Carbon offsetting is an area of the green economy that has been in the news for sometime now. Economii.com states that “Carbon offsets are used to reduce the amount of carbon that an individual or institution emits into the atmosphere. Carbon offsets work in a financial system where, instead of reducing its own carbon use, [...]
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Carbon Offsets: The Debate Continues
March 17th, 2011 
2nd Green Revolution Boulder Chips Enters Compostable Bag Field
May 13th, 2010 Eric Wilson As it turns out, SunChips wasn’t the only snack brand to release a compostable bag this year. With minimal fanfare as compared to SunChips, Colorado-based Boulder Canyon Foods also moved to a compostable bag this past Earth Day. Noticeably different than the “loud” bag from SunChips, Boulder Chips’ compostable bag looks and feels the same [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products, Recylcing, Sustainability 
Tags: Colorado, Composting, Offsets, Regenerative Economy 
No Comments »Product Review: HP Officejet Pro 8500 All-in-one
October 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Earlier this week I purchased a Hewlett-Packard Printer (HP Officejet Pro 8500). After seeing HP receive the number one ranking in Newsweek’s inaugural Greenest Big Companies in America issue, combined with an instant $50 rebate offered by HP toward this model when recycling an older printer (from any company) at Staples, I decided to take [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Products Tags: Energy Star, Green Product, Offsets, Product Review No Comments »Impact of Climate Change Bill on Rural Farmers
July 11th, 2009 Eric Wilson Over the past century, the number of Americans living on farms has fallen from nearly 40% to less than 2%. As large agribusiness and monoculture farms take over, smaller farmers have had difficulty finding ways to compete. Michael Pollan featured Polyface Farms in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, his treatise on food. By making sure that the [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Green Economy Tags: Agriculture, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, Colorado, Michael Pollan, Offsets No Comments »House Passes Cap-and-Trade Bill
June 29th, 2009 Justin Manger Last Friday, June 26th, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” (H.R. 2998). Though far from becoming law, the 219-212 vote in favor is the first step toward placing a cap on the amount of green house gases industry and businesses can emit. It also sets up a [...]
Part 2: New Belgium Brewery’s Sustainability Efforts
June 13th, 2009 Eric Wilson Thursday’s post about New Belgium and the triple bottom line provided background information on the brewery’s sustainability efforts. Today’s post focuses on their energy policy. As mentioned in an earlier post, New Belgium Brewery has an anaerobic digestor on their property. This piece of equipment cleanses water and produces methane as a by-product, which they [...]
Utilities Throughout the Country Offer Renewable Energy Plans
March 30th, 2009 Eric Wilson Local utilities across the nation offer customers the option to purchase renewable energy instead of electricity generated from nonrenewable sources. Essentially acting as an offset, the company will purchase green electricity equal to the amount consumed by the customer. For instance, homes that use 1,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy a month can purchase renewable [...]
Jiminy Peak Ski Resort: Using Wind to Weather Recession
February 28th, 2009 Eric Wilson Many ski resorts tout their “green credentials” these days. To offset their energy consumption they purchase wind power or other renewable energy from utilities. A few years ago National Geographic reported on the migration toward wind power on behalf of ski resorts. They pointed out the obvious connection between climate change and the potential decrease [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: GE, Offsets, Renewable Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Make Earth Day Everyday
February 11th, 2009 Eric Wilson Last year, the website MakeEarthDayEveryday.com debuted. The site was marketed on oval shaped stickers that said “WIND” with a wind turbine for the “I”. Today, however, the URL appears to be invalid. The company behind the site, Renewable Choice Energy, offers carbon offsets through wind farm projects. Last week I included a post that touched [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid Tags: Colorado, Earth Day, Offsets, Renewable Energy, Smart Meter No Comments »Sustainability Lecture Series at Wynkoop
February 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson I attended the inaugural Sustainability Lecture Series at Wynkoop Brewery in downtown Denver tonight. Susan Innis, from the Governor’s Energy Office spoke about the Colorado Carbon Fund, which is an offset program for carbon emissions. We here at 2nd Green Revolution tend to be skeptical of offsets for a number of reasons.
