January 30, 2009 Agriculture, having gone through its own Green Revolution that increased yield and growing efficiency to unprecedented levels, still uses a massive amount of inputs to produce its abundant harvest. Oil-based fertilizers, gas-guzzling tractors, and vast irrigation needs- the very inputs that made the agricultural green revolution possible – are now being questioned. [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Zeba: Making Agriculture Truly Green
January 31st, 2009 
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Posted in Justin Manger, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Agriculture, Water Conservation, Zeba 
View CommentsPeter Senge’s Necessary Revolution
January 30th, 2009 admin In his 2008 book, Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World, Senge and his team at the Society for Organizational Learning, discuss the importance of creating a sustainable world. Several large businesses, including GE, Nike, Alcoa, Costco and Dupont, among others, partnered with non-profits to develop and in [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Sustainable Development Tags: Book Review, GE, Necessary Revolution View CommentsGE, Recession, and Opportunity
January 30th, 2009 2ndgreenrevolution Jeff Immelt, the Chief Executive of GE, and Jonathan Lash, President of the World Resources Institute, co-wrote an opinion piece that appeared in the Financial Times yesterday. They mentioned that 3 years ago they decided to start on a quest for what they called “the challenge to develop clean energy.” In 3 short years, various [...]
Posted in Justin Manger, President Obama, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, GE, Renewable Energy View CommentsSolar Panels, Efficiency and the Faltering Economy
January 29th, 2009 admin As reported recently in both USA Today and The New York Times, the downturn in the economy has caused a recent increase in manufacturers’ inventory of solar panels. According to USA Today’s story, prices have decreased 15% for the materials, with labor costs remaining unchanged. Projections include a further 20% drop in prices. At a [...]
Electricity Management and the Smart Grid
January 28th, 2009 2ndgreenrevolution Networking giant Cisco Systems has entered the electricity management sector with its new software, EnergyWise. This program will eventually help monitor the consumption of electricity by various sources from IP addresses to building systems, including heating and cooling. Much of the work that has been undertaken in “greening the grid” or making a “smart grid” [...]
