Celebrating the 42nd Earth Day and 4.5 billion years of earth. Image from NASA Johnson Space Center
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FFF: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Regions in the World
February 3rd, 2012 
Justin Manger A very comprehensive report by The Brookings Institute reveals just how rapidly the cities of the developing world are growing. In the midst of the largest human migration from the countryside to cities, the report portends a rise in living standards for millions as well as highlights the challenges in sustainably providing energy and food for the inhabitants [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, China, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, News, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Environment, Urban Planning 
No Comments »Today’s Moment of Zen
January 31st, 2012 Justin Manger No, not that moment of zen. This one is closer to the real meaning inherent in that phrase, which has to do with the notion that wisdom (along with compassion) is expressed in the everyday through yourself, people, and nature, if you can reach a certain state of perception. I’m not a practioner let alone [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Conservation, Japan, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Conservation, Environment, Nature 1 Comment »Happy Birthday, 2nd Green Revolution
January 25th, 2012 2nd Green Revolution It has been three years to the day since our first post at 2nd Green Revolution. From that beginning, the number of visits to the site has tripled each year, reaching 100,000 last year. In welcoming people to our vision of what the future could look like, we hoped to do our part to usher [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Justin Manger Tags: 2nd Green Revolution No Comments »Balance: the Human Body, Economics, Evolution and the Link to Sustainability
January 1st, 2012 Justin Manger I’ve talked before about the way running “jogs” loose all kinds of thoughts and allows for connections to be made between seemingly disparate ones. The latest brain buzz came almost two months ago but I’ve only now gotten around to writing it up in some “official” form. So here goes. Sustainability can be thought of as maintaining [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, Featured Posts, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution No Comments »Five Friday Facts; Quiz Edition
December 16th, 2011 Justin Manger Test your knowledge by answering these 5 questions from the Washington Post Business section. (correct answers below) 1. How much energy does an incandescent bulb waste by creating heat instead of light? 20 percent 40 percent 75 percent 90 percent 2. In 2010, what percent of crude oil used in the U.S. was imported? 32 percent 49 [...]
Organic Beer Neumarkter Lammsbräu
November 16th, 2011 Mac Maloney As mentioned in a previous column, the Germans have been serious about the purity of their beer (at least in writing) since the putting forward of the Reinheitsgabot (beer purity law) in 1487 and there are many breweries which uphold that tradition today. As mentioned in the tagline of this website – People, Planet, Profit [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Energy Efficiency, Revolutionary Spirits, Sustainability Tags: Beer, Food, Mac Maloney, Solar Energy No Comments »Electric “Hero Car” at Yomiuri Giants Games Saved Energy
November 15th, 2011 Justin Manger Given that Japan has been through so much this year, it is nice to see the country still hasn’t lost its passion for baseball or its penchant for cuteness. Okay, so this post really has nothing to do with cuteness but trust me, the love for all things “kawaii” (cute) remains strong. But on to [...]
Solar Power, Moore’s Law, and Revolution
November 13th, 2011 Justin Manger Left learning, for sure, but that lean comes with a Nobel Prize in Economics. When Paul Krugman says that solar power is on the verge of being price-competitive with coal and other electricity generation, there may be something to it. The revolution is happening before our eyes. Just like United Airlines’s contract to buy algae-based biofuel for its [...]
7 Billion Humans, 1 Earth
October 30th, 2011 Justin Manger I was looking up something related to Brazil for work the other day on Google Maps and while glancing over the vast expanse of thick forests in the satellite view mode, had a rapid fire series of thoughts all related to sustainability. I thought about how enormous Brazil is in terms of land area and [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Featured Posts, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, 7 Billion, Regenerative Economy No Comments »
