In light of the recent news that Frito-Lay will discontinue the compostable chip bag used by subsidiary SunChips, I came across a story from the New York Times that has some similar sentiments. Some history first though. My sister, a physician in the Northeast, told me some time back that she had come across studies [...]
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October 24th, 2010 
Eric Wilson Two Pack of Five Friday Facts: Governmental Sustainability
October 15th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week marked the one year anniversary of President Obama requiring sustainability plans from all branches of the government. The first grouping of facts below covers the goals and targets set for the federal government. The second highlights some of the steps taken by various government agencies. In order to verify improvements in these areas, [...]
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Tags: Agriculture, Net Zero Energy, Waste, Water 
No Comments »Weekly Presidential Address Discusses Clean Energy
October 6th, 2010 Eric Wilson This past Saturday during his weekly address (which can be seen below), President Obama stated that there is “perhaps no industry with more potential to create jobs now – and growth in the coming years – than clean energy.” In particular he cited a recently approved solar energy installation in California as an example of [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Policy, President Obama Tags: Battery, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, Hybrids, Jobs, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »White House to Go Solar
October 6th, 2010 Justin Manger For a president that continuously touts clean jobs and solar power, it’s odd that President Obama hasn’t used one of the most famous houses in the world – his 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue address – to lead by example. Yesterday, however, word arrived that the White House will be installing solar panels by spring of 2011 [...]
1 Year Ago Today: President Established Sustainability Goals
October 5th, 2010 Eric Wilson One year ago today, President Obama signed an Executive Order that set “sustainability goals for Federal agencies” and focused “on making improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance.” As set forth, “The Executive Order requires Federal agencies to set a 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target within 90 days; increase energy efficiency; reduce fleet [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Sustainability Tags: Clean Energy, Colorado, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, Water Conservation, Wind Power No Comments »CityDesign + CityBuild 2010 Conference Opening Night Recap
September 16th, 2010 Eric Wilson Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the CITYDESIGN + CITYBUILD 2010 opening evening keynote. Arranged by Andrew Bermingham, CEO of Montreux Energy, the conference promoted itself as a roundtable discussion focused on world urban infrastructure. “CITYDESIGN + CITYBUILD 2010 is an interactive stakeholder dialogue among recognized thought-leaders from utilities, service providers, clean [...]
Posted in Business, Conferences, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, President Obama, Smart Grid, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Coal, Denver, Department of Energy, Electricity Generation, LEED, Natural Gas, Net Zero Energy, NREL, Photovoltaic, Smart Infrastructure, Urban Planning No Comments »Recovery Act Funds Positively Impacting Innovation; Still Many Unknowns
August 24th, 2010 Justin Manger There’s usually a flurry of speculation before major elections. Similarly, sports finals bring out all kinds of arguing and debating about who will win. Only when the votes are counted and the buzzer sounds does it really matter. In announcing that the U.S. is on track to achieve four major innovation breakthroughs due to Recovery [...]
Obama Announces $2 Billion in Stimulus Funds for Solar
July 4th, 2010 Eric Wilson In what may amount to his boldest move to date in support of the clean energy economy as part of the economic recovery, President Obama announced that he would be “awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments from the Recovery Act to two solar companies.” Abound Solar (mentioned here in a post last year) and Abengoa [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Colorado, Green Jobs, Solar Energy, Stimulus Bill No Comments »A 12 Year Old’s Wish, McDonald’s, and the Revolution
June 22nd, 2010 Justin Manger Almost 20 years ago (though it seems like yesterday thinking back on it), I wrote a letter to McDonald’s. I was 12 years old. Somewhere along the way I had learned that McDonald’s used Styrofoam to package some of its food. I probably came home and told my parents something like “I learned in school [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, Business, Conservation, Education, Green Products, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, President Obama, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Food No Comments »John Stewart’s Clean Energy History Lesson
June 21st, 2010 Eric Wilson As mentioned in a recent post on Paul Hawken’s Natural Capitalism, the second green revolution has been brewing for quite sometime. For a comedic look at the history of clean energy in this country, John Stewart had a funny take on the past eight presidents’ stances on clean energy. In a nod to last week’s [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Humor, Natural Capitalism, Oil Consumption No Comments »
