From Guest Blogger Lana Hawkins: Trends in Sustainable Warehouse Design
Sustainable technology is changing the global business landscape, making it a lot greener. One does not need to be committed to saving the planet in order to reap the benefits. Reducing the energy consumption in the warehouse allows you to save money, on top of making your business more environment-friendly. Therefore, one has to grasp the energy loads and how they affect the operations, budget and the environment. Gained knowledge is empowering business resource which is used to take the operations to the next level. (more…)
My colleague Bob Zannelli writes: It should be kept in mind that all the other candidates including Hillary are getting lots of fossil fuel money, the center of global warming Denialism. If Bernie comes out as pro nuke Hillary would jump on it. She’s not really so much anti-nuke as pro fossil fuel, but she will argue that Indian Point should be shut down if it gets her primary votes. I don’t know if Bernie can be brought around to supporting nuclear, but of all the candidates he is the only one not in the fossil fuel industry’s pocket……We need a carbon tax, something opposed by all the candidates except Bernie.
I was talking last night with a close friend about how much I despise Volkswagen for the crime it committed vis-à-vis the environment, and he pointed out, kindly but firmly: Wow, that’s a lot of hate you’re carrying around, and it sounds so weird coming from you, especially. You might want to consider throwing it away. 
Greenpeace is well known for its aggressive posture vis-a-vis environmental justice, and, in particular, for its demand that our civilization phase out fossil fuels in favor of conservation, efficiency solutions, and renewable energy. Among other things, that means putting a moratorium on the aggressive fracking and mining of oil, coal, and natural gas, especially in environmentally fragile places like the Alaskan Arctic. 
I often start my day with the television broadcast “Newsroom Tokyo,” which airs on our local PBS affiliate at 6 AM. Not only is this a wonderful reminder that the United States is not the center of the universe, it’s an opportunity to come up to speed on a great number of financial, social, and political issues affecting Japan and Southeast Asia. 
A reader notes: There are presently companies that sell an accessory that 
For decades we’ve been hearing about 
Most people live their lives as if they were pre-designed: go to school, make friends, get a job, get married, raise kids, aspire for affluence, retire in comfort, and try to leave your kids a few bucks when you leave this world.
I hope readers are following the daily 2GreenEnergy Instagram feed, mainly built on pics I’ve taken around our very rural neighborhood near Santa Barbara, CA. At the left is today’s post with caption:
Green culture describes sustainability and environmental awareness as a way of life. The idea behind green culture is that sustainable living encompasses far more than putting papers in the recycling bin. It is also very open-ended, which means there is plenty of room for creativity. Would-be innovators should bear the following points in mind. (Hey! That’s pretty good! -ed) 
