In the vein of honesty, the three words under our logo, “People. Planet. Profit.” are not our own. John Elkington is credited with coining the phrase. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has swapped out “profit” for prosperity and rearranged the phrase, also known by the shortened “P3″. Under the umbrella of P3, EPA is running [...]
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EPA’s P3: Planet, Prosperity, People
April 7th, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Agriculture, Eric Wilson, Green Products, Sustainability 
Tags: Calendar, Chemicals, Energy, EPA, Triple Bottom Line, Washington DC, Water 
No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Technology and US Fuel
April 6th, 2012 Justin Manger The incredible drop in imported liquid fuels such as oil over the last 6 years is due in large part to technological breakthroughs in drilling and recovery techniques that has let the U.S. capture more of its natural (though non-renewable) resources. The debates over the pros and cons to this trend of using advanced technology [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Energy, Fracking, Natural Gas, Oil Consumption, Water No Comments »Poll: Reclaimed Water
February 23rd, 2012 Eric Wilson As a follow up to the recent post on water reclamation and last week’s Five Friday Facts about “NEWater”, what is your take on reclaimed water?
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Polls Tags: Wastewater, Water No Comments »Water Reclamation Given Thumbs Up
February 20th, 2012 Eric Wilson NEWater, Singapore’s treated wastewater that is used to provide drinking water to the residents of this island nation, has been around for more than a decade. (See the most recent Five Friday Facts for more information). In the United States though, the idea of incorporating water that comes from treatment plants has yet to catch [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, News Tags: California, Chemicals, Denver, Elizabeth Royte, Wastewater, Water No Comments »Five Friday Facts: NEWater
February 17th, 2012 Eric Wilson A recent New York Times article on a wastewater treatment plant in San Diego, California led to this week’s Five Friday Facts. Singapore, a sovereign island nation of just over 5 million people has used effluent, a polite way of saying wastewater, to supplement drinking water for years. Elizabeth Royte mentions it in her book [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts Tags: California, Elizabeth Royte, Wastewater, Water No Comments »New York City Gets Tidal Energy Project
February 6th, 2012 Justin Manger Verdant Power was granted the first US license for a tidal energy project right on New York City’s doorstep, the East River. While the 1MW project is tiny compared to the over 2,000MW wind farm on the drawing board for Wyoming, it is good to see various renewable technologies being tested around the country. Localization of power sources [...]
Aquaculture: How Sustainable is Farming Fish?
January 24th, 2012 Megan Stilley I have discussed factory farms in a previous post. But did you know that factory farms go beyond the normal livestock? Factory farms are now plaguing our oceans and fresh water fish. With the rising demand for seafood and the natural populations being depleted, it only makes sense to start factory farms for fish, right? [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Sustainability Tags: Climate Change, Food, Megan Stilley, Water No Comments »Book Review: Elizabeth Royte’s Bottlemania
January 16th, 2012 Eric Wilson Bottlemania marks the second book that I’ve read (and now reviewed) written by Elizabeth Royte. Much like Garbage Land, Royte’s first book I read, Bottlemania has a fluid narrative. Royte does a wonderful job of weaving the story of one town’s relationship with bottled water into a larger discussion of the resource turned commodity. In [...]
Wild and Scenic Film Festival – January 13-15
January 11th, 2012 Eric Wilson As mentioned in this month’s calendar post, the Wild and Scenic Film Festival takes place this week. Starting this Friday (the 13th) and running through the end of the weekend, the festival is put on by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) in Nevada City, California. This year represents the 10th Annual Wild & [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson Tags: Calendar, California, Climate Change, Environment, Film Series, Nature, Water No Comments »California Valley Solar Ranch Gets Underway
December 15th, 2011 Eric Wilson A number of large solar projects have been dogged by issues of environmental degradation, of all things. Last year, several concentrated solar power installations ran afoul of environmentalists due to the sites chosen. One in particular, the Blythe Solar Power Project, which was the largest installation at the time, was planned on critical habitat for [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Renewable Energy Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Environment, EPA, Solar Energy, Water No Comments »
