SMUD Leads the Nation with Consumer Renewable Energy Program

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Drastic Evolutions in Sustainable Development

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Many believe that in order to conquer global warming, we need to see a full transformation in human living spaces and transportation. Which is a LOT of work!
Well, there are a few communities that are working hard to create drastically innovative living centers that change land use and transportation needs for the better. These “eco-cities” [...]

Technology Is Enabling Change

Small groups of people change the world. Usually, that kind of sentiment is spoken to activists and underdogs who don’t know quite what they need to do to make that change happen. But the small groups of ‘07 are well informed and well funded. They’re going to change the world and they’re gonna do it [...]

I Have A Dream… A Green Dream

Imagine a world in which socially responsible and eco-friendly practices actually boost a company’s bottom line. It’s closer than you think.
I could not have said it better myself. So reads the front page of this week’s BusinessWeek. In a special report by Pete Engardio, entitled Beyond the Green Corporation, the business industry mag looks at [...]

Are You CLEAN Or Dirty??

Sources tell me that the House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 6 today, the “Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007,” or “CLEAN Energy Act of 2007.” Representatives Jerry McNerney (CA), Charles Rangel (NY), and Nick Rahall (WV) introduced the Act on Tuesday for the House’s first 100-Hour Agenda, a [...]

Vinod Khosla: Innovation Heals All Wounds

A colleague forwarded me some information this week about ethanol and Flex cars, a video in which Stone Phillips interviews Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and now head of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, a group whose interests in biofuels, solar power, web 2.0, microfinance, education, health, and more line up [...]

Wal-Mart’s Green Streak

Joel Makower over at Two Steps Forward posted a while back about something exciting happening at Wal-Mart’s Arkansas headquarters. Environmental Defense has designed a new position—a “Corporate Partnerships Project Manager”—who will collaborate with Wal-Mart as a sort of sustainability consultant (one of the many things I’m interested in doing!). And the position is open! “Wanted: [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part III: What You Should Know About Species Extinction

This is the third post in a series that I was inspired to write by what I learned from a recent National Geographic Traveler feature. In today’s post, I give some concrete examples of animal species that are suffering due to global warming.
Many people tend to think that “global warming = everything getting hotter,” so [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part II: The Threat Posed By Rising Sea Levels

This is the second in a series where I examine the effects of global warming on our world—effects which are already visible, and threats that loom on the horizon unless we change the way we live our lives. To read Part I, click here: Slow Cooker Earth Part I: How Weather Patterns Are Changing Worldwide.
Today [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part I: How Weather Patterns Are Changing Worldwide

National Geographic Traveler magazine recently featured a full exposé on global warming, climate change, and how it will affect travel and tourism. This was a great series, but unfortunately it is not available online. So I will post a series of articles that covers the evidence they’ve gathered, plus some. Today, I present the emerging [...]

Eliminate Your Vehicle’s Carbon Footprint

Terrapass is a Menlo Park-based alternative energy company that sells carbon credits to consumers who want to balance out their “carbon footprint,” or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions they generate through travel and other energy consumption.
You can buy a credit (starting at $30 a year depending on what kind of vehicle you drive and [...]