2ndgreenrevolution

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1259 )

• Of Watchtowers and Wilderness

  

  One highlight of a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park (as described in a recent post) was visiting the venerable Old Faithful Inn and seeing several of... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Full Sail Brewing Co. – Oregon’s Innovators

  

  Company During the late 1980′s when the craft beer movement was still in its infancy, breweries were limited in their means of distribution, and most... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Long Road to Residential Solar

  

  Roughly 4 years ago, not long after we founded 2nd Green Revolution, my dad started talking about putting a photovoltaic system on his roof. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• U.S. Hydropower

  

  It seems that there is a way for the U.S. to increase its hydropower energy, as opposed to my opinion from last week’s post. While we will not be building any... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• It’s Fall: Start Your (two-stroke) Engines!

  

  The debates and complaints over gas-powered leaf blowers have raged for years, and a quick google search will show you this year is no different. Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Transforming Transportation: Rail Or Road?

  

  On my way back from New York to D.C. at the end of the weekend, I was scanning my Google alerts when I noticed a piece called “Thailand’s government pushes for... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Who Are the Streets For, Anyway?

  

  It is estimated that more than 35 million square feet of land in the United States is used not for growing food or flowers, for enhancing community livability o... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• El Camino Real Charter High School’s Sustainability Initiative

  After Labor Day weekend 2nd Green Revolution, LLC signed a contract to provide consulting services with El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) in Woodland... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Myth of Overpopulation?

  

  This Opinion piece in the New York Times set off a wave of commentary. In the article, Erle C. Ellis, an ecologist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• The Happy Pedestrian

  

  In direct contrast to the Angry Pedestrian’s diatribes against all that is not sanguine in the usually very inconvenient and dangerous reality of walking in a... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Interview with OriginOil CEO Riggs Eckelberry

  Recently I was afforded the opportunity to chat with Mr. Riggs Eckelberry, CEO and co-founder of OriginOil, a publicly traded alternative energy company based i... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Obama and Sweden

  

  After I wrote an article about Sweden and their energy production last week, I saw an article about President Obama visiting with Sweden’s Prime Minister that... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Elon Musk’s Cross Country Tesla Trip

  

  Elon Musk has 5 sons. Why is this of note? The Tesla CEO recently announced he would take a cross country trip with his boys to demonstrate the ability of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• A Cafeteria Without Trashcans?

  

  I ran into this “problem” the other day. After eating lunch in a publicly-owned cafeteria for the first time, I started looking for a trashcan to throw away my... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• You Don’t Pay Enough for Your Food

  

  On average, Americans spend less on food, tobacco, and alcohol than 18 other nationalities — despite our comparably high incomes. Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Sustainability Through Community Building

  

  Every week, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) puts out a newsletter that highlights interesting and innovative... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Sustainability Initiatives at Yellowstone

  

  Over the course of a recent cross-country drive, I briefly visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time. A day and a half hardly allows one to do justic... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Victory Brewing Company – A Victory for the Environment

  

  Company My grandfather always said that Eastern Pennsylvania was good for two things: pretzels and beer. His reasoning was that the area’s exceptional water mad... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Sweden’s Trash Issue

  

  Sweden has a very unique issue; they have no more trash. The issue is they burn trash to make energy for their population, an idea that has been tossed around i... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Still Posing Daunting Cleanup Tasks

  

  More than two years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, we’re still receiving unsettling updates regarding radiation leaks and subsequent cleanup... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT