Here at 2nd Green Revolution, we think about transportation, smart growth, and walkable/carless cities. After watching No Impact Man last week, we decided to resurrect a poll that had been on the shelf for a while. Take a moment to tell us how you commute to work. If you use a combination of these forms, [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Poll: How Do You Get To Work?
October 6th, 2009 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Polls, Sustainable Development, Transportation 
Tags: Bus, Carless Cities, Smart Growth, Trains 
No Comments »Rain Barrels as a Way to Conserve Water
October 5th, 2009 Harold Manger Recently, I had the opportunity to observe a simple, cost effective method for conserving water- the use of a rain barrel. For less than $100.00 the residential homeowner was able to hook up a rain barrel to the gutter drain pipe. The all-plastic rain barrel with an overflow valve for heavy rains can accumulate 60+ [...]
Desalinization: Not Perfect but Necessary
October 4th, 2009 Justin Manger As seen in the most recent “Friday Facts”, the amount of fresh water that is easily accessible and safe for consumption makes up a tiny fraction of the total volume of water on earth. In fact, roughly 97% of all water is in the form of the salt water found in our massive oceans. Considering [...]
Product Review: HP Officejet Pro 8500 All-in-one
October 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Earlier this week I purchased a Hewlett-Packard Printer (HP Officejet Pro 8500). After seeing HP receive the number one ranking in Newsweek’s inaugural Greenest Big Companies in America issue, combined with an instant $50 rebate offered by HP toward this model when recycling an older printer (from any company) at Staples, I decided to take [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Products Tags: Energy Star, Green Product, Offsets, Product Review No Comments »Friday Facts: Fresh Water
October 2nd, 2009 Justin Manger THE NUMBERS: Volumes of fresh water – Source: DLC’s Trade Fact of the Week. Total worldwide: ~40.0 million cubic km Antarctic ice sheets ~24.7 million cubic km (62% of total) Groundwater: ~12.0 million cubic km (30% of total) Greenland ice sheet: ~2.9 million cubic km (7.25% of total) Lakes, ponds, and rivers: ~0.2 million cubic km [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Conservation, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Water, Water Conservation No Comments »Movie Review: No Impact Man
October 1st, 2009 Eric Wilson No Impact Man, a blog, a book, and now a movie about the year-long exercise to live lightly on the earth undertaken by Colin Beavan, his wife Michele and their young daughter Isabella, is playing across the country at select theaters. The project started as a result of Beavan’s desire to make a difference through [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson Tags: Agriculture, Barbara Kingsolver, Energy, Food, Movie Review, Richard Louv, Zero Waste No Comments »
