February 23rd, 2013 
Justin Manger 
Backed by Bill Gates and other investors in 2009, Carbon Engineering is building a pilot plant at the end of 2014 to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Nicole talks about geological sequestration in recent post). The machines the company has developed use a “carbon-dioxide-absorbing solution of caustic soda to remove the gas from the [...]
February 22nd, 2013 Justin Manger 
On Fridays we usually have a post with various facts about sustainability, nature, energy and the like. We have quite a collection after several years. If you’re interested in reading, they can all be found in our Five Friday Facts category. Today, however, we will shake things up a bit with a few quotes instead [...]
February 20th, 2013 Justin Manger 
Today we continue posting various trivia and tidbits about the people that bring you news, analysis, and opinion. Here is the second half of Nick Grue’s answers to the questionnaire that was given to all the writers at 2nd Green Revolution. 5) Do you have a favorite quote? “If you’re not nervous about doing it, it’s [...]
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Here is the second installment of Megan’s answers to questions the 2nd Green Revolution editorial staff asked her about sustainability. This is part of a new feature we are running to bring you information about our writers. 6) When you go shopping….paper, plastic, or cloth? Why? Cloth, I got into the habit since my favorite grocery store [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Justin Manger, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Megan Stilley, Writers Spotlight No Comments » February 8th, 2013 Justin Manger This week we bring you some green facts related to Brazil, host of the World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016. Brazil has 12% of the world’s amount of surface freshwater. 70% of the country is still covered with original vegetation and 30% of the world’s remaining tropical forests are located there. Around [...]
February 6th, 2013 Justin Manger This week’s featured writer is Megan Stilley. In order to give you a chance to get to know the 2nd Green Revolution writers better, we will be highlighting some of their work and publishing their answers to a small questionnaire. Megan writes often about organic food and has an affinity for minimalist living. Her cannon of [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Justin Manger Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Megan Stilley, Writers Spotlight No Comments » February 1st, 2013 Justin Manger 
Here is the second installment of Chris DeArmond’s answers to questions the 2nd Green Revolution editorial staff asked him about sustainability. This is part of a new feature we are running to bring you information about our writers. 6) When you go shopping….paper, plastic, or cloth? Why? A: I’m really bad about remembering to bring in [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Justin Manger, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Chris DeArmond, Writers Spotlight No Comments » February 1st, 2013 Justin Manger This week’s Five Friday Facts are a bit different. They come from a story in Smithsonian.com about a family living totally isolated in the Siberian Wilderness. It’s hard to believe in this day and age that it could happen, but the family spent 40 years alone with no human contact. Here are a few snippets [...]
January 30th, 2013 Justin Manger Over the next several weeks we’ll be running a new feature to bring you information about our writers. During the course of a week, we will post various trivia and tidbits about the people that bring you news, analysis, and opinion about all that is happening across the wide spectrum of sustainability. The answers to [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Justin Manger Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Chris DeArmond, Writers Spotlight No Comments » January 29th, 2013 Justin Manger 
Perhaps it is the “can’t see 200 yards in front of you” air pollution, or possible political backlash from unaddressed environmental problems, but China just unveiled a major plan to push further into developing renewable energy. It wants to add 49GW of capacity this year, composed of as much as 18GW of new wind power [...]
