A very comprehensive report by The Brookings Institute reveals just how rapidly the cities of the developing world are growing. In the midst of the largest human migration from the countryside to cities, the report portends a rise in living standards for millions as well as highlights the challenges in sustainably providing energy and food for the inhabitants [...]
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FFF: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Regions in the World
February 3rd, 2012 
Justin Manger 
Posted in 2nd Green, China, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, News, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Environment, Urban Planning 
No Comments »Today’s Moment of Zen
January 31st, 2012 Justin Manger No, not that moment of zen. This one is closer to the real meaning inherent in that phrase, which has to do with the notion that wisdom (along with compassion) is expressed in the everyday through yourself, people, and nature, if you can reach a certain state of perception. I’m not a practioner let alone [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Conservation, Japan, Justin Manger, Op-Ed, Sustainability Tags: Conservation, Environment, Nature 1 Comment »Poll: What is your McDonald’s Moment?
January 30th, 2012 Eric Wilson In yesterday’s op-ed I referenced Justin’s “McDonald’s moment.” When he was 12 years-old, he wrote a letter to the company inquiring about their Styrofoam packaging. This is not to be confused with the restaurant’s ill-fated foray into social media. Yesterday’s post recounted the effect growing up in LA had on me and how I came [...]
Growing Up in LA
January 29th, 2012 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago I was talking with another transplant from Los Angeles who also became interested in environmental sustainability. She asked what it was that got me interested in the topic. I told her that I never was big on going outside – not like I am now at least. I’ve hypothesized before on [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Recylcing, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Environment, Los Angeles, Prius, Tesla 1 Comment »Where the Trees Are: New Biomass Map Shows Forest Cover Across the U.S.
January 18th, 2012 Justin Manger Calling their work “possibly the highest resolution and most detailed view of forest structure and carbon storage ever assembled for any country,” the NASA Earth Observatory has released a map that includes measurements of about five million trees. With a scale of 30 meters, 4 computer pixels represents an acre of land. As the Earth Observatory states, The [...]
Posted in Conservation, Graphics, Justin Manger, News, Sustainability Tags: Biomass, Carbon Dioxide, Conservation, Environment 1 Comment »My Issue with Keurig Coffee Cups
January 15th, 2012 Megan Stilley The new rage is K-cups, also known as Keurig individual cups of coffee. Not only do these individual coffee cups have individual packaging that is not recyclable, it also has its own coffee maker that you have to purchase in order to use the K-cups. The idea of these coffee cups bothers me, deep down to [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Environment, Megan Stilley, Waste 6 Comments »Wild and Scenic Film Festival – January 13-15
January 11th, 2012 Eric Wilson As mentioned in this month’s calendar post, the Wild and Scenic Film Festival takes place this week. Starting this Friday (the 13th) and running through the end of the weekend, the festival is put on by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) in Nevada City, California. This year represents the 10th Annual Wild & [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson Tags: Calendar, California, Climate Change, Environment, Film Series, Nature, Water No Comments »ARPA-E Director Majumdar Lays It Out Plain and Simple
January 11th, 2012 Justin Manger Modeled after the successful Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the agency responsible for such technological innovations as the Internet and the stealth technology found in the F-117, the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE) was established to focus on creative “out-of-the-box” transformational energy research. Regarding our current energy situation, this [...]
