February 3rd, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
Avis epitomizes corporate America in many ways. ZipCar was a counter-corporate organization in many ways. Although ZipCar was a publicly traded company, it did not operate in the same way as Avis. Instead, it worked off a highly decentralized approach. Instead of a large outlet, like those found at the airport, with hundreds of cars, [...]
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Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Cars, Denver, Minneapolis 
No Comments » November 1st, 2012 Eric Wilson 
This month I’ve chosen a smattering of events that are related to the staff here at 2nd Green Revolution. Most are connected to where I’ve lived (plus the annual USGBC national conference, GreenBuild), but there is also a summit in Charlottesville, where frequent contributor Stephen Wade obtained his masters degree. Having lived in Salzburg, Austria, [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Conferences, Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy, Transportation Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Calendar, California, Minnesota, Nature, San Francisco, Solar Energy, USGBC No Comments » June 29th, 2012 Nick Grue Within the last few weeks, huge forest fires have broken out all across Colorado, including the massive High Park fire, the menacingly city-close Waldo Canyon fire outside Colorado Springs, and as I’m writing this the Flagstaff fire near Boulder is quickly becoming fast-moving and dangerous. The perfect mixture of high temperatures, low humidity, and snow [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Featured Posts, News, Op-Ed Tags: Analysis, Boulder-Colorado, Climate Change, Colorado, Nick Grue No Comments » February 14th, 2012 Eric Wilson As a follow up to last month’s post about BOULD, a Colorado-based social venture that is working to “end substandard housing through green building education,” comes another story from Boulder, Colorado about green homes for under-served populations. In this case, it is the University’s Sustainable Housing Project, which is part of the Mortenson Center in [...]
January 31st, 2012 Eric Wilson Perhaps one of the biggest knocks on green building, and LEED certification in particular, is that it is unattainable for so many. Despite costs that have dropped for sustainable materials, the extra costs associated with achieving LEED certification can be a financial barrier to building green homes and structures. Some see green building as elitist [...]
December 24th, 2011 Heather Perry This is the second in a series by Heather Perry. All posts in the series will be available here. We drove our bus to our first supplying client, the restaurant where Darcy had been working. Consistent with what we would find throughout the rest of our three-month journey, the owner of the restaurant was encouraging [...]
October 13th, 2011 Eric Wilson When one thinks about being eco-friendly, driving a car does not necessarily come to the top of the list. Some cars are more fuel-efficient than others, but all require massive energy inputs in their creation and maintenance. Beyond gasoline and electricity for internal combustion engines, hybrid gasoline-electrics, and the up-and-coming electric vehicles, the materials required [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Cars, Denver No Comments » September 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson As a follow up to the EPA’s Game Day Challenge post from earlier this week, this set of Five Friday Facts deals with the waste diversion efforts at the University of Colorado Boulder’s football stadium. Virtually all public food and beverage services in Folsom Field have converted have switched to recyclable or compostable materials and [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Recylcing Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Carbon Dioxide, Composting, Energy, EPA, Waste, Zero Waste No Comments » September 14th, 2011 Eric Wilson Go to most any sporting event and the amount of waste produced is astonishing. From little trays and plastic spoons to giant foam fingers that end up discarded along with countless tchotchkes, the amount of trash generated overflows from bins and remains scattered around seats. In 2008, the University of Colorado at Boulder began an [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Recylcing Tags: AASHE, Boulder-Colorado, Composting, Emory, EPA, Zero Waste No Comments » August 18th, 2011 Eric Wilson For those looking to find environmentally and socially equitable companies and products, the ReDirect Guide helps put consumers in touch with businesses that put sustainability, both environmental and social, first. The ReDirect Guide is “a new breed of media company – one that is dedicated solely to creating innovative and effective media that encourages green [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Green Products, Sustainability Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Colorado, Denver, Portland-Oregon No Comments »
