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Clea Danaan's Intuitive Gardening Blog | November 21st 2009 by Clea Danaan
Ecologists are discovering that when wetland areas are restored, having been used for nearly 100 years for agricultural purposes, that the land bounces back amazingly quickly. While some native species are reintroduced, many spring back to life on th read more
SABA Motors Vision: an Exotic Electric Sports Car for the Masses
Triple Pundit | November 20th 2009
Ever since I was a kid, when my father used give me Matchbox cars he bought on his way home from work, I’ve been crazy about cars. So I was extremely excited to have the opportunity to speak with Simon Saba of Saba Motors, whose EV vision is so read more
Drop the Green Buzzwords
Oster Green | November 20th 2009 by Bev Oster
A recent study found that many popular buzzwords that marketers use when talking about being green are actually quite confusing to consumers.Avoiding terms such as environmental, going green, and sustainability and focusing on talking to consumers a read more
Antec to hold sustainable technology forums
plastic industry article and news | November 20th 2009 by shailesh
Three new technology forums at next year's Antec conference will explore ways to improve the environmental sustainability of plastics. The half-day forums will begin at 1:30 pm on three successive days of the May 16-20 conference in Orlando, Fla: On. read more
European Paper Industry Cuts CO2 Emissions by 42% since 1990
Clean Energy Leader | November 20th 2009
The European paper industry has reduced CO2 emissions per ton of paper produced by 42 percent since 1990, according to the Confederation of European Paper Industries’ (CEPI) fourth Sustainability Report (PDF). The paper industry was the only in read more
Sustainable Minimalist House Design by Johnston Architects
Modern Architecture Design | November 20th 2009 by irul sastra
As mountain guides, Scott Schell and Margaret Wheeler are used to the upper reaches of the Cascades. Their site in the foothills above Snoqualmie is not far from work. The house, designed by Johnston Architects PLLC and built by Tall Tree Constructio read more
Understanding China’s Position on Climate Change, and Repositio…
The Energy Collective | November 20th 2009 by Mark Lazen
Regardless of whether you believe COP15 still has hope, or is a predetermined failure, the fact is that in about 3 weeks a large number of scientists, environmentalists, policy makers, and cleantech... read more
Is Gas the Latest Cargo for PNG?
theangle.org | November 19th 2009 by Rich Bowden
LNG Plant, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Damian Baker By Damian Baker: The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project is the biggest of its type in the history of PNG. Oil was found in the southern highlands 20 years ago but gas has emerged as the energy hop read more
Sustainability of ethanol production from sugarcane
Green energy | November 19th 2009 by Dr J D Bapat
A study conducted by Pereira and Enrique [1] has assessed the sustainability of ethanol produced from sugarcane and examined the environmental feasibility of a large-scale production through the use of: fossil fuel embodied energy and emergy assessm read more
Altus Air Force Base is Flying High on New Green Award
Cooler Choice | November 19th 2009 by cooler choice
Off they go into the wild green yonder: the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma has just earned the top “Green” rating from the Air Force’s Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health compliance program. Th read more
Water Bottle Purifies as You Drink!
A Distinctive World | November 19th 2009 by denise
While over a billion people live without clean water, the world is drowning in the waste of millions of water bottles. The Hydros Bottle could provide a simple solution. read more
Going Green and the Solar Energy Movement
The King's Green Pad | November 19th 2009 by Mike Ferber
EFCL GREEN CHALLENGE Presents: Gordon Howell, Solar Energy Expert “Going Green and the Solar Energy Movement” We invite the general public to join us in an informative and entertaining evening at Riverdale Hall which has alread read more
For the beauty of the earth
Cluttercut | November 19th 2009 by Daharja
"The earth is my mother, my home, my life, my bliss, my joy, my heart, my rest, my soul. If it dies, I will die too." As I look out of my window, it is the brightest, most beautiful morning you could possibly imagine. The sky is a brilliant blue, and read more
Housing Starts Decline: Exactly As They Should Be
Intercon | November 19th 2009 by T. Caine
Yesterday the Commerce Department released that housing starts in the U.S. had dropped 10.6% in the month of October from the previous month. Cast in a predictably negative light, the markets responded with downward movement due to rising fears of a read more
Flash in the Pantry: 8 Ways to Make Storing Less Boring!
Ecosalon.com | November 19th 2009 by Mike Sowden
Who says the pantry has to be a catch-all black hole for prolonging that shelf life? That’s what high school lockers are for! It’s time to take stock in our most commonly used household storage nook, and make it as inviting as a vintage read more
2nd Annual Florida-China Business Summit
Florida Small Business | November 19th 2009 by Robert Rogers
Dow Chemical to Convert CO2 to Ethanol with Algae
Melodies in Marketing | November 19th 2009 by Mario Vellandi
[Video Link for Email/Other Subscribers] “The Dow Chemical Company plans to work with Algenol Biofuels, Inc. to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will convert CO2 into ethanol. This is one of many examples read more
Michael Pollan of UC Berkeley and author of The Omnivore’s Dile…
Circle of Food | November 18th 2009 by Circle of Food
It’s long, and bit technical if you’re new to this topic (and I could have skipped the introduction of Michael Pollan at the start), but this talk about food sustainability by Michael... >>> Enjoy this appetizer. Hungry for the full cour read more
Our Petrochemical Romance
theangle.org | November 18th 2009 by Rich Bowden
Oil Exploration, Oklahoma Style. Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, OK. Credit FreeWine/flickr By Michael Hodgkin: Yes, the official global oil predictions are rubbish; we all knew that, even the new predictions are most likely rubbish too! Our current oil read more
Where’s You’re Meat Coming From? Niman Ranch Knows
The Little Green Ninja | November 18th 2009 by Tracy
If you’ve ever wondered where the pork chop on your plate or that steak on the grill came from, I’m hoping it came from the farmers of Niman Ranch. Starting out in the early 1970’s as a small 11 acre operation just north of San Fran read more
BIO für alle – Wenn Du willst, ist es kein Traum!
sustainable lifestyle through easy choices | November 18th 2009 by Martin
Wie oft bekommt man dieses Totschlagargument um die Ohren geschleudert: “BIO können sich nur Priviligierte leisten, die auch das Geld dafür haben” Und als Sahnehäubchen oben drauf kommt dann die Pauke: “Wenn alle BIO kaufen wür read more
EPA Opens Green Homes Website As Resource For Home Buyers and Pro…
Lexington Urban Blog | November 18th 2009 by Scott Schaefer
Home owners, buyers and renters have a new resource for going green indoors and out. The EPA’s new Green Homes Website will help people make their homes greener with tips on reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints, waste generatio read more
A different reason for this recession
Jeev's Management Bytes | November 18th 2009 by divyajeevan sahoo
Why are we in a recession? An NBER paper by Ravi Jagannathan, Mudit Kapoor, Ernst Schaumburg.In quotes:"Arguing against conventional wisdom about the causes of the recession, the authors say that the inability of existing financial and legal ins read more
Money over Sustainability
FabianPattberg.com - Exploring Sustainability, CSR and Socia… | November 18th 2009 by Fabian Pattberg
The question from my last poll was whether you thought that CSR / Sustainability activities where influencing your decision which product to buy or not to buy. This is the link to the post about the poll question. The Result The result (details in th read more
Cleveland sustainability efforts attract national attention
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog | November 18th 2009 by Kevin
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center may help to advance and focus the outcomes of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 summit. A representative of the BCLC, which is conducting a sustainable communities competition, attended an read more
The Ethics of Selling Crop Seed: Part 2 - GMO Seed
Sustainablog | November 18th 2009
This is a followup post that will attempt to address some additional, wide-spread myths about the commercial sale of seed. In this case the topic with be “GMO” seed improved through genetic engineering (an industry that is now 13 year read more
Failure to Focus on Farming Will Undermine Global Climate Agreeme…
The X-Journals | November 18th 2009 by Blake Harris
Alarmed by a substantial oversight in the global climate talks leading up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month, more than 60 of the world’s most prominent agricultural scientists and leaders underscored how t read more
Majestic 12 Brings Green to the Cinema
TakePart Social Action Network | November 18th 2009 by Adriana Dunn
Good news for fans of movies and fans of sustainability: A movie theater in Tennessee called Majestic 12, part of Carmike Cinemas Inc., is the first real green cinema! From the Huffington Post: U.S. Green Building Council spokeswoman Ashley Katz said read more
We Are Going Faster Than The Planet Can Sustain
blogodril | November 18th 2009 by harri pao
Our global economy is outgrowing the capacity of the earth to support it, moving our early twenty-first century civilization ever closer to decline and possible collapse. Our situation today is far more challenging. We are consuming renewable resourc read more
Preparedness and Possibiilities
UrbanWorkbench | November 18th 2009 by Mike Thomas
The media madness and hype has whirled around the topics of peak oil and peak energy – there have been the deniers, and apparently any argument that goes against the mainstream business as usual case needs to have it’s fair share of denie read more
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