This is the second in a series by Heather Perry. All posts in the series will be available here. We drove our bus to our first supplying client, the restaurant where Darcy had been working. Consistent with what we would find throughout the rest of our three-month journey, the owner of the restaurant was encouraging [...]
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Not Your Average Bus Trip: How “Green” is that Green Bus? Part 2
December 24th, 2011 
Heather Perry Could “Green Routing” Play a Role in Our Future?
December 23rd, 2011 Chris DeArmond Though it’s alluring to think that electric and hydrogen vehicles may transform the way we travel, it is more likely that small, incremental changes like route optimization will play dominating roles in our future—at least until we run out of oil. Researchers from the University at Buffalo studying “green routing,” which is achieved when all [...]
Rethinking Food Waste
December 22nd, 2011 Megan Stilley I recently read an article in the Urban Farm magazine that discussed how to reduce your food waste. I found it very informative. Since we are currently in a season of consumption, we can all learn some new tips on reducing our food waste. We also need to reduce our food waste since according to [...]
Recent “Green” Developments in Japan
December 20th, 2011 Justin Manger From Japan for Sustainability come two quick news tidbits of note. First, a group of researchers at Chubu University has been developing superconducting wires that can minimize electricity loss in the transmission process. “In 2010, the group successfully completed the world’s first experiment aimed at sending direct current electricity through a 200-meter-long transmission line using superconductors.” This [...]
Pollution in Beijing Reaches “Beyond Index” Levels
December 13th, 2011 Justin Manger Being the world’s factory and having a population of 1 billion people rushing to own cars and consume has led to rising living standards for Chinese citizens. Rising living standards are now being put at risk by those exact increased living standards as pollution overwhelms big cities in China and starts adversely affecting people’s health. [...]
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Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Environment, Pollution 
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December 11th, 2011 Justin Manger A few weeks ago I finished Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. Overall, I thought it was a well-written and honest account of the man and his life. There was plenty in the book that Steve Jobs would not like to read but to sugar coat or gloss-over the way Jobs was would be disingenuous. [...]
Posted in Behavior, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, 7 Billion No Comments »What is the Difference Between a Kilowatt and Kilowatt-hour Anyway?
December 8th, 2011 Justin Manger I wish I knew. The energy economy can be confusing, especially for consumers. I, for example, still have no frame of reference for watts and kilowatts. If I’m told a plant produces X kilowatts of electricity or a solar panel produces Y amount of energy that doesn’t really mean much to me. I have no [...]
Posted in Behavior, Education, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Electricity Generation, Energy Conservation No Comments »“World’s Best Cat Litter”: A Review (and Coupon)
December 6th, 2011 Guest Author By Guest Author Christine Manger There are many products in today’s marketplace that claim to be healthy, safe and green, including products for our pets. Recently, I was given a bag of World’s Best Cat Litter (WBCL), a 100% all natural litter made from whole kernel corn, for my cat Peaches to test and “review”. [...]
Save Money, Not the Planet
December 4th, 2011 Justin Manger How many times, in how many ways, and with how many examples do we need to say it? The focus on any green agenda should not be carbon reductions or global warming or – dare I say it – saving the planet. The planet will be fine. We may not be, but the earth will [...]
Consumer Electronics Association Announces $9,000 Recycling Challenge
November 25th, 2011 Chris DeArmond Before plasma and LCD technology became widely available, images on TV’s and computer monitors were produced using partially leaded, glass video display components known as Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs). In the past decade, however, consumers and the electronics industry have moved beyond this technology. As a result, stockpiles of old CRTs waiting to be recycled [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Featured Posts, News, Policy, Recylcing Tags: Chris DeArmond, Environment, EPA No Comments »
