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• Five Friday Facts: Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Electric Vehicles (Part 1)

  Seeing as how today’s Five Friday Facts come from a top 10 list about electric vehicles, this will be “Part 1” of a two part Five Friday Facts. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• COOL: Important Information for Grocery Shopping

  Have you checked your COOL lately? Or even know what this is? COOL stands for Country of Origin Labeling, and it is required to be on produce and several meat... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Survey: LEED Certification Falling Behind

  

  Buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification have better energy performance than 89 percent of buildings in the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Tres Amigas Closer to Transforming the U.S. Energy Market

  Back in August, Bernalillo County, New Mexico approved 20 million dollars in industrial revenue bonds to support the Tres Amigas power infrastructure project, a... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Biggest Conundrum: Energy Related CO2 Emissions and Human Development

  

  Just this week the IEA came out with their report that 2012 had the highest CO2 emissions on record, largely due to increases in CO2 emissions in China and the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review: David Suzuki’s The Legacy

  A few years ago my dad bought my sister and me a copy of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture. A heart-warming, yet sad look at a professor dying before his time, th... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 BOOKS, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Local Best Practices to Global Challenges: Lessons from the Kitakyushu Initiative

  

  When the topic of international collaboration around innovation is mentioned, waste management is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Myopia and the Missed Opportunities of (My) Youth

  If you’re a long time follower of the site or have visited our about page, you may know that Justin, Stephen Wade, and I attended Emory University down in... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• December 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events

  Another holiday season (in the United States at least) and another slow month for events. I’ve culled a handful of conferences, workshops, a speech by David... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Phone Books

  During a recent stay at the Emory Conference Center (on the campus of my alma mater), I saw an interesting sign talking about the lack of telephone books in... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• My Issue with Santa

  Christmas has become the definition of consumerism. Many people act as if Santa has been around forever.  While St. Nicholas has been around for a very, very... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 7 Environmentalists Make Foreign Policy’s List of 100 Global Thinkers for 2012

  

  Foreign Policy is one of the best online sources of news period. It’s smart, accurate and very wonky. Every year they release their 100 Global Thinkers edition... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Test Drive & Review of 2012 Tesla Model S: Quite Possibly the Best Car on Sale

  

  Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 with the overarching goal of expediting the world’s transition to electric transportation. Within that plan, the Model S... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New From Levi’s: Jeans Made from Recycled Plastic

  Since 2007, when Levi’s conducted a life-cycle assessment of some of its major products, the company has become increasingly conscious of the sustainability of... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Kyoto Protocol Set to Expire at End of the Year

  

  At the end of this year, the Kyoto Protocol is set to expire, but talks in Doha, Qatar that began on Monday, November 26th and run through December 7th, aim to... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New Renewable Energy Output in Japan Matches One Nuclear Reactor

  

  Japan has reached an important initial milestone in its efforts to advance renewable energy generation. According to data released on November 16 by Japan’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Shale Gas: The Answer to Our Energy Prayers

  Well, no, shale gas is not the answer. Neither is solar, fusion, or wind. At least these three though aren’t delaying the inevitable. Nick has written quite a... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Rational Thinking Must Be Used When Considering the New American Oil Boom

  

  The recent news coming from the International Energy Agency predicting that United States oil production will top that of Saudi Arabia and Russia by 2017... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Energy in Japan After Great East Japan Earthquake

  On October 5, the Brookings Institution held an event on Japan’s energy future. Below are highlights from the experts’ presentations. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Sharing is Caring…er Sustainable

  

  When thinking about where I want to live I consider how the neighborhood will be. Will there be children for my child to play with, parks to walk to, and... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT