As I mentioned a while back, I look forward to the weekly email from Travel and Leisure. It provides some of the most intriguing lists (such as strangest foods in the world), but more so I often find fodder for posts that I would not otherwise. This week’s email contains a list of the world’s [...]
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January 11th, 2011 
Eric Wilson Green Apartments Survey
January 4th, 2011 Justin Manger Are apartment owners and property managers adopting green retrofits? The following 7 question survey is from Property Management Software Guide. They created it to learn what progress is being made toward greening apartments in the multifamily housing market, which make up 20% of all US households. Multi-family structures such as apartment buildings, condos, and townhouses [...]
Peace on Earth?
December 28th, 2010 Justin Manger With the holiday season comes reflection: year end lists and rankings of what transpired in 2010, personal reflection about what went well and what didn’t over the year, and more broad assessments of what happened internationally and how we are coming along as a global society. One statistic, provided by the always interesting Democratic Leadership [...]
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Tags: Climate Change, Holidays, Water 
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 »Two Small Town Champions Bring Green Building to Nebraska
December 18th, 2010 Eric Wilson The other night I attended the annual holiday party for the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) committee for which I volunteer. The Green Schools Initiative, out of the Colorado Chapter of the USGBC, brings together educators, architects, engineers, government employees, and other interested parties. Before the meeting kicked off I had the opportunity to [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Green Schools, LED Lights, LEED, USGBC No Comments »Sweden and Denmark Lead the Way Toward Energy Independence
December 16th, 2010 Eric Wilson Look to the Scandinavian countries and you are likely to see a whole host of sustainable measures underway. The city of Malmo in Sweden has been promoting itself as the “Sustainable City,” with its goal of climate neutrality in 10 years and 100% renewable energy by 2030. Watch the video below for a brief piece [...]
December Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
December 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson Much as was the case with this time last year, there seem to be fewer conferences on the topics of sustainability and clean energy during the month of December, especially toward the end of the month. Whether it’s the cold temperatures, the holiday season in much of the western world, or fatigue, most of the [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Sustainable Development Tags: Africa, Calendar, Colorado, Lifecycle, Wind Power No Comments »Norwex: Clean without Chemicals
November 27th, 2010 Eric Wilson What do Tupperware parties and the Avon lady have to do with products that reduce waste and avoid harsh chemicals to clean one’s home? Perhaps nothing, other than their shared method of reaching consumers. For years, Tupperware and the Avon lady have hired people, almost exclusively women, to reach out to their social networks (long [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products, Sustainable Development Tags: Chemicals, Environment 3 Comments »US-Japan Education for Sustainable Development Presentation
November 18th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week I presented at the University of Colorado, Boulder on the topic of Educating for Sustainable Development and US-Japanese relations in this arena. In addition, Dan Bihn and Dai Kato provided their unique perspective on education and sustainability practices in Japan. My presentation is embedded below. Please feel free to contact me with any [...]
The Fate of High Speed Rail in the US
November 15th, 2010 Eric Wilson NPR recently carried a story about the effect of the 2010 election on high speed rail development in Florida, Wisconsin, and Ohio. According to the story, the governors-elect of the latter intend to return the funds allocated as part of the Recovery Act, while Florida’s governor-elect may join them. The following is from a comment [...]
