May 1st, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
The snow has finally melted in Minnesota (though another round of flurries falls as I post this). Nothing signifies spring in the sustainability world quite like the season’s first Tour de Fat. In Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, New Belgium’s annual celebration of bicycles returns after its winter hiatus. Today and tomorrow an exciting event is taking [...]
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Tags: Atlanta, Calendar, California, Minnesota, New Belgium Brewery, Noelle Phares, Santa Barbara, Stephen Chu 
No Comments » April 4th, 2013 Eric Wilson Nothing conjures up the ideal life quite like Hawaii, which has the highest ranking in the most recent well-being index. Despite the erroneous name of the event (see below and let us know if you figure out what’s wrong with the name), Hawaii is hosting a sustainability in higher education summit this month. 2nd Green [...]
Posted in Conferences, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Renewable Energy Tags: Calendar, California, Hawaii No Comments » April 3rd, 2013 Noelle Phares 
The mandated labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods remains a pipe dream within US borders. But the topic continues to simmer on socio-political agendas. Washington State introduced labeling initiative I-522 to its state legislature earlier this year, previously label-opposed food giant Wal-Mart switched teams to start rallying for labeling at the national level in January, [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Agriculture, Business, Op-Ed, Policy Tags: California, GMO, Noelle Phares, policy No Comments » March 3rd, 2013 Eric Wilson With sequestration upon us, it will be interesting to see where renewable energy’s future lies. Many of the cuts have been to military expenditures, but renewable energy offers a way forward for reduced utility costs for the Department of Defense. This month, the 8th annual military energy alternatives conference in Washington DC may lay the [...]
Posted in Conferences, Economics, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Bicycles, Bio-fuels, Calendar, California, Military, New York City, Santa Barbara, Washington DC No Comments » February 17th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
I don’t watch much television, not these days at least. Growing up I had one in my room and I think that proved to be too much. I went without one for a few years and often long for those days. There are enough other distractions (electronic and otherwise) to fill my time. However, while [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Economics, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Sustainable Development Tags: California, Consumerism, consumption, Landfill, Los Angeles No Comments » February 1st, 2013 Eric Wilson 2013 began with the fiscal cliff averted and reinstatement of the Production Tax Credit for renewable energy. Now comes the shortest month of the year, but a busy one nonetheless. There are a few solar energy events in South Africa, a trio of environmentally related ones in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C, a couple of [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson, Policy, Renewable Energy Tags: Africa, Calendar, California, Minnesota, Washington DC No Comments » January 17th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
What comes to mind when you think of New Jersey? Snooki? The Situation? The Boss? Fughedabouddit, try solar. New Jersey is the second largest installer of solar energy in the United States behind only California. National Geographic’s Great Energy Challenge has a piece looking at the revolution in solar that’s taking place in the “Garden [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: California, Landfill, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments » January 11th, 2013 Justin Manger 
The poster from December’s National Geographic of one of the worlds largest trees – President, a member of the Sequoia-denron giganteum species, or a giant sequoia redwood – is now hanging on the wall of my new apartment. The two scientists measuring the tree in the picture barely register among the massive scale of the [...]
Posted in Conservation, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, News Tags: California, Environment, Nature No Comments » December 24th, 2012 Sean Connell The Evergreen State just got a little greener. According to the Washington State Department of Ecology, Washington’s recycling rate reached 50.7 percent in 2011. It is the first time that the state has reported a recycling rate of more than 50 percent, achieving a goal originally set by the state government in 1989, and far [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: California, Recycling, Sean Connell, Washington State, Waste No Comments » December 18th, 2012 Justin Manger 
Living in Tokyo, this is one thing I luckily don’t have to deal with: finding a parking space. Like many Tokyo residents, I don’t own a car and, like nearly all workers, I take the train to work. Out of the 2,000 people at my company’s headquarters for example, a mere 6 people drive. They [...]
Posted in Behavior, Justin Manger, News, Policy, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: California, Mass Transit, Parking No Comments »
