Next month 2nd Green Revolution will be taking part in Eco-Libris‘ book review spectacular. The book we will review is Thriving Beyond Sustainability by Andres Edwards. New Society Publishers has chosen to produce this book on recycled paper made with 100% post consumer waste, processed chlorine free, and old growth free. For every 5,000 books [...]
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Five Friday Facts – New Society Publishers
October 29th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Recylcing, Sustainability 
Tags: Landfill, Waste 
No Comments »Are Waterless Urinals Getting the Flush?
October 27th, 2010 Chris DeArmond Editor’s Note: Chris DeArmond recently graduated from Dickinson College with a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and International Business & Management. His undergraduate experience analyzing the quota systems on printing and laundry engendered an interest in environmental sustainability. Specifically, he is interested in what the private sector is doing – through innovative practices and products – [...]
AASHE Tuesday Afternoon Sessions Recap
October 17th, 2010 Eric Wilson 12:30 Session – Inter-regional Infusing Sustainability Across the Curriculum: Experiences from Furman and Middlebury Two presenters, one each from Furman University in South Carolina and Middlebury College in Vermont discussed the collaborative approach they took toward integrating sustainability into their curriculum. The schools employed Faculty Curriculum Development Workshops, which required faculty to revise a course/integrate [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Recylcing, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: 2nd Green Revolution, AASHE, Biomass, Curriculum, Emory, LEED, Waste No Comments »Two Pack of Five Friday Facts: Governmental Sustainability
October 15th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week marked the one year anniversary of President Obama requiring sustainability plans from all branches of the government. The first grouping of facts below covers the goals and targets set for the federal government. The second highlights some of the steps taken by various government agencies. In order to verify improvements in these areas, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, President Obama, Recylcing Tags: Agriculture, Net Zero Energy, Waste, Water No Comments »Movie Review: Garbage Warrior
October 9th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last year we wrote about a development in New Mexico that was using reclaimed items (primarily trash) to build homes. A few years back, Open Eye Media out of the United Kingdom produced a documentary titled Garbage Warrior that documented the three plus decade history of the development. Directed by Oliver Hodge and centering on [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building, Local Energy/Food, Sustainable Development Tags: Food, Movie Review, Waste, Wastewater, Water No Comments »The ORCA: Organic Refuse Conversion Alternative
October 7th, 2010 Eric Wilson Please see the new, updated post about the ORCA here. Last year during a site visit to 2nd Green Revolution’s alma mater , Emory University, we were introduced to Orca. No, not Shamu, but rather an anaerobic digester that school had installed in Cox Hall, one of the food service locations. The Orca (Organic Refuse [...]
Posted in Conferences, Eric Wilson, Green Products Tags: AASHE, Denver, Emory, Waste, Water 1 Comment »Four Friday Facts Potpourri
August 20th, 2010 Justin Manger Combine fuel use with passenger occupancy, and buses are four times as energy efficient as cars or planes. 24 Percentage of U.S. credit card users who receive statements online only. $1 approximate cost for a company to print and mail a paper statement. 39% Portion of survey respondents that would elect online statements for a [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Waste No Comments »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 »Junkestra: Cleverly Creating Music with Trash from the Dump
August 4th, 2010 Justin Manger Think about what you hear at the landfill or dump near you: the beeping of trucks backing up, hydraulic lifts, seagulls or other birds squawking and circling above, and the overall cacophonous mix of machines sorting and burying our garbage. Classical music, it’s safe to say, does not make the typical list. A San Francisco [...]
Posted in Conservation, Green Products, Justin Manger, Recylcing Tags: Green Product, Landfill, Lifecycle, Waste No Comments »Gills Onions Produces “Green” Onions
August 1st, 2010 Eric Wilson Last year my father sent me an article from the Los Angeles Times about a company that was using its waste to partially power the company. I did not follow up on it at the time, but he called the other day (almost exactly one year after the original article) and said, “There’s this company [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Renewable Energy Tags: Bio-fuels, California, Carbon Dioxide, Los Angeles, Waste No Comments »
