For the past few years I have been trying to take steps to be more sustainable. It started when I was an undergraduate and joined the campus environmental group. Recycling has always been a habit, so it wasn’t something I had to change. I did begin riding my bike and walking everywhere possible; a college [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Water Conservation’
New Year’s Resolutions
January 6th, 2012 
Megan Stilley 
Posted in Behavior, Green Products, Recylcing 
Tags: Cloth Diapers, Denver, Food, Megan Stilley, Toilet, Water Conservation 
No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Winter Tips
December 9th, 2011 Eric Wilson A few years ago we had a Five Friday Facts – Christmas Edition and a post on real vs. fake holiday symbols. Today’s Five Friday Facts are less holiday centric, but they all come from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Winter Tips. Approximately 33 million live Christmas trees are sold in North America every year. [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts Tags: Carbon Dioxide, EPA, Water Conservation No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Sewer Water, Drought, and San Antonio
October 7th, 2011 Justin Manger Even in the middle of a historic drought, San Antonio, Texas has managed to keep the San Antonio River flowing through the River Walk area of downtown. What’s their secret? Treated sewage water. Here are a few facts from an NPR article on the river. To keep the river flowing, the city used to have to pump [...]
Posted in Conservation, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, Policy, Recylcing, Sustainability Tags: Environment, Water, Water Conservation No Comments »Rainstorms, Runoff, and Repaving Roads
July 28th, 2011 Eric Wilson Summer storms have ripped through Colorado over the past several weeks leaving the landscape decimated. The picture associated with this post was taken in Denver at a newly completed hospital with a retaining wall, catchment system for snow melt and storm waters, and landscaping which can help prevent soil erosion. Walking down the street reveals [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Transportation Tags: Colorado, New York City, Video, Water, Water Conservation No Comments »Modern Green Living: City Living at its Best
July 13th, 2011 Guest Author In the classic sitcom, Green Acres, actors Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert bicker over the complications with their move from Manhattan to a rural farm. “Farm livin’ is the life for me/ Land spreadin’ out so far and wide/ Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside,” sings Albert, while Gabor pleads to return to Park [...]
1800 Larimer: A LEED Platinum High Rise in Denver
June 2nd, 2011 Eric Wilson Last summer the building at 1800 Larimer Street in downtown Denver opened for business. Now home to Xcel Energy’s offices, the structure achieved LEED Platinum certification from the USGBC. Many unique features helped the structure attain this designation. Underfloor air distribution (click here for an example) that uses natural convection can result in a 50% energy [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Green Building, Smart Grid, Sustainability Tags: Colorado, Denver, Energy Conservation, LEED, Water Conservation 1 Comment »Songdo International Business District in South Korea: World’s Largest Planned Community
May 18th, 2011 Justin Manger On a flight to Charleston, SC, I picked up United’s Hemispheres Magazine. Often a companion on 14 hour sleep deprived jaunts to Japan, the publication often has surprisingly interesting articles and facts. (In a separate piece on the Blue Ridge Parkway, I learned that 6,684ft. Mount Mitchell is the tallest point east of the Mississippi). Over [...]
May 6th is National Public Gardens Day
May 4th, 2011 Eric Wilson Yet another “National Day” has come across our radar here at 2nd Green Revolution. Following up on yesterday’s post about National Train Day (May 7th, the day after National Public Gardens Day), here comes another example of a cause or event getting a day of recognition. National Public Gardens Day falls on the Friday before [...]
