Bison Brewing In the 1960’s and 1970’s, Berkeley, California was known as the place to fight for change. And, part of that change included the way people ate. In 1971, Alice Waters took that to the next level when she opened up her now world famous restaurant Chez Panisse. The restaurant was at the forefront [...]
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Bison Brewing Company
May 19th, 2013 
Mac Maloney 
Posted in Business, Green Products, Revolutionary Spirits, Uncategorized 
Tags: Alice Waters, Beer, Mac Maloney 
No Comments »Buying an Older Home and Greening It
May 8th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
My wife and I recently ended a 5-month long home search. Our parameters were a bit tight. Between budget and location, we automatically discounted a number of homes. We have one car and wanted to keep it that way for sustainability reasons (financial and environmental). We looked for a place close to the bus line [...]
Chinook Book, a Coupon Book for the Sustainably Minded
February 25th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
For the holidays the past two years, my in-laws have given us the “Entertainment Book,” an enormous collection of coupons for various outlets. Intended to save money, and undoubtedly spur economic activity, most retailers in the book are large, chain restaurants and businesses. Seemingly few of those featured in the book are small, mom and [...]
Review: Costco
February 13th, 2013 Megan Stilley 
I recently became a Costco member after shopping there on a trial run with a friend. I know Costco isn’t considered the most sustainable place with its products being maximized in size and excessive packaging with many of those products. But they do have some products I was quite pleased with. They have organic beef, [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Green Products, Reviews, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Megan Stilley No Comments »Uinta Brewery
February 9th, 2013 Mac Maloney 
Utah brings to mind a number of distinct images: the Desert, the Great Salt Lake, Mormons, and possibly Karl Malone. Chances are beer, or any other form of alcohol, is not one of them. Until recently, Utah had extremely strict (and somewhat infamous) Blue Laws that required people to purchase memberships (i.e. a cover charge) [...]
Japan Studying Ways to Charge EVs While Driving
January 11th, 2013 Justin Manger 
After a year and a half of building on a shaky linguistic base, my Japanese has progressed enough to be able to read the newspaper (thank you ICI). It’s still slow going but reading a newspaper in a foreign language is a great complement to other news sources and brings a nice cultural perspective while [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Green Products, Japan, Justin Manger, News, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Green Technology No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Energy Costs of Christmas Lights
December 21st, 2012 Eric Wilson 
During our first year in existence, Christmas fell on a Friday, so we had a special Five Friday Facts – Christmas Edition. Today’s Five Friday Facts also has a Christmas theme: the energy savings from LEDs vs. conventional light bulbs. We mentioned in that first Five Friday Facts the savings from LEDs (our first fact [...]
Condoleezza Rice to Consult for Khosla Ventures
December 21st, 2012 Justin Manger 
The venture capital firm that Vinod Khosla created (after founding Sun Microsystems) has retained former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a strategic advisor. RiceHadleyGates, the consulting company where she works, will “help the companies navigate government and regulatory concerns abroad and help with negotiating the world of emerging markets, understanding where to expand to.” [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Green Economy, Green Products, Justin Manger, News Tags: Clean Energy, Washington DC No Comments »Airless Bike Tires By Britek
December 17th, 2012 Justin Manger 
Depending on your neighborhood, bike riding can be a nice alternative to driving while getting some often seriously lacking exercise in our modern lives. But isn’t it a pain to deal with inflating tires and getting the occasional flat tire when you are miles from home? Colorado-based start-up Britek Tire and Rubber has your back. [...]
Posted in Business, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, Justin Manger, News, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Green Product No Comments »Five Friday Facts: : Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Electric Vehicles (Part 2)
December 14th, 2012 Eric Wilson As a follow up to last week’s Five Friday Facts, here are the top 5 things you may not know about electric vehicles. The full list can be found on the Department of Energy’s website. The battery technologies in almost all of the electric vehicles on the road today were created with support from the [...]
