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• What Will It Take to Make Mass Transit the Norm?

  

  Will people start consistently riding mass transit when gas prices stay above $5 per gallon? $10? What about when we are paying the true cost of driving (i.e.... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 CURRENT, DEBATE, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Japan Shuts Last Nuclear Plant

  

  One of three reactors at Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido is going off line for maintenance checks this weekend. Once that reactor is switched off, the country... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: U.S. Navy as Energy Innovator

  

  Here is an interesting time line from a pamphlet from the Esri Federal GIS Conference on the Navy’s evolution with energy, including last year’s large purchase... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Billboard Ecology: Turning Old Billboards into Consumer Goods

  

  While the number of electronic billboards is on the rise, most billboards are still comprised of a single banner. Neither type of billboard ranks high in terms... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Axion: Turning Bottles into Bridges

  

  Using a technique developed at Rutgers Universtity, Axion International from New Providence, N.J. is building small bridges from recycled plastic bottles. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• May 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events

  

  A recent report measured American “Green Jobs” for the first time. Perhaps no place in the U.S. was hit as hard by the economy of the past several years than... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• How You Actually Crack Shale Rock 2 Miles Underground

  

  How is it possible to drill through 10,000 feet of impermeable rock, turn 90 degrees and continue drilling horizontally all that way under the surface, then... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• Movie Review: Fresh

  

  The other day I attended a showing of the documentary “Fresh”, directed by Ana Sofia Joanes, organized by Chipotle Mexican Grill, the locally-grown restaurant... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Designing Cities with People in Mind

  

  I’m not a city planner. I took one class in college, so I don’t even pretend to be qualified. However, living in a city and trying to commute without a car has... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 2012 HGTV Green Home Unveiled

  

  This year’s 2012 HGTV Green Home, a sweepstakes give away, is located just south of Atlanta, Georgia. Individuals may enter twice a day at either... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Most Polluted Air in the U.S.

  

  41% of Americans, or 127 million people, live in areas with air that is often unhealthy to breath. This is according to the American Lung Association, which jus... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 75 Percent Recycling Rate at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show

  

  At the beginning of the year, I talked about some of the eco-friendly products that were featured at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• NASCAR to Use Electric Ford Focus as Pace Car

  

  It’s not often that we mention NASCAR. In fact, the term shows up twice, on back to back days three years ago. There’s good reason. The amount of resources... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• America’s Largest Solar Panel Producer Struggles to Remain Profitable

  

  As we have become somewhat accustomed to bad news in the solar panel industry, it is hardly surprising to hear that some companies are struggling to remain... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Another Baseball Season, Another New (LEED) Ballpark

  

  Last year I came across a story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the possibility of replacing the Georgia Dome, a structure that opened in 1994. As a... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2012 BASEBALL, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, SPORTS

• FFF: Green Peace Study on Server Farms

  

  Mobile internet services based in the “cloud” are a part of daily life and continue to proliferate. Given the huge amounts of energy needed to power the data... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Project Earth Network: Connecting Schools to Solve Environmental Problems

  

  As a former teacher and current doctoral student in education, I firmly believe in the power of education to change the world. That is not to say that I think... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Americans On Climate Change: Changing Their Opinion?

  

  The erratic weather of late may finally be making an impact on Americans’ perception of humanity’s impact on the Earth. This poll, titled Extreme Weather,... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Hertz on Demand: Toward Sustainable Transportation

  

  Can a rental car company really move society toward sustainable transport? Hertz on Demand, a car sharing service from the eponymous rental agency, believes the... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Offshore Wind Project on the Great Lakes

  

  When you think of offshore wind, what comes to mind? Cape Cod, Massachusetts? Great Britain? How about a different “Great”? The Great Lakes to be exact. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT