Sifting through the aftermath of the recent budget compromise, one finds cuts to high speed rail, land conservation, clean water, energy efficiency, and clean energy alternatives. According to NPR, “cuts were targeted at programs ranging from FEMA grants to first-responders and high-speed rail projects to assistance for low-income mothers and children and community AIDS initiatives.” [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Regenerative Economy’
What Do We Stand for in This Country?
April 30th, 2011 
Eric Wilson The Monterey Institute Establishes New Marine Policy Program
March 9th, 2011 Justin Manger The Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) is situated in one of the most beautiful areas of the country, with the Monterey Bay lapping on Del Monte Beach, flowers blooming along the waterfront in Pacific Grove, and Big Sur dangling off California’s edge into the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. What better place to study Environmental Policy, especially as [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Economics, Education, Justin Manger, Oceans, Policy, Sustainability 
Tags: California, Environment, Regenerative Economy 
No Comments »Centennial Woods: From Old Wyoming Snow Fence to Green Design
February 10th, 2011 Chris DeArmond More than ten years ago, founder and CEO of Centennial Woods, John Pope, thought the replaced snow fences along Interstate 80 in Wyoming ought to end up somewhere else besides a landfill. After winning a contract to maintain snow fencing with the Wyoming Department of Transportation, this idea became a reality. Since then, the company [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Economics, Featured Posts, Guest Authors, Recylcing Tags: Chris DeArmond, Green Product, Regenerative Economy No Comments »A Quick Thought on Balance
December 21st, 2010 Justin Manger It’s nice to see continued focus in the media on the idea that business and environmentalism are compatible. It’s been a long time coming. It’s really the only way – given that our mostly free market system has been and continues to be the most accepted and successful model around the world – to make [...]
Posted in 2nd Green, Behavior, Business, Economics, Green Economy, Justin Manger, Policy, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, Environment, Regenerative Economy No Comments »Biomimicry Institute Launches Youth Challenge
November 25th, 2010 Eric Wilson The Biomimicry Institute, a non-profit organization that “promotes the study and imitation of nature’s remarkably efficient designs, bringing together scientists, engineers, architects and innovators who can use those models to create sustainable technologies” has launched their inaugural Biomimicry Youth Challenge. According to their recent press release: The Biomimicry Youth Challenge (BYC) is a unique initiative [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson Tags: Biomimicry, Curriculum, Regenerative Economy, Science No Comments »Book Review: Thriving Beyond Sustainability
November 10th, 2010 Eric Wilson As part of Eco-Libris’ Green Books campaign, 2nd Green Revolution is reviewing Andrés Edwards’ Thriving Beyond Sustainability: Pathways to a Resilient Society from New Society Publishers. According to the publisher, the book is “printed on Forest Stewardship Council-certified acid-free paper that is 100% post-consumer recycled (100% old growth forest-free), processed chlorine free, and printed with [...]
Some Optimism Among the Gloom
September 6th, 2010 Justin Manger As this New York Times op-ed points out, “Climate change has become an ideologically polarizing issue.” Just look at the difference between typical Republican and Democratic reactions to the climate change issue. The op-ed goes on, “It taps into deep personal identities and causes… ‘protective cognition‘ — we judge things in part on whether we see [...]
Controlling Nature: Making a More Resilient Environment
August 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson Here’s the trick, don’t mess it up in the first place. Separating fact from (science) fiction can be difficult. Hollywood takes liberties with science in the name of entertainment. Serious scientific debate about climate change has abated, but people hold strong beliefs about mankind’s impact on the earth. A recent NPR story delved into the [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson Tags: Environment, John McPhee, Regenerative Economy, Science No Comments »Nature Mill’s Automated Food Composting System Brings the Compost to You
August 19th, 2010 Justin Manger What happens when an MIT trained engineer comes back after vacation to find he forgot to empty the kitchen compost bin before he left? Aside from cleaning up the mess, getting rid of the flies, and getting rid of the smell, the light bulb clicks on: “While grudgingly cleaning the kitchen compost bin, [Russ Cohn] [...]
Compost Cab Ready to Hit D.C.’s Streets
August 17th, 2010 Justin Manger The other day NPR’s local affiliate here in Washington D.C., WAMU, had a small piece about a local business charging ahead in the burgeoning field of composting related businesses. A production of Agricity LLC (also based in D.C.), Compost Cab provides collection services for organic waste. As the name implies, the Compost Cab is yellow in color, [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conservation, Green Economy, Green Products, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Composting, Food, Regenerative Economy, Waste No Comments »
