On this week’s episode: The EPA drops the value of human life. Greensburg, Kansas rebuilds into a sustainable emerald green city. Check out the latest news in alt autos: Stella, Tesla, Tata Nano, Prius, and more.
MTV Networks recently bowed its new Switch Blog, which is meant to foster an interchange of ideas on how to re-engineer the ways we live and become more sustainable. It hopes to be a lively place where we can learn how to go green and help the planet. Here’s how they describe the site: Switch [...]
December 6, 2007 – 2:10 am
A Malawian maize farmer Jia Hepeng 4 December 2007 Source: SciDev.Net [BEIJING] International agricultural research must be accelerated to find solutions for the world’s poor amid rising food prices, say food research experts. Joachim von Braun, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), made the call today (4 December) at the launch [...]
November 30, 2007 – 5:35 am
‘ Deforestation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Ella Syafputri 28 November 2007 Source: SciDev.Net Converting Indonesian forests and peatlands for various agricultural land uses has released huge amounts of greenhouse gases with little economic benefit, according to a new report. The report, by the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and [...]
August 30, 2007 – 5:27 am
SciDev.Net Charles Mkoka 24 August 2007 Source: SciDev.Net Mawila fish pond in southern Malawi [LILONGWE] Introducing fish farming to farmers in Malawi has improved the income and health of rural communities devastated by HIV/AIDS, announced the WorldFish Center in Malawi this week (20 August). Fish is traditionally a large part of the Malawian diet, but [...]
GreenPeace Blog: Engel Another City Against Global Warming From the summer of 2005 to the fall of 2007, I had the priviledge of working with some remarkable people to convince the city council of Hillsboro, Oregon to adopt a resolution on sustainability which ensures that the city will sign onto the US Mayors Climate Protection [...]
TreeHugger Macy’s will be installing 8 megawatts of solar power in 26 stores throughout California. The installation will be performed by SunPower, a solar cell manufacturer. Macy’s will buy the arrays for 11 of the stores. For the other 15 stores, Macy’s will purchase the electricity produced by the solar panels from a third-party financier [...]
Brian White, the Executive Director of Lakeside Community Development Corporation, submitted a follow up to my May 28th post “Measuring Chicago’s Sustainability.” He points out the problems caused by the aging infrastructure in Rogers Park, our neighborhood on the far north side of Chicago, especially as it pertains to inefficiencies in heating. What he suggests [...]
TreeHugger Even for treehuggers, the idea of home without any kind of heating or cooling system — no furnace, air conditioner, swamp cooler or heat pump — might seem a bit primitive. Yet the History Channel’s Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge awarded just such a house the title of “Modern Marvel of the Year 2007″ [...]
Last night I researched every article I could get my hands onto concerning sustainability. I kept coming back to the same question: “What is my city doing to become sustainable?” I thought it would be very interesting if we all shared with each other just what their city is doing. I will start by showing [...]
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