With an extra day this year, February gets its quadrennial opportunity to step up and fill its 29 days with as many events as possible. With that in mind, there are a number of domestic events jammed into February. These include two here in Denver, one of which I will attend at the end of [...]
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February 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
February 1st, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Agriculture, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson 
Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Film Series, Florida, Organic, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy 
No Comments »The Rising Meat Consumption
January 18th, 2012 Megan Stilley A recent report from the Worldwatch Institute stated that global meat consumption is up 20% over the past 10 years. The report claims the majority of the increase is from developed nations and the expanding size of factory farms. In fact developed nations consume 80 kg (176 lbs) per person on average a year, while [...]
Sustainable Chocolate
December 13th, 2011 Megan Stilley The holiday season is a great time to give chocolate as a gift, especially when you don’t know what else to give. But what is that box of chocolate actually representing? Chocolate come from cacao trees- specifically cacao beans, which typically grow in tropical regions. “About 70% of the world’s cacao is grown in [West]Africa,” [...]
Your Guide to a Sustainable Thanksgiving
November 15th, 2011 Megan Stilley Every year American families sit down on the fourth Thursday of November and gorge themselves on anything and everything, including parades and football. It symbolizes the start of overeating, over-consuming, and general wastefulness for the next month. This is also called the holiday season with Thanksgiving, Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza and New Years all within a month. Really, [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Featured Posts, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Beer, Composting, Food, Megan Stilley, Organic, Waste No Comments »USDA Doles out 10 Grants for People’s Gardens
November 14th, 2011 Eric Wilson While small compared to subsidies for corn, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in grants “to support 155 People’s Gardens in neighborhoods” throughout the United States. 10 programs were awarded sums ranging from $5,000 to $150,000. For a complete accounting of the recipients and award denominations, see [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food Tags: California, Colorado, Denver, Food, Organic No Comments »Changers: Not Just Another Solar Charger
November 12th, 2011 Eric Wilson That is what Changers.com would like you to believe. Their solar cell not only charges your electronic devices, but according to a recent article in the New York Times, it “gives consumers the ability to track the amount of money and CO2 they save by using solar power rather than a standard home or office [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Green Products, Recylcing Tags: Battery, Carbon Dioxide, Organic, Solar Energy 1 Comment »Organic, Locavore or Seasonavore?
November 7th, 2011 Megan Stilley If you are trying to be conscious about your food choices, then there are many options to choose from. Do you choose to buy all of your food certified organic? Often these foods are miles from your house, generally produced in California or on the west coast. Do you choose to buy all your food [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Local Energy/Food Tags: California, Food, Megan Stilley, Organic No Comments »Sprout City Farms Fundraiser Through September 30th
September 26th, 2011 Guest Author Sprout City Farms (SCF), an urban agriculture nonprofit organization in Denver, Colorado, manages a one-acre organic vegetable and herb farm on the grounds of the Denver Green School (DGS) in SE Denver. DGS is an Early Childhood Education through 8th grade public innovation school within Denver Public Schools, now in its second year. The curriculum [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Guest Authors, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Curriculum, Denver, Green School, Organic No Comments »
