As we wrote back in 2009, our name derives from our philosophy that society is at the beginning of a revolution in how we interact with and think about energy: “The ‘Green Revolution’ usually refers to the agricultural transformation of the last half of the 20th century. The ‘Second Green Revolution’ is the technological transformation of [...]
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The Revolution Progresses: Green Programs at U.S. Businesses Increased 54% Last Year
April 12th, 2011
Justin Manger The TrailerTail Looks Weird but Improves MPG for Tractor Trailers
April 5th, 2011
Justin Manger NPR describes it as “the flaps on a Chinese food take out box, tipped on its side.” I’d say that’s a fair description. It simply looks odd, as you can see in the video below. What exactly is it? It’s called The TrailerTail and was developed by ATDynamics in order to cut down on the rear [...]
Week 9 of Eco-Trek Hits Seattle
April 1st, 2011
Justin Manger As you have seen over the previous 8 weeks, we feature Eco-Trek’s latest adventures on Friday’s. The 9th episode of the online video series – presented by German actress Anita Anthonj – that chronicles the Mercedes Benz F-Cell as it drives around the world take us to Seattle. They are now off to Australia but check [...]
Pepsi Raises the Competition with Coca-Cola by Unveiling Entirely Plant-Based Bottle
March 29th, 2011
Justin Manger Trying to stake a key environmental claim before main competitor Coca-Cola in the cutthroat beverage industry, PepsiCo recently announced a 100 percent recyclable “green” bottle made from “bio-based raw materials, including switch grass, pine bark and corn husks. In the future, the company expects to broaden the renewable sources used to create the ‘green’ bottle to include [...]
Site Visit: Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
March 23rd, 2011
Eric Wilson I recently had the opportunity to take two tours of 1536 Wynkoop St in the Lower Downtown section of Denver. A hundred year old brick building that began as a warehouse, the structure is now home to some 38 non-profit organizations and the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado. According to the tour guide, the building was [...]
Carbon Offsets: The Debate Continues
March 17th, 2011
2nd Green Revolution Carbon offsetting is an area of the green economy that has been in the news for sometime now. Economii.com states that “Carbon offsets are used to reduce the amount of carbon that an individual or institution emits into the atmosphere. Carbon offsets work in a financial system where, instead of reducing its own carbon use, [...]
The Double Edged Sword of Growth and Development
March 14th, 2011
2nd Green Revolution A few months back our Five Friday Facts came by way of a 60 Minutes story on Brazil (see the video clip below). Many of the facts touted Brazil’s progress in the area of clean energy. One that did not make the cut was the following fact, “Ninety percent of the roads in the country are still [...]
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