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• Safe Routes and School Transportation

  

  Over the past few weeks I’ve been putting my kids in the bike trailer and hopping on the bike trail system in the greater Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Unpaid Internships – Why They May Be Going Away

  

  Interesting article in a recent edition of Forbes magazine of why the unpaid internship may be on its way out. Seems like legal issues may lead to its demise.... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Landscaping with Compost in NYC

  Did you know that compost was used in building NYC’s famous High Line, the longest green roof in the world? As part of Global Green USA’s Compost Opportunity... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Just How Important is That Internship in Getting a Job?

  

  Internships have almost become de-rigor in getting a job after school. But does that internship really matter that much? This recent article in the Auburn... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Savor Weekend Wrap Up

  

  Billed as the nation’s preeminent beer and food pairing event in the U.S., SAVOR attracts interest from a large number of breweries from across the nation,... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Role of Education in Sustainability

  

  Yesterday I defended my dissertation. While I started by looking at using the campus to teach about sustainability, it quickly became about affecting a culture... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• SAVOR 2014 Preview

  

  Not content with just producing tasty beverages, the craft beer community is continuously striving to elevate beer to the fine-dining beverage of choice. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Happy Birthday Earth

  

  Happy Earth Day everyone. Enjoy it and take care of it…it’s the only one we get, and it’s the only one we’ve got. Source: NASA --> Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Four Ways the U.S. Military Can Adopt Clean Energy for National Security

  

  The following comes from 2nd Green Revolution supporter Stephanie Kline, a Clean Energy Program Associate and Marine Corps veteran at Envrionmental Defense... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Reading Beer Part 1: Drinking Deep

  

  Now that the Arctic Vortex has (hopefully) permanently left the Mid-Atlantic Region, Revolutionary Spirits is returning from its self-imposed hibernation. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Jobs, Today’s Youth and The Future

  

  An interesting article in the Huffington Post on getting today’s youth more engaged in the climate change movement as it is truly their future that is at stake. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• How Big is the “Green-Collar” Workforce?

  

  “Over 3 million Americans are employed in the growing green-collar workforce, which is more than the number of people working in the fossil fuel industry.”... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• So What Are The Best Paying Green Jobs?

  

  Ever wonder what the highest paying green jobs are? A BusinessWeek article ranked the top paying green jobs and included a short job description and the... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Green Jobs with a Bright, Bright Future

  

  The Huffington Post recently ran an article titled “Best Green Jobs”. Obviously this is very subjective but still interesting. The “winners” were; hydrologist,... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Watching the Sun Rise in Beijing…on a Projector Screen?!

  

  “The Sun Also Rises” is the title of one of author Ernest Hemingway’s most famous (and one of my favorite) books. And like the title suggests, most of us wake u... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Are You a New Grad Looking for a Green Job? These Are the Cities You Should...

  

  San Francisco Denver New York City Portland LA Sacramento Boston Detroit Phoenix Houston For more information about these cities and green job possibilities... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Maine Beer Co. – Doing What’s Right

  

  Company In 1986, the D.L. Geary Brewing Company in Portland, Maine became, for all intents and purposes, New England’s first microbrewery, and one of the first... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Top Nine Reasons Why 2014 May Be the Year of the Green Job.

  

  Recently I read an interesting article on Grist titled “How to land a green job in 2014” by Kevin Doyle. The article provides nine reasons why 2014 may be a goo... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 5 Years Ago Today 2nd Green Revolution Was Born

  

  With half a decade under our belts, we’ve reached another milestone here at 2nd Green Revolution, and with that, a bit of a turning point. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Sign of the Times? Iconic Las Vegas Sign Now Powered by Solar Energy

  

  As most people are aware solar energy has become an increasingly important source of energy for the U.S. One sees reminders of this in neighborhood houses with... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT