As a follow up to the EPA’s Game Day Challenge post from earlier this week, this set of Five Friday Facts deals with the waste diversion efforts at the University of Colorado Boulder’s football stadium. Virtually all public food and beverage services in Folsom Field have converted have switched to recyclable or compostable materials and [...]
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Five Friday Facts: CU-Buffaloes
September 16th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Recylcing 
Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Carbon Dioxide, Composting, Energy, EPA, Waste, Zero Waste 
No Comments »Google and Energy Usage
September 9th, 2011 Justin Manger Opening a window into the huge amounts of electricity it takes to run their data centers in countries all around the world, the search giant recently disclosed some details about its massive energy use. The company has invested in numerous green technologies and maintains that overall people around the world use less energy by carrying [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Electricity Generation, Energy Conservation, Google No Comments »Winter’s on the way: Is your home ready?
September 5th, 2011 Guest Author Guest post by Alex Smith Whether it’s digging out the warm clothing or stocking up on de-icer for the car, there’s a whole host of things we need to do when winter’s on the way. However, when you’re trying on snazzy new coats and preparing for frustrating mornings scraping ice off your windscreen, don’t forget [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Guest Authors, Real Estate Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Energy Conservation, EPA No Comments »Like Vac from the Sea on Facebook and Donate 1 Euro
September 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Last year the devastating earthquake in Haiti represented one of the first major opportunities for cell phone users to help rescue efforts by merely sending a text message to donate money. Many organizations like the Red Cross collected small sums (often $10) when people sent a text message to a specific number. The Washington Post [...]
Posted in Conservation, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Oceans Tags: Green Product, Video No Comments »2010 Carbon Emissions Up As Economy Rebounded; Still Below 2005 Level
August 29th, 2011 Justin Manger This is a good news/bad news post, though I’m more on the good news side. Whether you see the news as bad or good also depends on your perspective. The U.S. economy rebounded somewhat from the recession in 2010, thus driving up carbon dioxide emissions as the country started producing more. In fact, “energy-related carbon [...]
Can D.C. Lead the Charge in Shutting Down Coal-fired Power Plants?
August 24th, 2011 Justin Manger Gridlock in Washington. It’s not just the traffic, but the political process that has stalled as evidenced by the debt ceiling debacle and other squabbles. That’s at the federal level. At the city level there has been worry over the change from Mayor Fenty to Mayor Gray and a possible return to DCs not so [...]
NYU Saves Energy During the Heat Wave
August 19th, 2011 Eric Wilson The spell of hot weather last month would seem an unlikely time to reduce energy consumption, but New York University shaved approximately 15% off their normal energy usage. A heat wave may seem like an inopportune time to reduce electricity use, but demand during the summer has created problems in the past, like the blackouts [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Eric Wilson, News, Sustainability Tags: Energy, Grid, New York City No Comments »“Green Curtains” Proliferate in Japan
August 17th, 2011 Justin Manger Another trip to Gunma prefecture, another insight into greener living. In past posts, I’ve mentioned the fact that some households can actually make money each month through selling the solar power generated electricity that they don’t use to the local power company. This time, I was intrigued to see the same household employing what was referred to as a [...]
