Please check out this article that a friend sent me on the use of shipping containers are the “guts” for small homes. I’d seen this concept applied to school rooms – for which I think, frankly, it’s a much better …
Tag: sustainability
From Guest Blogger Sara: Sweden – An Energy Policy Model For the U.S.
President Obama’s recent press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld elicited an important comment. The U.S. could learn about sustainable development from Sweden. President Obama believes that Sweden is far ahead in maintaining a sustainable planet as opposed to …
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From Guest Blogger Melissa Page: Testa Uses Green Delivery Fleet
The people of Testa Produce, Inc. have started to do what they can to reduce their company’s carbon footprint. For example, two of the delivery trucks that they purchased this year are all-electric vehicles, but they don’t plan to stop …
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Michael T. Klare on Energy Policy and Sustainability
Of all the articles I read on the subject of energy and sustainability, I can’t think of any I more eagerly anticipate than those of Michael T. Klare. Like the one linked above, they’re not generally good news; they tend …
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Emerson: Create New Ideas
According to the Writers Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech entitled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard University. …. (It) was the first time he explained his …
Generating Demand for Microwind
I’m excited to have been hired by Xzeres Corp. (microwind) to help out with some marketing actions. I propose to start by compiling a few case studies, documenting on camera the success of residential customers and those in different industries …
Smart Cities
Here’s a free webinar on smart cities from research firm Frost and Sullivan that I think I’ll attend. They see the subject growing in importance to a $3.3 trillion industry by 2025. Needless to say, that’s a huge amount of …
Tagged with: Frost and Sullivan, Jesse Berst, Livability, smart cities, sustainability, webinar on smart cities, workability
From Guest Blogger Emily Harper: The Truth about Climate Change — Will Planting Trees Really Save Us?
Changes in the temperature in the past decades have brought the worst natural disasters that wreaked havoc everywhere in the world. From hurricane Katrina in 2005 that claimed more than a thousand lives in the country to cyclone Nargis in …
From Guest Blogger John Anderson: Climate Change — Are Hurricanes Our Fault?
The world has suffered from several fatal disasters. News of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other phenomena have shaken us. Most people say that it is nature’s own way of taking revenge against humans’ cruelties. However, could it be nature’s cruelty …
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From Guest Blogger John McMalcolm: Are Medical Clinics Getting Greener?
Deteriorating environmental conditions and rising energy prices are prompting many businesses and individuals to adopt eco-friendly practices. An increasing number of medical clinics across the country are taking the role of community leaders in promoting environmental protection, setting a positive …
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