Green Power Grows in ’02 According to the Center for Resource Solutions, certified green power “grew substantially during 2002. Among the benefits: a 1.2 million ton reduction in CO2 emissions!
More Positive Developments in Harvesting Wind An AP article (found at Commondreams.org) describes the success of the wind energy industry in overcoming difficulties and criticism in the High Winds Energy [ … ]
SI making it’s move into North America “Sustainability investing,” that is, which positions itself as a more positive alternative to SRI. This piece on SustainableBusiness.com shows some impressive numbers for [ … ]
Finding a use for useless wood Came across this piece via Greenbiz.com, and applaud Phil Archuleta for thinking creatively about how to use materials deemed unusable. At the same time, [ … ]
Globalization, Democracy and Hydrogen Doug just sent me this fascinating piece by Jeremy Rifkin from theGlobalist.com. I think the potential for a “hydrogen economy” (either Lester Brown or Amory Lovins [ … ]
Challenging Sprawl Requires Creativity And you’re probably thinking “Well, duh, Jeff…” Still, this review of Vernon Swaback’s book The Creative Community: Designing for Life argues persuasively (as does the book, [ … ]
For the Environmentalist Who Likes to Laugh… and there are lots of us, Grinning Planet (which I found through About.com’s Environmental Issues page), blends a healthy mix of environmental awareness [ … ]
Dreaming of a Green Christmas? Or Hanukkah? Or Kwanzaa? The GreenMoney Journal has devoted its most recent issue to the theme “Shopping with Your Values: Green Holidays and Beyond.” As [ … ]
Home Depot Ups Stock of FSC-Certified Wood While I’m not sure that the “big box store” is a business model that can ever achieve true sustainability, it’s good to see [ … ]
Need Cement? Grow Cashews! Fascinating story of Tanzania-based cement manufacturer getting into nut farming as a way to provide energy for its plants (discarded cashew shells burn well, apparently), reduce [ … ]
Environmentalists and Big Energy in Canada Yesterday’s Globe and Mail provides yet another example of the strange bedfellows coming together through sustainable thinking. Four major Canadian environmental groups have partnered [ … ]
RFK, Jr.’s J’accuse Just when I’ve said that this isn’t primarily a political blog, I think it’s necessary to also highlight Buzzflash’s new interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on [ … ]
BushGreenwatch – tracking environmental misdeeds From the folks at MoveOn.org comes BushGreenwatch, a site devoted to exposing the Bush administration’s words and actions on environmental policy. While I never intended [ … ]