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The surprising barrier to sustainable technologies
In an earlier post No More Solyndras? I noted that the concept of solar power is popular in this country. Not even chocolate has such high approval. And Republicans, whom the media portray as being...
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Embedded water
We keep hearing that most of the salt in our diet comes not from home cooking, but processed foods. The number of delivery trucks on the highway should remind us that the fuel we consume is not limited...
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How deliveries are going green
Guest post by Chris Jenkinson Where global warming is still a viable buzzword phrase and people are still considering how to make the planet more environmentally friendly, couriers, who spend a lot of...
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Enough about climate change!
Coal-fired electric plant. Are greenhouse gases the only thing wrong with this picture? I just read yet another tiresome article by someone dismissing corporate efforts at sustainability. After all,...
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What has become of the promise of biofuel?
Small-scale manufacture of biodiesel from waste cooking oil. In a way, coal, natural gas, and petroleum are biofuels. They come from once-living beings now fossilized. The ancients around the...
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Revisiting energy innovations: a progress report, sort of
In the four years or so I have been writing this blog, I have written several promising innovations in alternative energy. I wondered, whatever happened to those ideas? This post looks back at my...
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How to design and buy products with the planet in mind
Contributed by Tara Gould [Editor’s note: Our consumerist culture, with its planned obsolescence, directly causes our current crisis in waste disposal. The US is not alone in the unfortunate habit of...
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9 Green Companies You Should Feel Good Supporting
Contributed by Jon Wikstrom Profit and sustainability As time goes on, it’s no longer exceptional for companies to have green initiatives. In fact, it’s now unusual if a business, large or small, isn’t...
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Communicating Sustainability: Creating Concern without Smugness
Doesn’t it just bug you that Americans don’t seem to care enough about the environment? After all, it’s our only home, and we need to keep up with the maintenance. But here’s part of the problem: a...
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What’s Real in Corporate Sustainability?
Bar code made from grass blades isolated on white You’ve seen the product labels. You’ve seen the claims on commercials. Corporations say they care about the environment. Putting eco-friendly...
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Progressive blindness about progress in sustainability
Do you think big business really cares about the environment? What you find in newspapers, mass market magazines, and on the air doesn’t provide much of an answer. If you look online for any of the...
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The Nature Conservancy: quiet protector of land
Table Rocks environmental education, southwest Oregon. Joint project of the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy Perhaps you, too, have heard of The Nature Conservancy, but don’t know...
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Cashing in on a home solar system
Sunlight is free. Electricity from sunlight is not, but in recent years, costs have declined dramatically. Is this a good time for you to consider installing a home solar system? It’s a great time, but...
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Limited results in the quest for sustainable beef
Sustainable beef may seem to some like an oxymoron. About 40 years ago I bought a cookbook called Diet for a Small Planet. The introduction claimed that it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce a single...
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Communicating Sustainability: Creating Concern without Smugness
Doesn’t it just bug you that Americans don’t seem to care enough about the environment? After all, it’s our only home, and we need to keep up with the maintenance. But here’s part of the problem: a...
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What’s Real in Corporate Sustainability?
Bar code made from grass blades isolated on white You’ve seen the product labels. You’ve seen the claims on commercials. Corporations say they care about the environment. Putting eco-friendly...
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Progressive blindness about progress in sustainability
Do you think big business really cares about the environment? What you find in newspapers, mass market magazines, and on the air doesn’t provide much of an answer. If you look online for any of the...
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The Nature Conservancy: quiet protector of land
Table Rocks environmental education, southwest Oregon. Joint project of the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy Perhaps you, too, have heard of The Nature Conservancy, but don’t know...
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Cashing in on a home solar system
Sunlight is free. Electricity from sunlight is not, but in recent years, costs have declined dramatically. Is this a good time for you to consider installing a home solar system? It’s a great time, but...
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Limited results in the quest for sustainable beef
Sustainable beef may seem to some like an oxymoron. About 40 years ago I bought a cookbook called Diet for a Small Planet. The introduction claimed that it takes 16 pounds of grain to produce a single...
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