Between 80 and 85 percent of the energy used to wash clothes comes from heating the water. –U.S. Department of Energy “Sleep” features that power down home office equipment and other electronic devices that [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Five Friday Facts
January 8th, 2010 
Justin Manger 2nd Green Revolution’s New Year’s Resolutions
January 6th, 2010 Eric Wilson Borrowing a page from Inhabitat, we at 2nd Green Revolution thought it was time to put our money where our collective mouth is. With that in mind, here are our “green” resolutions for the new year. Since I started my doctorate last summer, I began taking public transportation more often because of the mass transit [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Eric Wilson, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Transportation 
Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Cars, Cloth Diapers, Composting, Public Transit 
1 Comment »Introducing the 2nd Green Store
January 5th, 2010 Justin Manger We are pleased to announce the opening of a very modest “2nd Green Store” on our site. It can be found underneath the “Features” tab in the drop-down menu at the top of our homepage. The store currently has books that we’ve reviewed on the site for sale through Amazon. We plan to add more [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Business, Eric Wilson, Green Products, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Necessary Revolution No Comments »Coke to Launch Bioethanol-based Plastic Bottles in Japan
January 4th, 2010 Justin Manger Here’s a quick note about the increasingly mainstream move to non-oil based plastics. Starting this spring, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. will use PET bottles made using Brazilian bioethanol for the first time in Japan. The new plastic bottles will be used for three of the company’s products. Up to 30% of the oil-derived materials used in [...]
Product Review: Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI Clean Diesel
January 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson My mother-in-law recently purchased a 4 door Volkswagen (VW) Jetta TDI clean diesel sedan. After 3,500 mi (~6,000km) I had the opportunity to drive it this past week in the less than ideal conditions of an icy Minnesota winter. Not being a northerner (I hail from sunny Southern California) I found the car to provide [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bio-fuels, Biodiesel, Cars, Diesel, Minnesota, Product Review, Stimulus Bill, Tax Rebates 1 Comment »January 2010 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
January 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. This month has fewer events, but some intriguing themes have emerged in the post-Copenhagen world. In the United States, [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Japan, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Calendar, Cap and Trade, Washington DC No Comments »Five Friday Resolutions
January 1st, 2010 Justin Manger I will be smarter than bottled water companies and drink for free what they are trying to sell me. Last year we consumed about 50 billion plastic water bottles. Several bottled water brands use the same H20 that’s available from your faucet. Use a water bottle and refill it throughout the day — for free. If [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, Policy, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Congress, Denver, Plastic, Public Transit, Waste, Water No Comments »
