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• Bridging the Environment-Trade Gap

  

  A significant challenge to the deployment of green and environmentally-sustainable goods and services remains their comparatively high costs. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Who Cares II? Trends in Energy Related Google Searches

  

  I had a good time playing around with google trends last week and figured I’d see what else I could uncover.This week I looked at trends in google searches... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• How You Can Educate Those That Wish Not to Be Educated About Climate Change

  

  Climate change has been all but absent during this presidential election, being only mentioned during the GOP and Democratic national conventions – even... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Escape from Tokyo. Grass? What is That?

  

  “A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Wind Turbine Maker, Vestas, Lays off 30% of Colorado Workforce

  In what amounts to an indirect answer to Chris DeArmond’s question a few months back, it appears that the US wind industry will struggle to survive the looming... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• On Becoming a Father (Again) and the Future of Humankind

  I realize it’s kind of a heady title, but my second child was born recently and it was a struggle for me initially to accept the idea of having two kids. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Would the Presidential Candidates Do for the Housing Market?

  

  According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University’s 2012 State of the Nation’s Housing Report, the housing market is slowly moving... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 ECONOMICS, REAL ESTATE

• Poll: Should We Save the Panda?

  A few weeks ago, Max made a spirited argument for the “eradication” of pandas. He didn’t go so far as to say we should actively wipe out the species, but let’s... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Green Economy and Green Jobs

  Last year CNBC put out an article about green economy and jobs facts. Earlier this year, green jobs in the United States were measured for the first time. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Tesla Announces “Supercharging” Infrastructure

  

  Tesla Motors is probably the most interesting carmaker on the planet. In less than a decade, Tesla has gone from being a pie-in-the-sky business concept to an... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Who Cares? Shifts in Concern Over Climate Change

  

  I was fooling around with Google Trends the other day and uncovered a couple of developments in how interest in climate change has changed. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Michigan Based Battery Maker A123 Systems Files for Bankruptcy

  Despite an investment from a Chinese automaker a few months ago, the Michigan based battery maker A123 Systems has filed for bankruptcy. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, MOTO

• It’s Time to Leave Behind the Economic Problem

  Lately, it seems the economy has been in the news a lot. Just earlier this week, NBC News published an article about how voters appear to understand that no... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Riding the Cardboard Bike to a Sustainable Future

  Aside from the massive inputs of fuel, cars are not a “sustainable” transportation source because they rely almost entirely on nonrewable materials like metals... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Spinach + Solar Panels = Greater Efficiency

  

  The equation is simple enough, and so is the basic idea. Spinach converts sunlight into chemical energy, as all producers (think green plants, algae, etc) do vi... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Riding My Bike to Work Instead of the Bus

  

  Last year I wrote about the “hidden benefits” of mass transit. In it I mentioned that I don’t ride my bike much, but that has slowly been changing. I like the... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Is Anything Natural Anymore?

  

  I feel the word natural is getting out of hand.  It seems that almost everything claims to be natural these days.  Green washing is taking on new paths but has... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Detroit: Seeds of Green Urban Living

  

  How metropolitan areas become self-sustaining spaces Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Return on Investment of LEED

  

  If you’re not familiar with the term ROI (return on investment), it’s an important one in the arena of business and sustainability. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• In Japan, People Amp Down Their Fuse Boxes

  

  With per capita energy consumption rising across Japan, the resource-limited island will soon have to address some tough questions regarding its future energy... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT