May 1st, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
The snow has finally melted in Minnesota (though another round of flurries falls as I post this). Nothing signifies spring in the sustainability world quite like the season’s first Tour de Fat. In Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, New Belgium’s annual celebration of bicycles returns after its winter hiatus. Today and tomorrow an exciting event is taking [...]
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Tags: Atlanta, Calendar, California, Minnesota, New Belgium Brewery, Noelle Phares, Santa Barbara, Stephen Chu 
No Comments » March 3rd, 2013 Eric Wilson With sequestration upon us, it will be interesting to see where renewable energy’s future lies. Many of the cuts have been to military expenditures, but renewable energy offers a way forward for reduced utility costs for the Department of Defense. This month, the 8th annual military energy alternatives conference in Washington DC may lay the [...]
Posted in Conferences, Economics, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Bicycles, Bio-fuels, Calendar, California, Military, New York City, Santa Barbara, Washington DC No Comments » December 24th, 2011 Heather Perry This is the second in a series by Heather Perry. All posts in the series will be available here. We drove our bus to our first supplying client, the restaurant where Darcy had been working. Consistent with what we would find throughout the rest of our three-month journey, the owner of the restaurant was encouraging [...]
April 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Many of the events on our green events calendar and stories that we write about here on 2nd Green Revolution occur in Colorado, including several this month in Denver, and Washington DC because we live in these locales. California often shows up as well. This month is no different, including an energy efficiency symposium in [...]
December 9th, 2010 Chris DeArmond Albertsons recently announced in a press release that two of its Santa Barbara stores reached “zero waste” status. Each has diverted over 95 percent (2,074,328 pounds) of all waste products from landfill or incineration – meeting the 90 percent standard to be classified as “zero waste.” To accomplish this, the stores relied on three components. [...]
Posted in Business, Recylcing Tags: California, Chris DeArmond, Composting, EPA, Food, Santa Barbara, Waste, Zero Waste No Comments » March 11th, 2010 Eric Wilson The weekly email from Travel and Leisure (T&L) often contains tidbits that make for interesting stories here on 2nd Green Revolution. Last year their stories about the most bike friendly cities in the world, as well as a discount being offered in Santa Barbara, California for those taking the train led to posts on this [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Santa Barbara, Trains, Travel and Leisure No Comments » March 1st, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. Many of the events on the calendar for March take place in India and China. Half of the events [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Bio-fuels, Biomass, Biomimicry, Calendar, California, New York City, Santa Barbara No Comments » June 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Following the recent trend of cities such as Vauban, outside of Freiburg, Germany, New York City has been decreasing automobile traffic in midtown Manhattan. With the goal of making Times Square (and surrounding areas such as Herald Square) more pedestrian friendly, vehicular traffic has been permanently suspended on Broadway, which cuts across Times Square. On [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Carless Cities, Cars, New York City, Santa Barbara No Comments »
