From January 18th to February 15th, 116 schools throughout the country will compete to reduce electricity usage at their schools by taking part in the 2012 national Green Cup Challenge® (GCC). This year marks the 5th rendition of the project. Click here for information on the 2010 version. Sponsored by the Green Schools Alliance (GSA), [...]
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Obama Returns to Energy Theme in State of the Union
January 26th, 2012 
2nd Green Revolution As he has done previously in talking about the state of America, President Obama had several things to say about energy in Tuesday night’s speech (transcript here). For one, due to a surge in domestic oil production, imports of foreign oil have fallen to the lowest levels in 16 years and “American oil production is the highest that [...]
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No Comments »52 Japanese Municipalities Now Energy Independent
January 24th, 2012 Justin Manger Given the dearth of natural resources, new concerns over nuclear power, and a “mottainai” mentality, it seems natural that Japan should look to put in place policies and develop technologies in order to increase renewable energy. A non-profit organization called Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, in conjunction with a research lab at Chiba University, completed a study [...]
Carpooling Grows Up
January 19th, 2012 Eric Wilson When I was a kid, my mom and a bunch of other parents in and around the neighborhood arranged a carpool system whereby each parent would drive a group of kids to school one morning and pick all of us up one afternoon each week. I never really thought much of it other than it [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Collaborative Consumption, iPod/iPhone App, Pollution, United Nations No Comments »The Rising Meat Consumption
January 18th, 2012 Megan Stilley A recent report from the Worldwatch Institute stated that global meat consumption is up 20% over the past 10 years. The report claims the majority of the increase is from developed nations and the expanding size of factory farms. In fact developed nations consume 80 kg (176 lbs) per person on average a year, while [...]
Game Day Challenge: College Football’s Other Season Long Competition
January 17th, 2012 Eric Wilson Last week the extended collegiate football season wrapped up with a one-sided victory by the University of Alabama over Louisiana State University. In the championship game matching two football powerhouses, there was little room for smaller schools to compete for the national championship against the proverbial “big boys”. Unlike the NCAA baskteball tourney – in [...]
My Issue with Keurig Coffee Cups
January 15th, 2012 Megan Stilley The new rage is K-cups, also known as Keurig individual cups of coffee. Not only do these individual coffee cups have individual packaging that is not recyclable, it also has its own coffee maker that you have to purchase in order to use the K-cups. The idea of these coffee cups bothers me, deep down to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Environment, Megan Stilley, Waste 6 Comments »Current Sustainable Food Trends
January 10th, 2012 Megan Stilley After reading a couple of articles about current food trends here are a few fascinating ones. Hopefully one will spark your interest and you will start following the trend. Eating from the bottom of the food chain: This idea is so intriguing- it seems a little out there but it also makes sense sustainability wise. [...]
