The calendar of conferences and events for September has been updated. There are a number of events across the globe on this month’s calendar. Below are half a dozen conferences paired up in the following categories: Ecotourism, Biomimicry, and Green Building Conferences. Take a look and let us know of conferences, events, or festivals in [...]
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September Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
September 2nd, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building 
Tags: Biomimicry, Calendar, California, Portland-Oregon 
View CommentsCalifornia to Vote on Banning Plastic Bags (Updated)
August 31st, 2010 Justin Manger Update: The bill was not passed. The legislation failed on a 14-21 vote late last night. State lawmakers in Sacramento are poised to vote today on whether California should take the drastic step of becoming the first state in the Union to ban disposable plastic shopping bags. The bill has been the aim of a [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Education, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability Tags: California, Environment View CommentsSteuben’s Eco-friendly Food Truck
August 24th, 2010 Eric Wilson Watch the Travel Channel’s Food Wars: LA Food Trucks or tune in to Food Networks’ The Great Food Truck Race and you just may get a sense of how prolific these mobile restaurants have become. They are the hottest thing to hit gourmet food. No longer are these meals on wheels the bane of the food industry. [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Food View CommentsHarnessing Solar Energy for Fuel
August 17th, 2010 Eric Wilson The sun’s energy powers just about everything. Sometimes it does so more directly, as in the conversion of radiant energy to electricity in photovoltaic panels, and others less directly, in the case of plant material that has morphed in petroleum and natural gas found in the earth’s crust. In addition, the sun causes the wind [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, California, Department of Energy, Energy, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy View CommentsThe Goats Are at it Again
August 5th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last year we wrote about Google’s use of goats to “cut” the lawn at their expansive headquarters in Mountain View, California. Perhaps it’s a “California thing”, but the private sector is not the only one employing these beasts of burden to chomp down growth. NPR reports that the city of Los Angeles has been using [...]
