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• Per Capita Oil Consumption Around the World: Good News/Bad News

  

  From the chart below, it is apparent that wealthier countries have curtailed their oil consumption per person since the 1970′s oil crisis. Saudi Arabia... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Biomimicry Institute Announces Biomimicry 3.8

  

  Starting with the release of her book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature in 1997, Janine Benyus has been building a following around the concept of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dry Paper Notes: Written While Harvesting Wheat in Montana (6th and Final Part)

  

  (This is the sixth part in a series. All related posts can be read here.)I really enjoy the quad- donuts, skid-outs, sharp turns, at near full speed.Think I’d... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental Regulations, Public Health, and the Economy

  

  The first Five Friday Facts of the month centered on the economic impact of environmental regulations on the economy. If not for President Obama’s announcement... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Ray Anderson, Interface, and the Bottom Line

  

  Ray Anderson, who passed away last month at 77, had an epiphany when he was 60 that would profoundly transform his thoughts about sustainability. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dry Paper Notes: Written While Harvesting Wheat in Montana (Part 5)

  

  (This is the fourth part in a series. All related posts can be read here.)This evening visibility has suddenly gotten much better. The Bears Paws mountains sout... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Toyota’s Prius Goes Plural

  

  Back in January we wrote about the expansion of the Prius line and more recently about their imminent arrival in the US. Billboards and commercials (albeit... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Pollution in Production of Solar Panels an Issue at JinkoSolar Plant

  

  Reports out of China indicate protestors are upset over pollution from a local solar panel manufacturer. The producer in question, JinkoSolar, has been accused... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dry Paper Notes: Written While Harvesting Wheat in Montana (Part 4)

  

  (This is the fourth part in a series. All related posts can be read here.)Farmer is scared to merge onto the freeway in Phoenix. AZ. Guess that happens when... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Bringing Electric Cars to the Public’s Consciousness

  

  On several occasions I’ve written about the increasing visibility of electric vehicles. There was the post last fall about seeing three electric vehicles in... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dry Paper Notes: Written While Harvesting Wheat in Montana (Part 3)

  

  (This is the third part in a series. All related posts can be read here.)Driving the truck across the narrow dam is fun.Lunch today is cold hot dog sandwiches. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: CU-Buffaloes

  

  As a follow up to the EPA’s Game Day Challenge post from earlier this week, this set of Five Friday Facts deals with the waste diversion efforts at the... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• US Based Solar Company Solyndra Suspends Operations

  

  In a press release from the US based manufacturer of solar technology Solyndra, the company announced a suspension of operations. Much like Massachusetts based... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dry Paper Notes: Written While Harvesting Wheat in Montana (Part 2)

  

  I had to take a break to drive the truck to the grain bin. Missoula seems so far away- I left 2 days ago. It is now 8/4/00. All I hear is the wind and the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• EPA’s Game Day Challenge Aims to Reduce College Football Waste

  

  Go to most any sporting event and the amount of waste produced is astonishing. From little trays and plastic spoons to giant foam fingers that end up discarded... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dry Paper Notes: Written While Harvesting Wheat in Montana (Part 1 of a Series)

  

  （This series will veer from our usual content）. We’ve had several posts about the distance between modern life and the natural world. In our cities with our... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dais Analytic’s Breakthrough Energy Storage Technology

  

  Every once in a while I get a forward from my dad, often the Oil and Energy Investor Newsletter, with a tip about a company that has developed new technology... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Teaser: Green Cremation Offered at Florida Funeral Home

  

  Yesterday, I visited Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home in St. Petersburg, FL and learned why Resomation is the ultimate way to “go green. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Living Within Our Ecological Means

  

  Several years ago while attending a conference in Dallas one of the keynote speakers, a Native American from Taos, New Mexico, recounted the following story:... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Entering the Anthropocene Epoch?

  

  Geologic time periods of the past have generally been differentiated due to changes in landscape and organism populations. During some geologic time periods,... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2011 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT