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Why ‘Green’ Isn’t Working: How Do We Reach the Other Half?
A few weeks ago I attended a “Green Festival” in Washington, D.C., tagged as the world’s largest environmental expo. As I walked around, I kept thinking about who this festival was really meant for. Everyone in attendance chose to go to (and pay to get in) this event. These are people who are already [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under Business, Green Living.
Tags: after green, beyond green, bike commute tip, bike room, bike to work, biking, CFL bulb, compost, composting, Craigslist, double-sided printing, environmentalism, Freecycle, go vegetarian, green festival, green is over, green sucks, greenwashing, Margaret Southern, recycling, shop in season, TerraChoice, trash
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, October 26
Halloween is hurtling at us like a thrown pumpkin…but there’s still time to duck and get the latest green news of the day…including how urine could hold the key to cheap auto fuel. (Remember: Practice safe gourd smashing this holiday.)
Do you run a company that pollutes, or do you love someone who does? CleanTechnica has [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under Air Pollution, Business, Climate Change, Energy, Green Living, Policy, United States.
Tags: Berlin bicycle, Berlin biking, best bicycling city, best bike city, bike friendly city, cap-and-trade, CleanTechnica, Climate Change, David Owen, EcoWorldly, Environmental Economics, green city, green US city, greenest city, hydrogen car, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen fuel urine, John Whitehead, New York green, Ohio University, The Vine, urine hydrogen, Yale Environment 360
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From China: Entrepreneurs, Conservation and the Future of the World
Editor’s note: Charles Bedford, the state director for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado, is living and working in China for the next year and will be writing about conservation issues there. Read all his posts.
Who’s going to lead the way for conservation in China? Local grass-roots groups? International NGOs? The government?
Here’s another thought: What about [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2009 under Business, China, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: Charles Bedford, China SEE, China business environment, China business nature, China capitalism environment, China capitalism nature, China Central Television, China conservation, China democracy environment, China environment, China green business, China nature, China philanthropy, China philanthropy environment, civil environment China, grassroots conservation China, grassroots environment China, Society-Entrepreneurs-Ecology, Wang Zhi
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 14
If you’re anything like me, you can’t get your day started without your daily serving of Cool Green Morning. (Also, caffeine. Lots and lots of caffeine.) Read on to get your fix:
Big snakes are becoming a big problem, says the United States Geological Survey. The group just issued a report concluding that, should the Burmese [...]
Posted: October 14th, 2009 under Australia, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Green Living, Green Technology, Invasive species, North America, Science, United States, Water Conservation.
Tags: Australia, Burmese Python, California, Climate Change, DotEarth, Environmental Capital, gray water, Green Inc., green products, The Vine
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Green Travel: A Trip to the Greenest City in America
As hard as “living green” can be at home, it’s even harder on vacation. All the miles driven or flown, all the eating out…all the things you just can’t control.
Luckily, I just took a trip to what could be considered the greenest city in America: Portland, Ore.
But how green was my vacation? And what were [...]
Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Business, Green Living, United States.
Tags: green travel, Margaret Southern, microbrews, Portland bike rental, Portland farmer's market, Portland green, Portland travel, vegetarian travel, Waterfront bikes
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A Clarion Call: Fight Climate Change by Protecting Forests
Mark Tercek is president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy.
Over the last few months, I have been participating in a bipartisan commission — The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests — that is focused on the connections between climate policy here in the United States and protecting tropical forests. The commission comprises some of the [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Asia Pacific, Business, Carbon Markets, Climate Change, Forests, Policy, Rainforests, South America, United States.
Tags: Berau, Berau forest, Bolivia, Bolivia climate, Brazil, Brazil deforestation, cap-and-trade, carbon emissions, Climate Change, climate forest, Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests, Congress climate, Copenhagen, deforestation, forest biodiversity, forest protection, Indonesia climate, Indonesia deforestation, John Podesta climate, Lincoln Chafee climate, Mark Tercek, Mato Grasso, Noel Kempff, Para, REDD, REDD pilot, REDD project, United States protect forest, US protect forest
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, October 7
Lots of good news today, readers! The fate of tuna: not necessarily hopeless! Global carbon emissions are down! Drinking wine from a barrel is a totally green thing to do! Who doesn’t love kicking off their Cool Green Morning on a positive note?:
Every cloud has a silver lining, right? Yale Environment 360 reports that as [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2009 under Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Fish, Green Living, Green Technology, Science.
Tags: alternative energy, carbon offsets, Christian Science Monitor, CleanTechnica, CO2 emissions, endangered species, Energy, Green Biz, Green Inc., renewable energy, solar panel, solar power, tuna, wine, Yale Environment 360
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Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, October 6
Controversy abounds today: Ecuador institutes a new policy to limit the presence of certain people (poor locals) on the Galapagos, Apple leaves the Chamber of Commerce and concerns are raised about REDD becoming a vehicle for organized crime. Catch up on all the latest news here at Cool Green Morning.
They look like shooting stars, but this [...]
Posted: October 6th, 2009 under Animals, Business, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Cool Green Morning, Forest Trade, Forests, Indigenous Communities, Policy, South America, United States.
Tags: apple, bat population, bat video, Bright Green Blog, Chamber of Commerce, climat change risk, Ecuador, Environmental Leader, Galapagos, giant tortoises, greenhouse gas emissions, MIT, REDD, thermal bats
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Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, September 23
President Obama spoke to the United Nations about the importance of climate legislation. The airline industry’s planning to cut its emissions by 50%. Some states are thinking about suing power companies. How are YOU celebrating Climate Week? You can start by digging into today’s top green stories:
President Obama’s speech on climate change earned mixed reviews, [...]
Posted: September 23rd, 2009 under Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Policy, Science, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: aviation industry, Boston Globe, climate policy, Climate Week, CO2 emissions, green design, Green Inc., GreenBiz, Obama, Red Green and Blue, Treehugger, united nations, Wired Science
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Cool Green Morning: Monday, Sept. 21
We take the morning’s green news by the horns here at Cool Green Science — including a great story about Central Asia’s saiga antelope (above), being brought back from the brink of extinction by good old-fashioned conservation:
European leaders are openly questioning whether the United States has the political will to address climate change, reports The [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2009 under Animals, Asia Pacific, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Europe, Interviews, Policy, United States.
Tags: animal memorial, biofuel dead zone, biofuel gulf, biofuels, climate change business, Copenhagen, Environmental Capital, Environmental Science and Technology, Europe climate, extinction exhibit, HSBC climate, Journal Watch Online, Maya Lin, Maya Lin animal, Maya Lin species, Mongabay, saiga antelope, Saiga Conservation Alliance, species memorial, The New York Times, Todd Stern, Triple Pundit, What is Missing, Yale Environment 360
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