A few months back our Five Friday Facts came by way of a 60 Minutes story on Brazil (see the video clip below). Many of the facts touted Brazil’s progress in the area of clean energy. One that did not make the cut was the following fact, “Ninety percent of the roads in the country are still [...]
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The Double Edged Sword of Growth and Development
March 14th, 2011 
2nd Green Revolution 
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, China, Conservation, Economics, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Real Estate, Sustainable Development, Transportation 
Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Africa, Brazil, David Orr, Denver, Environment, Mass Transit, Opinionator, Pollution, Smart Growth 
1 Comment »The Monterey Institute Establishes New Marine Policy Program
March 9th, 2011 Justin Manger The Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) is situated in one of the most beautiful areas of the country, with the Monterey Bay lapping on Del Monte Beach, flowers blooming along the waterfront in Pacific Grove, and Big Sur dangling off California’s edge into the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. What better place to study Environmental Policy, especially as [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Economics, Education, Justin Manger, Oceans, Policy, Sustainability Tags: California, Environment, Regenerative Economy No Comments »World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2011 “Technology Forum” Touches on All Major Green Technologies
March 8th, 2011 Justin Manger In January, the fourth annual WFES was held in Abu Dhabi. Over 26,000 attendees were on hand from 129 countries to find practical and sustainable solutions for today’s energy security and climate change challenges. WFES “promotes innovation and investment opportunities surrounding renewable energy and [the] environment. It represents an unrivalled business platform bringing together project owners [...]
Five Friday Facts: Food Inc.
March 4th, 2011 Eric Wilson Last January, at the beginning of our current streak of continuous days with a post, I reviewed Food, Inc. As part of the movement that has sprung from the film, several facts about this country’s food system have come to light. Here is a smattering: You can lose 25 lbs in a year by replacing [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Economics, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Local Energy/Food Tags: Farmer's Market, Food, Water No Comments »Centennial Woods: From Old Wyoming Snow Fence to Green Design
February 10th, 2011 Chris DeArmond More than ten years ago, founder and CEO of Centennial Woods, John Pope, thought the replaced snow fences along Interstate 80 in Wyoming ought to end up somewhere else besides a landfill. After winning a contract to maintain snow fencing with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, this idea became a reality. Since then, the company [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Economics, Featured Posts, Guest Authors, Recylcing Tags: Chris DeArmond, Green Product, Regenerative Economy No Comments »Traffic, Environmental Sensitivity, and Recessions
February 2nd, 2011 Nick Grue Here in Denver, it is common knowledge that should you attempt to return from the ski resorts on a Sunday evening, you will most likely encounter lengthy traffic jams. If there happens to be a winter storm at the same time, you might as well stop at one of the nearby towns along I-70 and [...]
Posted in Behavior, Economics, Featured Posts, Guest Authors, Op-Ed, Policy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Denver, Environment, Mass Transit, Nick Grue No Comments »The Reality of Physics
January 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson A few months ago I wrote a piece about living in a world of limits. The laws of physics (especially the laws of conservation of matter & energy and the laws of thermodynamics) dictate the ability to produce goods and services. The ecosystems in which we live can only absorb so much waste and generate [...]
Posted in Conservation, Economics, Eric Wilson, Recylcing Tags: Biomimicry, Carbon Dioxide, Cradle to Cradle, Energy, Food, New Belgium Brewery, Oil Consumption, Thermodynamics, Waste No Comments »Infographic: The Internet and the Environment
December 30th, 2010 Justin Manger Most of us are online a lot these days. Not only is the digitization of communication, work, and play convenient and relatively cheap, it has had a profound impact on the “brick and mortar” world. Take the publishing industry, for example. Aside from the personal preferences that go along with reading real ink on paper [...]
Is Wind Energy Economical?
December 29th, 2010 Chris DeArmond The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story in the Opinion section on how natural gas prices affect the economic attractiveness of wind energy. According to the author, the sliding price of natural gas (currently $4 per million British Thermal Units) is forcing some wind energy businessmen, including T. Boone Pickens, to reconsider. The Pickens [...]
Posted in Economics, Renewable Energy Tags: Alternative Energy, Chris DeArmond, Coal, Fracking, Natural Gas, T Boone Pickens, Wind Power No Comments »DC’s Streetcar Debate Should End. Construct the Line.
December 26th, 2010 Justin Manger There has been a lot of debate surrounding the idea of building a streetcar line from Chinatown going east along the H Street corridor in Washington, D.C. I don’t see what all the fuss is about. Chinatown is already a vibrant and exciting part of the city and is not too far from The Atlas [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Featured Posts, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Policy, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Trains, Washington DC 2 Comments »
