What is it about Minneapolis? A frozen tundra in winter, the Minnesota city has already somehow built a reputation as a bike friendly city. Walkscore, which has found success evaluating which are the best areas in terms of getting around on foot, recently turned its attention to rating the ease of 2 wheel locomotion as [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Environment’
Walkscore Now Rates Bike Friendly Cities; Guess who is No. 1
May 23rd, 2012 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Justin Manger, News, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: Bike Sharing, Environment, Minnesota 
No Comments »Natural Capitalism: Chapter 2 – Reinventing the Wheels
May 22nd, 2012 Eric Wilson A few years back I started reading Natural Capitalism. I wrote a post about the first chapter and vowed to come back to the book “soon.” Geologically speaking, it’s been the blink of an eye. In human terms, a wee bit longer. The book isn’t inordinately long, but after coming back to it after many months, I [...]
From Parking Lots to Parking Garages
May 20th, 2012 Eric Wilson Last week I wrote about parking lots and my distaste for them. While parking garages are a much better use of land, they can be quite ugly. My argument today is not an aesthetic one though. While riding the light rail the other day (where I also composed this op-ed), I passed a large parking garage, four levels [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Cars, Environment No Comments »How You Actually Crack Shale Rock 2 Miles Underground
May 1st, 2012 Justin Manger How is it possible to drill through 10,000 feet of impermeable rock, turn 90 degrees and continue drilling horizontally all that way under the surface, then blast chemical water and sand at high pressure to crack open rocks, and then – if that weren’t enough – capture the gas once it has come back up [...]
Five Friday Facts: Most Polluted Air in the U.S.
April 27th, 2012 Justin Manger 41% of Americans, or 127 million people, live in areas with air that is often unhealthy to breath. This is according to the American Lung Association, which just released its annual ‘State of the Air’ report. The top 5 most polluted cities, as determined by year-round pollution, are in California. See top ten list below. [...]
Posted in Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Environment, Pollution No Comments »REDD+: Beyond Carbon Credits; REDD＋:炭素クレジットを超えた利益を目指して
April 24th, 2012 Guest Author This post was written by Akane Hanai, a UN Volunteer working in Viet Nam on the UN-REDD Programme as a Programme Specialist with a Master of Arts in Environmental and Resource Policy from George Washington University. It’s been almost eight months since I got involved in the UN-REDD programme in Viet Nam. For my first post, [...]
Posted in Conservation, Guest Authors, News, Op-Ed, Policy, Sustainability Tags: Akane Hanai, Carbon Dioxide, Environment No Comments »Project Earth Network: Connecting Schools to Solve Environmental Problems
April 19th, 2012 Eric Wilson As a former teacher and current doctoral student in education, I firmly believe in the power of education to change the world. That is not to say that I think the current system is working. Fortunately, there are a number of organizations doing phenomenal work to change the system. The Project Earth Network is “a [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson Tags: Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Video 1 Comment »Weather Disasters Set Record for Costs in 2011
April 11th, 2012 Justin Manger 2011 saw a slew of natural disasters in the U.S. that brought a record of 14 separate weather events with costs exceeding $1 billion each. From hurricanes and floods, to heat waves and droughts, to tornado outbreaks and wildfires, it was a wild year for Mother Nature. There were over $46 billion in damages tallied [...]
You Can Now Stroll Through Amazonian Rainforest on Your Desktop; Good or Bad?
March 27th, 2012 Justin Manger What do you all think of this? Google Maps now takes you into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. My reaction is split: 1) Great! I’ve always been interested in learning more about the rainforests and I think people being able to access information about them will lead to increased understanding and eventually recognition that [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Education, Justin Manger, News, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Conservation, Environment, Nature, rainf No Comments »You Won’t Believe the Size of This Chameleon (If You Can Find It!)
March 26th, 2012 Justin Manger In case you haven’t seen it, this incredibly tiny chameleon is worth a look. The diminutive creature would fit on your thumb’s fingernail (see picture at left). Found in Madagascar off the southeast coast of Africa, the Brookesia Chameleon is a full adult reptile about 1 inch long. Some of the species in this genus [...]
