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 
Posted in Business, Conservation, Economics, Green Economy, Justin Manger, News, Sustainability 
Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Conservation 
No Comments »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 [...]
Hey, y’all! Chow Down with The Bumpkin Gourmet
April 4th, 2011 Justin Manger What do country bumpkins and gourmet eating have in common? I’m not sure, but The Bumpkin Gourmet is trying to combine the two in a unique way. Billing itself as “the place to find great local and seasonal North Carolina produce, dairy, and meats, The Bumpkin Gourmet blends the familiar with the daring, sweet with spicy, [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Conservation, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Barbara Kingsolver, Food No Comments »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 [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Conservation, Featured Posts, Green Products, Justin Manger, Recylcing Tags: Green Product 2 Comments »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 [...]
Posted in Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Site Visits, Sustainability Tags: AASHE, Biomimicry, Bus, Chemicals, Colorado, Denver, Interface, LEED, Trains, Water, Water Conservation No Comments »Ski Industry Develops Alternative Energy for Survival
March 20th, 2011 Guest Author Hunter Sykes is a sustainability consultant with Coldstream Sustainability Group, a 20-year ski industry veteran and the director of the film: Resorting to Madness: Taking Back Our Mountain Communities. He holds an MA in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. If you are a skier or boarder, have you ever thought [...]
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 [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, China, Conservation, Economics, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Real Estate, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Africa, Brazil, David Orr, Denver, Environment, Mass Transit, Opinionator, Pollution, Smart Growth 1 Comment »The Future of Coal
March 13th, 2011 Chris DeArmond Environmentalists and a handful of politicians have dreamed of a day when coal power plants are shut down and supplanted by renewable energy sources. However, even though renewable energy is on the rise, coal will likely continue to be a significant part of the world’s energy supply for decades to come. This is especially true [...]
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Guest Authors Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Chris DeArmond, Coal, Electricity Generation No Comments »
