Update: The bill was not passed. The legislation failed on a 14-21 vote late last night. State lawmakers in Sacramento are poised to vote today on whether California should take the drastic step of becoming the first state in the Union to ban disposable plastic shopping bags. The bill has been the aim of a [...]
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California to Vote on Banning Plastic Bags (Updated)
August 31st, 2010 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Education, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability 
Tags: California, Environment 
View CommentsFarming Forward Documentary Features Sustainable Minnesota Farms
August 30th, 2010 Eric Wilson While reading The Winsted Herald-Journal, a weekly small town paper in Western Minnesota, I came across a story about the locally produced documentary “Farming Forward“. Produced by a college student from Gustavus Adolphus College and the Sustainable Farming Association (SFA) of Minnesota. Living Song Farm (in Howard Lake), Riverbend Farm (in Delano), Prairie Horizons Farm [...]
Environmental vs. Sustainability Education: Shifting the Focus
August 29th, 2010 Eric Wilson The environmental education movement in this country has been around for quite some time. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the first Earth Day 40 years ago were both important factors in bringing environmental education to the fore. My personal journey is not nearly as long. Nearly ten years ago I worked for a school district [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Curriculum, David Orr, Environment, Jobs, Op-Ed View Comments2nd Green Revolution Sponsoring Georgetown Clean Tech Conference
August 28th, 2010 Justin Manger As part of Georgetown University’s Social Impact Week, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. will hold the 2010 Georgetown Energy & Cleantech Conference. The student led Energy and Clean Tech Club initiative brings together students and alumni “from across the many schools of Georgetown University interested in issues of energy (traditional and renewable sources), climate change, cleantech, [...]
Add Another Superlative to China’s Growth: 10 Day Traffic Jams (Updated)
August 25th, 2010 Justin Manger Before I get to the meat of this post, I’ll add one more crazy stat that I furtively creeped this morning from the Express Newspaper the guy next to me on the bus was reading: 1,900 cars every day are added to the streets of Beijing alone. That’s one city, in one country. Now for the real [...]
Posted in Behavior, China, Justin Manger, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars View Comments
