This debate follows the format of the New York Times’s Opinionator with a back and forth flow simulating our discussion. Wilson: We’ve been working under the assumption that “if it saves people money, they’ll adopt sustainable behaviors.” This very notion was mentioned in an article that ran in a past 2nd Green Revolution newsletter. I’m [...]
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Money Talks, But How Much? What are People’s Motivations to Go Green?
June 12th, 2011 
2nd Green Revolution Princeton Review Reveals List of 311 Green Colleges
June 9th, 2011 Eric Wilson A recent guest post talked about 5 primary and secondary schools that are noted for their “green” features. The Princeton Review has updated their list of the 311 institutions of higher learning that are going green. All but three of the schools are in the United States, with Canada making up the difference. To determine [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: Bike Sharing, Curriculum, Food, LEED, Organic 
No Comments »Denver’s Bike to Work Day is Set for June 22nd
June 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Following up on last month’s post about Washington DC’s bike to work day, the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCoG) will sponsor their own event. Bike to Work Day 2011, will take place on June 22nd. Registration for the event is now open. A list of breakfast and break stations, as well as various other [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Colorado, Denver, Washington DC No Comments »Eco-Trek Returns Home to Germany After Driving Fuel Cell Cars Around the World
June 4th, 2011 Justin Manger The Eco-Trek series (click for summaries of all episodes) we have been bringing you every week has come to an end. The longest continuous drive of three Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELLs ever was completed on June 1 when the cars arrived back in Stuttgart, Germany after 125 days on the road. Daimler began the drive around the [...]
Police Fleets and Taxi Cabs: Goodbye, Crown Vic’
May 23rd, 2011 Chris DeArmond With Ford’s iconic but gas guzzling Crown Victoria going out of production later this year, Police Interceptors and New York City taxi cabs will soon take on a greener look. Replacing the Crown Victoria (4.6-liter V8) – which produces 250 horsepower (hp) and returns only 14 miles per gallon (MPG) city, 21 highway – will [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Featured Posts, News, Transportation Tags: Chris DeArmond, Ford, Los Angeles, New York City No Comments »The Hidden Benefits of “Alternative Transportation”
May 22nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Siting in the car is perhaps the least productive time of my day. My wife and I “only” drove a combined 6,000 miles in the past year, but the time behind the wheel served a singular purpose, to get to some other location. In the past year (since we bought our car), I’ve walked to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Bus, Cars, Denver, Food, Google, iPod/iPhone App, Mass Transit 1 Comment »Bike Sharing: Increasing Transportation Choices, Saving Communities Money, Creating Better Places
May 15th, 2011 Stephen Wade Washington, DC and Arlington County, VA recently launched a bike share program, Capital Bikeshare, making over 1,100 bikes available at 110 stations. With 11,000 members, it is already the largest in the nation. These programs have been successful in Europe and have sprouted up throughout the US as cities look to provide greener, cheaper, healthier [...]
Posted in Behavior, Economics, Policy, Real Estate, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Bike Sharing, Cars, Pollution, Stephen Wade, Washington DC No Comments »Got a Bike? On May 20th Use it to Bike to Work in DC
May 13th, 2011 Justin Manger One week from today on next Friday, May 20th legions of two wheel enthusiasts, novice bicyclists, and (if history is any guide) even Energy Secretary Steven Chu will turn the paths and bike lanes of Washington, DC into a veritable velodrome. Why? Well, it’s Bike to Work Day. As a new bicycle commuter I can vouch for [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Justin Manger, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Green Product, Washington DC No Comments »$2 Billion in Funding for High Speed Rail Announced
May 10th, 2011 Eric Wilson Yesterday Ray LaHood, Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT), announced awards totaling $2 billion dollars for high speed rail infrastructure. In the press release from DOT, the money will go to the “Northeast Corridor, expand service in the Midwest, and provide new, state-of-the-art locomotives and rail cars.” 15 states and Amtrak were among those [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Economy, News, Transportation Tags: California, High Speed Rail, Los Angeles, Saint Louis Missouri, Washington DC No Comments »The Hegemony of the Automobile
May 8th, 2011 Eric Wilson Recently I posted an article titled “The Hegemony of Nonrenewable Resources“. I got to thinking about other possible hegemonic structures that exist in our daily lives. In short, a hegemonic structure could be defined as one that holds power over us, or makes people unable to exist in a competing fashion. This week’s hegemony is [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Cars, Denver, Washington DC No Comments »
