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photo: Pete Birkinshaw via flickrNow that we've got some distance from the 'biofuels are going to save us, oh wait they're going to kill everything else' hysteria of a couple years back and some sane skepticism has emerged, how well are we doing? As the BBC reports, in the UK at least it's a mix bag: Volume targets are being met, but some fuel suppliers are falling "well short" of their own green
With their row after row of exercise machines, most gyms burn far more electrical power than calories. But by equipping stationary bikes and elliptical machines with generators, a San Diego gym has become as healthy for the Earth as it is for its patrons. Electricity - Electricity generation - San Diego - Exercise machine - Earth
Let's pause and remember a simpler time, when oil was still our friend, it didn't matter what food you ate, and being a friend to...
While there has been rebirth in Louisiana, including an historic effort by Rebuilding Together, there is still much work to be done. Compare to photos two years after the storm.
Putting eco friendly running shoes to the test.
Over the past few weeks, I've had a number of meetings with engineers, executives and investors and such, and I keep coming away with the same conclusion.The fastest-growing and arguably most attractive segment in alternative energy and energy efficiency lies in hardware, software and networking equipment. Yep, green IT. Part of the conclusion is a historical and personal bias: I wrote about semi
Web workers necessarily conduct our business on computers. So, one of the most obvious ways for us to go green is by using eco-friendly hardware. Electronics have long been a source of pollutants, but manufacturers are now reducing the environmental impact of their products.
Photo via KhEO2, a communications company in the United Kingdom, has just launched the country's first green cell phone ranking system -- something of which Apple did not want the iPhone to be part. But G... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Scope out your local area for organic dry cleaners. But before you give them your business, make sure they are using the carbon dioxide cleaning process.
In advance of the Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs next week, Senator Harry Reid brought together Pacific Gas & Electric Chief Executive Officer Peter Darbee, the Center for American Progress and Energy Resource Management for a press conference today.Reid emphasized Nevada’s focus on building clean energy out as an investment to bring on the creation of more jobs.&ld
The proposed offshore wind farm in Massachusetts wins a legal victory that clears one of the last permitting hurdles for Cape Wind. However, another looms next week.
Join today's brightest leaders, change-agents and innovators at Opportunity Green 2010, the world's leading cross-industry, sustainable business conference. Ranked as the #1 Green Conference by Google, Opportunity Green brings together the best and brightest minds focused on people, profit and planet.
Hundreds of ideas and techniques for creating an environmentally sound future will be the focus of the 2010 Pennsylvania Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Festival from September 17th through 19th.
The employers in our report and their responsible business and labor practices mark a shift toward a more sustainable model for workers, shareholders, and the planet.
Rebuilding Together's Fifty For Five effort gives 50 affected families revitalized homes.
"We heard that we could have a really great neighborhood party if it ever caught on fire," Karen Korp jokes with CNN in this video...
Whether you call it "cleantech," "greentech," or "envirotech," environmental and sustainable technologies are an inevitable growth market. Even in the midst of an unprecedented downturn, the commitment to clean technology is firm, and indeed, is considered by many -- including the present U.S. presidential administration -- as an integral part of our recovery. In January of 2010, USA Today
You can share your favorite green technology web links here. By becoming a member, you can also create groups, join discussions and more. The idea is that we need to live greener since we only have one earth to share! Using greener technology, we can make that happen! Using greener technology will not be the end of a green revolution, but only the beginning!
