Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura Review
Category Archives: clean energy
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Fracking Regs, EPA ‘Bias’, Cabinet Votes
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes nine items. The Department of the Interior yesterday released an updated draft proposal that it says establishes safety standards for hydraulic fracturing on public … Continue reading
Power Plants Cut CO2 Emissions 7% in Three Years
US power plants cut emissions from nitrous oxides (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and CO2 in 2011 even as overall electricity generation increased, according to data from the Energy Information Administration and the EPA. In 2011, power plant NOx and SO2 … Continue reading
Posted in clean energy, electricity, epa, Finance & Reporting, Large, U.S.
Tagged American Electric power, Bank of America, ceres, CO2, Conventional Energy, duke energy, Emissions, Entergy, Environmental Data, Exelon, Feature, FirstEnergy, M.J. Bradley & Associates, NOx, NRDC, Oil & Natural Gas, Pacific Gas & Electric, PG&E, power plants, PSE&G, SO2, Southern Company, Tenaska, Tennessee Valley Authority, US Energy Information Administration
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Solar: Owens Corning Builds 2.6 MW On-Site, Walmart Celebrates Mass. Solar
Building materials manufacturer Owens Corning is building a 2.6 MW (DC) solar generation project at its thermal and acoustical insulation plant in Delmar, NY. Scheduled for completion in late 2013, the solar project is designed to supply more than 6 … Continue reading
Posted in clean energy, Contracts & Installations, solar energy
Tagged Constellation, Owens-Corning
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Standards & Compliance Briefing: Dell, HP, Samsung on WEEE; Texas Roadhouse’s First LEED
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Toshiba, Dell and other electronics companies have called for changes to the UK’s compliance system for the EU waste … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, clean energy, Contracts & Installations, Ecolabels & Sustainability Certifications, Europe, recycling, Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership, Waste & Recycling, Waste Management
Tagged Cassidy Turley, dell, e-waste, Electrolink, Executive Briefings, Gaedeke Group, Green Building, Haihong Artificial Plants Manufactory, hewlett packard, IPC, LEED, Panasonic, Products & Planning, RoHS, RoHS2, Samsung, Texas Roadhouse, Toshiba, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, WEEE
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Strange Bedfellows for Solar: Ted Turner, Southern Co.
CNN Television network founder and environmentalist Ted Turner has partnered with Southern Co., the second largest utility company in the US, to build huge solar farms in southwestern states like Arizona. Turner Enterprises and Southern, both based in Atlanta, have … Continue reading
Posted in clean energy, Contracts & Installations, solar energy
Tagged CNN Television, Southern Company, Ted Turner
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The City of Vancouver’s green transportation solution
Coordinated by Rebecca Spring, WWF-Canada’s Manager of Sustainable Transportation. Written by Julie Stauffer. In most Canadian cities, vehicles are the second biggest source of carbon emissions. So when the City of Vancouver set aggressive goals for reducing its carbon footprint, municipal … Continue reading
Posted in canada, cities, clean energy, Climate, Climate Change, conservation, electric vehicles
Tagged Electricity consumption, GHG emissions, vancouver
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Standards & Compliance Briefing: EcoLogo for Printing, BASF Water Stewardship
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes seven items. UL Environment has launched UL 2803, its revised EcoLogo third-party environmental standard for printing services. The revised standard combines two former EcoLogo … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, clean energy, Ecolabels & Sustainability Certifications, Environmental Management, Environmental Policy & Law, ISO 14001, Sustainability, Sustainable Strategy & Leadership
Tagged BASF, Ceram, EcoLogo, European Water Stewardship, Executive Briefings, Green Building, iWave, LEED, printing, Products & Planning, Proposition 65, Sprint Circuits, UL 2803, UL Environment, Underwriters Laboratories, Water Management, Yale University
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Let’s get Toronto (and area) transit back on track
I’ve written a few blogs about transit in the Toronto region – both about how it could be so much better and how it won’t be free. The next two weeks are critical for this how-do-we-pay-for-transit debate as Metrolinx (the GTHA … Continue reading
Posted in canada, clean energy, Climate, Climate Change, community, conservation, electric vehicles, Government
Tagged GHG emissions, sustainable transportation, transit
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Let’s get Toronto (and area) transit back on track
I’ve written a few blogs about transit in the Toronto region – both about how it could be so much better and how it won’t be free. The next two weeks are critical for this how-do-we-pay-for-transit debate as Metrolinx (the GTHA … Continue reading
Let’s get Toronto (and area) transit back on track
I’ve written a few blogs about transit in the Toronto region – both about how it could be so much better and how it won’t be free. The next two weeks are critical for this how-do-we-pay-for-transit debate as Metrolinx (the GTHA … Continue reading