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• Summer Problems

  

  When it finally warms up outside we open our windows and enjoy not having to pay for heat or running the air conditioner. We like to only use the air conditione... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• How FedEx Plans to Cut Fleet Emissions by 30%

  

  With more than 650 planes and 90,000 delivery trucks worldwide, it’s not hard to see how FedEx went through 1.3 billion gallons of fuel in 2006—half the amount... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 BUSINESS, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Update: Product Review: Benjamin Moore Natura Paint

  I walked into my house today to find that the ceiling had been painted. Unbeknownst to my wife or me the contractor painted the newly repaired ceiling (the old... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Product Review: Benjamin Moore’s Natura Paint

  

  A few weeks ago I wrote about the 53 year old home my wife and I bought. Due to its location we are able to stay with a single car, but the house is... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• June 2013 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events

  

  As spring turns into summer and schools let out, it’s that time of year again: professional development season for educators. With graduations already... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Hopworks Urban Brewery

  

  Big thanks to Jake from DC Homebrewers for the draft can! Company Portland, Oregon has more breweries/brewpubs than any city in the world, totaling close to 50. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Putting Parking Garages Inside Buildings

  

  I walked passed a building the other day that looked like it had a parking garage on the third and fourth floors. It struck me as odd. There was retail space... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• March Against Monsanto

  

  On Friday May 24th and Saturday May 25th many people (estimated to be 2 million) held protests across the world (50 countries) against Monsanto. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Tesla Selling More Than Just Cars

  

  Though I think we’re all rooting for Tesla, it can’t be ignored that two of the company’s most notable achievements—reporting its first ever quarterly profit an... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• We’re Hiring!

  

  Second Green Revolution is seeking two Freelance Writers to compose high-quality, original articles on a weekly basis. New writers will go through an initial... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review: Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang

  

  It’s not often that I read fiction. Even less frequently is it something that I can conceivably write about here. However, after finishing Gaviotas: A Village t... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 40 Minute Showers, The New (Ab)normal

  

  When my wife and I decided to move closer to her family and leave Colorado, it was an immensely difficult decision. In fact, it was so hard we couldn’t let go o... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Getting Slack for Not Buying a Prius

  

  Three years ago my wife and I decided to replace our 1998 Honda Accord with something that was more family friendly. We vacillated between a hybrid and a small... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review: Frankenstein’s Cat

  

  Frankenstein’s Cat (2013) by Emily Anthes is about biotechnology and how animals populations are helping to enhance the field. Anthes is a science writer and... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Reflection on DOE’s Annual Merit Review

  

  Projects funded by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program and Vehicle Technologies Program are required to be presented and... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Happy Bike to Work Week

  

  People are funny, stubborn creatures sometimes. Even as evidence continues to pile up, habits persist. No matter one’s values or decision making process, it is... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• California Dreamin’, On Such a Smoggy Day

  

  Yes, big improvements in air quality have been made over the last several decades. However, there is still some foul air out there, and most of it can be found... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Taking Korea’s Green Growth Vision Global

  

  Korea’s green growth agenda, the focus of a recent post, marked a significant shift for an advanced economy once focused on growth at all costs to a new paradig... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Bison Brewing Company

  

  Bison Brewing In the 1960’s and 1970’s, Berkeley, California was known as the place to fight for change. And, part of that change included the way people ate. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Dispatches from the Bus: Public Conversations

  

  For those who don’t follow national weather patterns, it was an exceptionally snowy April, especially in Minnesota, or shall I say even for Minnesota. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT