paul, creator of this…
Carbon Negative Hemp Walls are 7x Stronger than... →
by Daniel Flahiff via Inhabitat
Buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S., according to the U.S. Green Building Council, and demand for …
GOOD’s video contest around world-changing... →
by David Pescovitz via boingboing
Our pals at GOOD are hosting a fun video contest asking “artists, inventors, and thinkers one simple question: “If there werent…
Idealab rebounds with recent focus on clean... →
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Idealab’s Bill Gross is reflected in a solar tracking mirror on the firm’s rooftop in Pasadena. His ESolar opens an innovative energy facility today in Lancaster.
Nature Find Gets You Outdoors And into Nature →
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India sets out ambitious solar power plan to be... →
by Maseeh Rahman in New Delhi via Guardian.co.uk
India has decided to push ahead with a vastly ambitious plan to tap the power of the sun to generate clean electricity, and after…
Garbage and Poop for Energy →
Gather ’round, dear readers, and I’ll tell you a little story that stinks. Even though it is filled with disagreeable smells, I think it will please you, especially if you’re among those folks who…
Glass leaf ’sweats’ to generate electricity →
by Colin Barras via NewScientist
Artificial photosynthesis has yet to be cracked, but electrical engineers in the US think that synthetic leaves could be used to generate electricity in a…
June 2009
6 posts
Hydrogen Fuel Tanks Made from Chicken Feathers... →
By Bryan Nelson via CleanTechnica
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Newly Uncovered Enzymes Turn Corn Plant Waste into... →
By Steven Ashley via Scientific American
“Visualize three tons of moldy bread.” It’s not the most appealing image, perhaps, but it’s a description of the moist mound of growth…
Study: Toxins found in scents →
By Sandi Doughton via AJC.com The fumes that waft from top-selling air fresheners and laundry products contain dozens of chemicals, including several classified as toxic or hazardous, says…
Top 25 Green Energy Leaders: →
By Katherine Harmon via Scientific American
It is no longer enough to just conserve energy. More and more corporations, government agencies and entire cities are making large, long-term…
Drinking Water From Air Humidity →
via ScienceDailey
Not a plant to be seen, the desert ground is too dry. But the air contains water, and research scientists have found a way of obtaining drinking water from air humidity. The…
Grey Water Recycling →
By EHUD ZION WALDOKS via jpost
Grey water has one-third to half the contamination of black water, which is from…
May 2009
17 posts
Car-less School Days →
About three years ago I helped jump start the Alternative Commuter Fund Drive (ACPD) at the school I teach at. The ACPD is a simple idea to move further in the direction as a school in leaving less…
Carbon Footprint of US Junk Mail Equivalent to... →
by Alan Velasco via Matador Change
Feature photo by Oran Viriyincy. Photo above by Claire L. Evans
Ever wonder how many trees are cut down just so you can get more junk mail in…
Tibet’s Prayer Wheels Could Generate Both Positive... →
by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California via TreeHugger
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Image via Inhabitat
Tibet’s prayer wheels are used to…
220MPH Solar-Powered Bullet Train on Arizona... →
by Jorge Chapa
In German Suburb, Life Goes On Without Cars →
by Martin Specht for The New York Times
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Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new…
Google got goats →
By Siel Ju via ENN
Photo: Eric Richardson/Flickr
As environmentalism hits the mainstream, gas-guzzling lawnmowers are giving way to — goats. The latest goat-getter is…
Organic Products Market Grows to $24.6 Billion →
By Dan Shapley via The Daily Green
Sales of organic products were up 17% in 2008, reaching $25.6 billion despite the recession that began in the last quarter of the year, the Organic Trade…
Sicilian Mafia muscles in on renewable energy →
Prosecutors are investigating claims that the Mafia has gone green in an attempt to profit from lucrative subsidies for renewable energy schemes
By Tim Edwards
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Stimulus Money To Kick Start Retrofits in Portland →
By Roger Valdez via WorldChanging
The Clean Energy Fund targets 500 energy efficient retrofits by 2010.
We’ve been writing about some of the ways that federal stimulus funding has been
Green My PC Facebook App Tallies Its Energy... →
by Jaymi Heimbuch via TreeHugger
In March we talked about Green My PC, a Facebook app that had some potential for saving energy by automatically setting your PC’s power options for better…
Eco-friendly Clayton iHouse on sale, coming to a... →
by Laura June via Engaget
Clayton Homes, a US-based company which makes and sells manufactured (prefab) homes, is getting in on the i-naming game with their latest bit of…
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Green Bacteria: Solar Power of the Future? →
via ScienceDaily
An international team of scientists has determined the structure of the chlorophyll molecules in green bacteria that are responsible for harvesting light energy. The team’s…
Congress To Stop Using Coal In Power Plant →
By JIM ABRAMS |via The Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — The 99-year-old Capitol Power Plant, which provides steam for heat and hot water in congressional…
A Potential Breakthrough In Harnessing the Sun’s... →
by david biello via Yale Environment 360
In the high desert of southern Spain, not far from Granada, the Mediterranean sun bounces off large arrays of precisely curved mirrors that cover an…
African Banana Crop Waste Used for Fuel →
by Lori Brown via Earth911
Fried, raw, baked or even distilled into beer or wine, bananas are a staple in the East African country of Rwanda, where approximately two million tons of the…
Antibacterial Soap Won’t Protect You from Swine... →
by Gina Solomon Senior Scientist via The Daily Green
It’s amazing how confusing it can be when a new disease emerges, and advice starts flying around. One thing that I want to nip in the bud…
April 2009
39 posts
84% Reduction in Jet Fuel Carbon Emissions... →
by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY via TreeHugger
photo: Wikipedia
Test flights earlier in 2009 by Japan Airlines and Continental Airlines showed that biofuels were more efficient…
Energy Use in Buildings Can Be Cut by 60 Percent,... →
By Scott Edward Anderson via the Green Skeptic
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced the results of a study that shows how energy use in buildings…
What really goes into that carbon footprint? (Q&A) →
by Candace Lombardi via CNET
Sustainability may be all the rage but, as the song says, it’s not easy being green.
Without widespread standards, companies are struggling with how to…
Washington forum draws worst greenhouse polluters →
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent via Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diplomats from the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters including the United States, China and India are…
Snackwell’s effect on Energy Usage →
By —Daniel DiClerico via ConsumerReports
What it means. Studies have pointed to a phenomenon in which some folks who buy lower-calorie foods actually consume more calories than they would by…
Gore, Gingrich face off on global warming bill →
Via the AP and MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Al Gore and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich were facing off Friday before lawmakers, each on opposite sides of…
Industry Ignored Its Scientists on Climate →
Andrew C. Revkin via the NewYorkTimes
“The role of greenhouse gases in climate change is not well understood,” the coalition…
A “Hormone-Free” Milk Labeling Victory →
By Dan Shapley via theDailyGreen
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is standing up for consumers’ right to know in a big way.
She has repelled the latest attempt by the agrichemical industry to…
Electric Car Reality Check →
BY BRADLEY BERMAN via HYBRIDCARS.COM
Every day, it seems another auto company is promising an all-electric car in the next couple of years.
I’m thrilled at the opportunity to zip…
Drop Seed Bombs this Earth Day! →
Today we scoured the play yard for clay based soil and added the clay to a mix of topsoil sprinkled over with a combination of seed. We left them to dry over night for a mission tomorrow to drop…
9 Electric Cars: 100 Years Old or More →
Written by Jake Richardson via Gas 2.0
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Take Calculated Steps to Reduce Your Footprint →
Human Connection Blog
You’ve probably read tons of tips about living lighter on the planet, but have you ever taken the time to calculate your ecological footprint — the amount of land, water and…
Cold Fusion Warming Up Again? (60 Minutes) →
Via CBS 60 Minutes
When first presented in 1989 cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science. But, as Scott Pelley reports, there’s renewed buzz among scientists that cold fusion could…