I read Changes in the Land by William Cronon out of a requirement for a class but it is actually an interesting read. The book tells the history of Native Americans and European Settlers: their relationship with each other, the land, and how they altered the landscape and ecosystems. Cronon uses journals and documents from [...]
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Book Review: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
February 11th, 2012 
Megan Stilley 
Posted in Agriculture, Behavior, Energy Efficiency, Sustainability 
Tags: Book Review, Forests, Megan Stilley 
No Comments »HMSHost Diverts Food Waste at Tampa International Airport
February 8th, 2012 Chris DeArmond At nearly 14 percent, food waste in the U.S. now represents the single largest component in the municipal solid waste stream. In 2010, this amounted to 34 million tons of food, less than 3 percent of which was recovered or recycled. This staggering amount of food waste is driven not only by individual households, but [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Green Economy, Local Energy/Food, News, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Biomass, Chris DeArmond, Composting, Environment, Food No Comments »BHT: The Secret in Your Cereal
February 7th, 2012 Megan Stilley I was browsing the cereal aisle recently and looking at a non-organic cereal (bad I know). While scanning the ingredient list (something you must always do!) I noticed an ingredient I had not heard of- BHT. I was really curious what it was so I decided to do some research. What is BHT? Butylated hydroxytoluene [...]
Are Cities Really More Sustainable?
February 5th, 2012 Eric Wilson In the most recent Five Friday Facts, Justin provided information on the growth in cities outside the developed world. He points out that increasing populations pose challenges for sustainability. How can we support a global population in denser cities? The argument tends to go that cities are more sustainable since they use less land to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Cars, Collaborative Consumption, Energy, Food, Population Growth, Urban Planning No Comments »Today’s Moment of Zen
January 31st, 2012 Justin Manger No, not that moment of zen. This one is closer to the real meaning inherent in that phrase, which has to do with the notion that wisdom (along with compassion) is expressed in the everyday through yourself, people, and nature, if you can reach a certain state of perception. I’m not a practioner let alone [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Conservation, Japan, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Conservation, Environment, Nature 1 Comment »Poll: What is your McDonald’s Moment?
January 30th, 2012 Eric Wilson In yesterday’s op-ed I referenced Justin’s “McDonald’s moment.” When he was 12 years-old, he wrote a letter to the company inquiring about their Styrofoam packaging. This is not to be confused with the restaurant’s ill-fated foray into social media. Yesterday’s post recounted the effect growing up in LA had on me and how I came [...]
Growing Up in LA
January 29th, 2012 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago I was talking with another transplant from Los Angeles who also became interested in environmental sustainability. She asked what it was that got me interested in the topic. I told her that I never was big on going outside – not like I am now at least. I’ve hypothesized before on [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Environment, Los Angeles, Prius, Tesla 1 Comment »Obama Returns to Energy Theme in State of the Union
January 26th, 2012 2nd Green Revolution As he has done previously in talking about the state of America, President Obama had several things to say about energy in Tuesday night’s speech (transcript here). For one, due to a surge in domestic oil production, imports of foreign oil have fallen to the lowest levels in 16 years and “American oil production is the highest that [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Clean Technology, Economics, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Justin Manger, News, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Congress, Electricity Generation, Energy, Green Technology, Renewable Energy, Washington DC No Comments »Aquaculture: How Sustainable is Farming Fish?
January 24th, 2012 Megan Stilley I have discussed factory farms in a previous post. But did you know that factory farms go beyond the normal livestock? Factory farms are now plaguing our oceans and fresh water fish. With the rising demand for seafood and the natural populations being depleted, it only makes sense to start factory farms for fish, right? [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Sustainability Tags: Climate Change, Food, Megan Stilley, Water No Comments »Poll: Obama’s State of the Union Speech
January 23rd, 2012 Justin Manger On Tuesday, January 24th President Obama will deliver his State of the Union Address from Capitol Hill. How prominently do you think clean energy and the “green” economy will be featured in the speech? Choose from one of the options below:
