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• The Legacy of Cheap Natural Gas

  

  What will be the legacy of cheap natural gas? Until recently, natural gas in the United States was 3-4 times as expensive as it is today. With advances in... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Book Review: Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New...

  

  I read Changes in the Land by William Cronon out of a requirement for a class but it is actually an interesting read. The book tells the history of Native... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Affordable Green Housing

  

  The following statistics come from EverBuildPro, a subsidiary of BOULD, a social enterprise that seeks “to end substandard housing through green building... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Department of Energy Announces 2013 Solar Decathlon Details

  

  Last month the US Department of Energy (DOE) selected teams from 20 colleges and universities to take part in the 2013 Solar Decathlon at Orange County Great... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• HMSHost Diverts Food Waste at Tampa International Airport

  

  At nearly 14 percent, food waste in the U.S. now represents the single largest component in the municipal solid waste stream. In 2010, this amounted to 34... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Welcome to the Uniiverse

  

  Evoking the memory of E.F. Schumacher, the German born economist who wrote Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered, a new service by the name of... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• BHT: The Secret in Your Cereal

  

  I was browsing the cereal aisle recently and looking at a non-organic cereal (bad I know). While scanning the ingredient list (something you must always do!) I... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Honeywell Goes After Nest Labs for Patent Infringement

  

  As we have profiled here, Nest Labs has come up with a clean and classy look as part of their new energy saving and “learning” thermostat. They will now have... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New York City Gets Tidal Energy Project

  

  Verdant Power was granted the first US license for a tidal energy project right on New York City’s doorstep, the East River. While the 1MW project is tiny... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Are Cities Really More Sustainable?

  

  In the most recent Five Friday Facts, Justin provided information on the growth in cities outside the developed world. He points out that increasing... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 3 Honda Fit EVs Arrive in California

  

  Three 2013 Honda Fit Electric Vehicles were delivered to different institutions across the state of California last month. Stanford University, Google, and the... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• RecycleMania 2012 Kicks Off

  

  One way to encourage progress on a goal like energy reduction is to have a competition. Many of these competitions take place in the education sector. The... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• FFF: Fastest Growing Metropolitan Regions in the World

  

  A very comprehensive report by The Brookings Institute reveals just how rapidly the cities of the developing world are growing. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Largest Windfarm in U.S. Slated for Wyoming

  

  Even given the backlash over the very public bankruptcy of solar panel maker Solyndra, the Obama administration remains set on pushing clean energy. It has... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• California Strengthens Vehicle Emission Standards

  

  Over the past couple of decades, California has earned a reputation for passing its own environmental standards that are often much more rigorous than those... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dioxins in Food, Should There Be a Limit?

  

  Most people have heard of dioxin even if they do not fully understand what the term means. Dioxins are one of the most toxic known substances. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• February 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events

  

  With an extra day this year, February gets its quadrennial opportunity to step up and fill its 29 days with as many events as possible. With that in mind,... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Today’s Moment of Zen

  

  No, not that moment of zen. This one is closer to the real meaning inherent in that phrase, which has to do with the notion that wisdom (along with compassion)... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• BOULD Ideas, for an Unreasonable Venture

  

  Perhaps one of the biggest knocks on green building, and LEED certification in particular, is that it is unattainable for so many. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• “eBay for Rentals” Rentstuff Goes Nationwide

  

  Take a quick look in your closet. Or your attic. Or your garage. If you’re like most Americans, you’ve got tons of “stuff,” a lot of which you use rarely, if... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT