As mentioned in a recent post on Paul Hawken’s Natural Capitalism, the second green revolution has been brewing for quite sometime. For a comedic look at the history of clean energy in this country, John Stewart had a funny take on the past eight presidents’ stances on clean energy. In a nod to last week’s [...]
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John Stewart’s Clean Energy History Lesson
June 21st, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Renewable Energy 
Tags: Clean Energy, Humor, Natural Capitalism, Oil Consumption 
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June 5th, 2010 Eric Wilson Brought to you by the satirical publication The Onion. Click image to enlarge. [Source]
Five Friday Funnies
May 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson Coming to you by way of the May 13th issue of the satirical publication The Onion: “Alternative” Alternative Energy Projects The U.S. Department of Interior just approved Cape Wind, the nation’s first offshore wind farm, which will be built five miles from Cape Cod. Here are some of the [other] projects awaiting approval: Gulf of [...]
Paper from Elephant Poo, Who Knew?
November 21st, 2009 Justin Manger Today’s post is about an off-the-wall and perhaps silly or gross but also clever way to use elephant dung. Yep, I’m not joking. Those straw-laden masses of excrement may wind up being processed into actual products thanks to the Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company. Anyway, squeamishness aside, the company’s unusual but creative way to [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Green Products, Justin Manger, Recylcing Tags: Cradle to Cradle, Humor, Regenerative Economy, Waste No Comments »Introducing “A Lighter Shade of Green”
September 2nd, 2009 Justin Manger “A Lighter Shade of Green” takes a humorous and sometimes off-the-wall look at the second green revolution. This part of the website will contain humorous and sometimes wacky quotations, thoughts, and stories relating to the clean energy economy. Think of it as a sort of “green” version of The Onion for parody, sarcasm, and humor [...]
Stephen Chu Visits John Stewart on The Daily Show
July 23rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Exhibiting a quick wit and sharp sense of humor, Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu joined John Stewart on The Daily Show earlier this week. In the monologue leading up to the interview, Stewart reviewed the Waxman-Markey bill (officially known as H.R. 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009) passed by the House of [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy Tags: Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Humor, Low Hanging Fruit, Stephen Chu No Comments »Google Trades in Lawn Mowers for Goats
May 1st, 2009 Justin Manger Google is using the same innovative spirit that it uses to organize the world’s information to reduce its carbon footprint. On the official company blog today, Google describes how it has started renting goats from an outfit called California Grazing to eat the grass, control weeds, and “fertilize” the lawn. A herder brings about 200 [...]
Posted in Green Economy, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Sustainable Development Tags: Google, Humor, Renewable Energy No Comments »
