A recent report measured American “Green Jobs” for the first time. Perhaps no place in the U.S. was hit as hard by the economy of the past several years than Detroit. The Motor City has seen a decline for quite some time, but later this month there is a conference focused on green jobs in [...]
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No Comments »Movie Review: Fresh
April 30th, 2012 Eric Wilson The other day I attended a showing of the documentary “Fresh”, directed by Ana Sofia Joanes, organized by Chipotle Mexican Grill, the locally-grown restaurant known for its burritos made with sustainable ingredients. At 72 minutes, the documentary focuses on people working to make a more sustainable food system. Kelly Smith, a marketing strategist for Chipotle, [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Food, Michael Pollan, Movie Review, Organic, Video, Waste No Comments »Designing Cities with People in Mind
April 29th, 2012 Eric Wilson I’m not a city planner. I took one class in college, so I don’t even pretend to be qualified. However, living in a city and trying to commute without a car has led to some insights that I would not get out of a book. Last year I wrote a piece called “The Hegemony of [...]
2012 HGTV Green Home Unveiled
April 28th, 2012 Eric Wilson This year’s 2012 HGTV Green Home, a sweepstakes give away, is located just south of Atlanta, Georgia. Individuals may enter twice a day at either HGTV.com/greenhome or HGTVremodels.com. June 1st at 5pm ET is the deadline for entering the sweepstakes, valued at roughly $800,000. A car (from sponsor GM), the house, and $100,000 comprise the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Local Energy/Food, Real Estate, Renewable Energy Tags: HGTV, Organic, Photovoltaic, Wastewater No Comments »NASCAR to Use Electric Ford Focus as Pace Car
April 25th, 2012 Eric Wilson It’s not often that we mention NASCAR. In fact, the term shows up twice, on back to back days three years ago. There’s good reason. The amount of resources (tires, fuel, motor oil, asphalt, etc) consumed by the association (NASCAR stands for National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing) boggles the mind and does not [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Hybrids No Comments »Another Baseball Season, Another New (LEED) Ballpark
April 21st, 2012 Eric Wilson Last year I came across a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the possibility of replacing the Georgia Dome, a structure that opened in 1994. As a result I wrote about the debate of whether to build open-air or closed stadiums for sporting venues. This idea of stadiums has been on my mind quite a [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building Tags: Colorado, Cradle to Cradle, LEED, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Sports Facilities, Washington DC No Comments »Project Earth Network: Connecting Schools to Solve Environmental Problems
April 19th, 2012 Eric Wilson As a former teacher and current doctoral student in education, I firmly believe in the power of education to change the world. That is not to say that I think the current system is working. Fortunately, there are a number of organizations doing phenomenal work to change the system. The Project Earth Network is “a [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Video 1 Comment »Hertz on Demand: Toward Sustainable Transportation
April 18th, 2012 Eric Wilson Can a rental car company really move society toward sustainable transport? Hertz on Demand, a car sharing service from the eponymous rental agency, believes they have devised a way to more appropriately share cars. Currently there are a wealth of these types of services. Occasional Car, eGo Car Share, and ZipCar are some of the [...]
Offshore Wind Project on the Great Lakes
April 17th, 2012 Eric Wilson When you think of offshore wind, what comes to mind? Cape Cod, Massachusetts? Great Britain? How about a different “Great”? The Great Lakes to be exact. Governors of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at jump starting offshore wind development in the Great Lakes. The Department [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Army, Department of Energy, EPA, Minnesota, NREL, Wind Power No Comments »What Does the Natural Gas Boom Mean for Sustainability?
April 15th, 2012 Eric Wilson Both NPR and the New York Times ran stories last week that highlighted the role of natural gas in the U.S. energy economy. NPR interviewed Amy Myers Jaffe, director of Rice University’s Baker Institute Energy Forum. Jaffe predicted that natural gas prices would remain low for the foreseeable future, specifically 5-10 years. The New York [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Biomimicry, Fracking, Natural Gas, Solar Energy, Wastewater No Comments »
