A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) found a small positive correlation between academic success at schools that employ environmentally conscious practices. These practices are based on a set of core beliefs that have been devised by the Green School National Network (GSNN). The research consisted of a survey sent to [...]
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Study Finds Correlation Between Green Schools and Academic Success
March 15th, 2012 
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Posted in Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, News 
Tags: California, Curriculum, Environment, Green Schools, Video 
No Comments »California and US are Top State and Country for Renewable Energy
March 13th, 2012 Eric Wilson Ernst and Young’s most recent quarterly Renewable Attractiveness report reveals that the United States has regained its top spot as the most attractive country for renewable energy. China had taken over in 2010. States, led by California, “were the driving force behind this shift, offering insight into the nation’s diverse renewable energy markets, energy infrastructures [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Biomass, California, Colorado, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »MIT Study Details Future of Grid and Renewable Energy
March 12th, 2012 Eric Wilson A recent study by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) looked at what it deemed as “One of the most important emerging challenges facing the grid . . . the need to incorporate more renewable generation in response to policy initiatives at both state and federal levels.” At issue is the intermittent nature of many [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Tags: Battery, Biomass, Coal, Electric Vehicles, Electricity Generation, Grid, Hydroelectricity, Nuclear, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Washington DC Aims to be Greenest College Town
March 10th, 2012 Eric Wilson When I think of college towns Ann Arbor, Michigan or Eugene, Oregon come to mind. Admittedly, these are enormous state universities, but they arguably serve as the economic engines of the towns. Mayor Vincent Gray and university presidents across the city want Washington D.C. to be the “greenest college town” in the country. While DC [...]
Five Friday Facts: Chevy Volt
March 9th, 2012 Eric Wilson With the positive and negative news surrounding the Chevy Volt this week, we wanted to present five facts about the vehicle. These facts come from the Chevy Volt’s website. Every Volt comes standard with a 120V portable charge cord that can plug into most common household outlets and will fully charge a Volt in about [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Transportation Tags: Battery, Chevy Volt, EPA, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »Taking Urban Gardens to the Next Level
March 8th, 2012 Eric Wilson In his 2006 book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan looks at the idea of foraging as one of the four meals he considers in his book (McDonald’s, Whole Foods, and a local farm represent the other three). He starts with the highly industrialized fast food meal and works his [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Local Energy/Food, News, Sustainability Tags: Food, Michael Pollan No Comments »Ben and Jerry’s Greener, Cleaner Freezer Gets EPA Approval
March 7th, 2012 Eric Wilson If you’re anything like me, when you walk into the market/bodega/corner store/mega-mart/supermarket, you can’t help but how much energy is consumed by refrigerators and freezers. I have read that the chest style freezer (read: not upright ones) are more efficient. It makes sense, since colder air is denser than warm air and easily sinks down [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, News Tags: EPA, Organic, Video, Washington DC No Comments »Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera Named 2012 European Car of the Year
March 6th, 2012 Eric Wilson Just after GM announced a production shut down of the Chevy Volt due to poor sales, it received Motor Trend Magazine’s 2012 European Car of the Year honor. The Opel Ampera, the Chevy Volt’s European doppelganger is produced in the United States, but sold in Europe. The Volt and Ampera are mechanically identical, hence the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf No Comments »Chevy Volt Loses Its Charge
March 5th, 2012 Eric Wilson Despite rising gas prices and a sharp jump in February sales (as compared to January), General Motors has temporarily halted production of the Chevy Volt, its plug-in hybrid. According to NPR, “General Motors will suspend production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales.” The shutdown, which has furloughed some 1,300 [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, News, Transportation Tags: Chevy Volt, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »Green Schools National Conference Wrap-Up
March 3rd, 2012 Eric Wilson I recently attended the 2nd “annual” Green Schools National Conference (in Denver, CO). I say annual in quotation marks since the first one took place in 2010, albeit late in the year. Unfortunately I did not attend the inaugural conference (I was at AASHE’s national conference, which took place a few days before hand). During [...]
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