by Eric Wilson on September 2nd, 2010
The calendar of conferences and events for September has been updated. There are a number of events across the globe on this month’s calendar. Below are half a dozen conferences paired up in the following categories: Ecotourism, Biomimicry, and Green Building Conferences. Take a look and let us know of conferences, events, or festivals in your area. We will gladly add them on to our calendar. Please send us an email with the name, date, location, description, and website.
The following events are grouped by topic:
by Justin Manger on September 2nd, 2010
Screaming across the famous natural racetrack known as Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats, the Buckeye Bullet left more than a steam trail in its wake on August 24th. It also smashed the previous world land speed record for electric vehicles by blasting 307mph across a 12 mile dessert course. Engineering students from Ohio State University (hence the Buckeye in the name) led the team that broke the record using a sleek design and power from
by Eric Wilson on September 1st, 2010
Earlier this afternoon, a man – reported to be 43 year old James Lee – took a number hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. According to CBS News, “A man upset with the Discovery Channel’s environmental programming who took three people hostage at gunpoint at the company’s headquarters Wednesday has been shot and killed by police.” Lee allegedly authored a manifesto (the title of which is “The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY” that demanded the cable network change their programming to reflect an anti-population growth ethic that has come to dominate many of the shows found on the family of channels run by Discovery Channel, which include shows like Jon and Kate Plus 8 and 19 Kids & Counting.
by Justin Manger on September 1st, 2010
It’s been a few weeks since the TripleBottomLine Virtual Stock Market competition started. As of today, there are eight players vying for title of Green Stock Guru. Given the market swoon in August, there are currently only three people in the black, with Jason W. leading the pack. The rest of the top five can be found below. Jack is apparently too scared or too lazy to risk some stock picks or is betting on a stock market collapse as he has kept his 100K all in cash. Jono, currently in third place, had a big gain today and is making a splash early in the contest. The Green Hornet, meanwhile, is testing the unusual strategy of not diversifying by keeping Tesla and Suntech as the only holdings in its portfolio. Out of the top five, Mason Jar is sinking to the bottom of the ocean without an SOS message in its bottle at seventh place while Harold takes the cake for losses with a negative 7% return so far (rankings on next page; click chart to enlarge).
It’s not too late to join. If you’re interested click here for instructions. There are four months left in the competition.
by Justin Manger on August 31st, 2010
Update: The bill was not passed. The legislation failed on a 14-21 vote late last night.
State lawmakers in Sacramento are poised to vote today on whether California should take the drastic step of becoming the first state in the Union to ban disposable plastic shopping bags. The bill has been the aim of a large lobbying campaign on behalf of the plastic bag manufacturing industry which says the bill will destroy jobs. Those who support the bill say
