The following article is by Alison Hopcroft,a sustainability and carbon management consultant who works for Fluid Market Strategies in Portland, Oregon. Alison is leading a free webinar on carbon management this Tuesday, March 2nd at 12pm EST. Despite the fact that hope for meaningful climate legislation has all but completely disappeared for this session of [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Guest Author Post: Standardization Needed for Expanding Carbon Industry
February 28th, 2010 
Justin Manger SunChips 100% Compostable Chip Bag Makes Early Debut
February 27th, 2010 Justin Manger As reported in a post last summer, Frito-Lay is set to unveil a 100% compostable bag for their Sunchips product on April 22nd for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. It appears, however, that the bag is already in use (picture at right) and being sold at stores, specifically the Super Target at 4301 East [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Green Products, Recylcing, Sustainability 
Tags: Composting, Food, Green Technology 
View CommentsThe Footprint Chronicles: Where Has Your Jacket Been?
February 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson Earlier this month on Public Radio International’s daily program The World, reporter Murray Carpenter highlighted “some of the new technologies that help consumers trace the global journey of their purchases and calculate their environmental cost.” If companies are going to argue their products are truly green, there needs to be independent verification. Greenwashing (making specious [...]
Bloom Energy: Big Dreams. Big Backers. Big Success?
February 24th, 2010 Justin Manger Bloom Energy had the official public unveiling of their solid oxide fuel cell technology today in Silicon Valley. After years of flying under the radar as a stealth start-up, the company made it’s debut on the world stage with a bang. California governor Arnold Swarzenegger was on hand as was former Secretary of State Colin [...]
