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Students and Campuses Leading the Way in Sustainability

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 in Sustainable Development

cross-Posted from The Point News, the campus paper of St. Mary’s College of Maryland While the United States Congress has yet to pass comprehensive climate change legislation and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seems to like negotiating more than creating legally binding t...

California unveils greenhouse gas trading plan

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 31 October 2010 in Sustainable Development

SAN FRANCISCO--California unveiled its final draft of a market system to curb greenhouse gases, relaxing expected rules in the face of a weak economy in a measure that could set the tone for the nation's climate policy. By agreeing to give away virtually all necessary permits to factori...

Launch the Summer of Solutions: Change the Story

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 19 October 2010 in Sustainable Development

This is a call. On the basic level, it’s very simple; it’s a call for youth leaders all across the country who are ready to dig down into the grassroots and work with people in their communities to create solutions. We’re looking for leaders who want to plan a summer program next summer that will s...

Fortune 500 Companies Flex Market Muscle, Reject Tar Sands

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 30 August 2010 in Sustainable Development

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the purse may sometimes be mightier than the pen. Major US corporations are adding market pressure to the growing wave of opposition against tar sands expansion, giving tar sands producers a fresh reason to consider the consequences of their poor envir...

Forget the Country Club. Give us an organic farm instead.

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 26 August 2010 in Sustainable Development

The Canyons Organic farm central to new residential community By Molly Miller Forget the Country Club. Give us an organic farm instead. Hoping to reach out to home buyers seeking a green lifestyle, Denver developer Lee Alpert & Co' s new 3,500-acre development near Castle Pines, CO...

Reinventing the City

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 in Sustainable Development

Our cities play a vital role in the quest to achieve global ecological sustainability. They are the largest contributors to greenhouse gases and climate change. However, if we can achieve sustainable construction and use of urban infrastructure, our cities could become a critical leverage po...

Hawaii sugar grower working to power Navy

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 08 August 2010 in Sustainable Development

HONOLULU — The federal government has turned to a 130-year-old Hawaii sugar grower for help in powering the Navy and weaning the nation off a heavy reliance on fossil fuels. It will spend at least $10 million over the next five years to fund research and development at Maui cane fields for crops ca...

Great Power Race

Posted by ep-admin on Friday, 23 July 2010 in Sustainable Development

Today, the Senate failed yet again to bring forward a comprehensive climate and clean energy bill. Could what’s missing be a healthy sense of competition?350.org just released a new video to jump-start the Great Power Race, a clean energy competition between students in China, India and the US. The ...

Countries pledge global support for clean energy

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 in Sustainable Development

By Jasmin Melvin and Alina Selyukh (Reuters) - The United States and dozens of other countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward clean energy initiatives to help battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said on Tuesday. Meeting in Washington, D....

Destroying the Environment considered a Sin

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 in Sustainable Development

VATICAN CITY — A Vatican keen to show its green side has added pollution to the realm of "new sins" that today's Catholics must confront and avoid.In this age of expanding globalization, the Vatican is telling followers that sin is not just an individual act but can also be a transgression against t...

Put and End to the Plastic Bag

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 01 July 2010 in Sustainable Development

Heal the Bay is sponsoring new legislation this year to reduce plastic bag litter on our beaches and oceans. AB 1998 has passed out of the Assembly and is heading to the Senate! With your help (send a letter), California could be the first state in the country to adopt a landmark policy to plastic b...

A Bipartisan Strategy for Energy Leadership

Posted by davebishop on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

By Teryn Norris & Clifton Yin Published by The Huffington Post When President Obama and key Senate leaders meet today to reach a compromise on energy and climate legislation, they should strongly consider increasing federal investment in clean energy technology to at least $15 billion annually....

Growing Green Jobs: A Conversation with Mark Izeman

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 28 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

Mark Izeman is the director of the New York Urban Program, which seeks to advance environmental initiatives in and around New York City. NRDC's goal is not only to protect the health of the greater New York residents and conserve its natural resources, but also to use its advocacy succes...

Plastic Bags Into Power?

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 28 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

Why should a plastic bag languish in a landfill when it could be powering your computer? THE GIST Plastic recycling is limited by the fact that different types of plastic cannot be mixed. The quality of the recycled plastic may also be poor. Heating plastic bags inside a reactor can...

California moves toward banning plastic shopping bags

Posted by GreenDog on Saturday, 05 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

California, which has some of the nation's strictest environmental rules, may soon become the first state to ban plastic shopping bags. Its Assembly passed a bill Wednesday, by a 41-27 vote, to bar grocery stores from offering plastic bags beginning in Jan. 2012. The ban would extend to convenience...

Sanyo and UCSD Sign Multi-Year Deal for Next Generation of Energy Management

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 03 June 2010 in Sustainable Development

Tokyo, June 4, 2010 -- The Sanyo Electric Group, including Sanyo North America Corporation headquartered in San Diego, Calif., (SANYO) and the University of California, San Diego have announced a research collaboration agreement designed to lead to the next generation of solar energy systems and ene...

USC IGM Art Gallery Hosts Great Thinkers Forum:"A Global Collective for a Sustainable Planet"

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 25 March 2010 in Sustainable Development

For Immediate Release: March 11, 2010 Contacts: USC Institute for Genetic Medicine Art Gallery Keck School of Medicine at USC 2250 Alacazar St, CSC 240 Los Angeles, CA 90033 Maryam Gueramian, Young Professionals Committee Chair - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Great Thinkers Forum: A Global Collective ...

The U.S. Military Goes Green

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 in Sustainable Development

The Department of Defense is placing a new emphasis on improving energy efficiency. The goals are to improve national energy security, enhance battlefield capability, and control costs. On that last point, anyone would be excused for being skeptical about DoD’s sincerity when it comes to saving mo...

Million trees LA

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 28 July 2009 in Sustainable Development

1. WHAT IS THE MILLION TREES L.A. INITIATIVE?Mayor Villaraigosa is committed to making Los Angeles the largest, cleanest, and greenest city in the United States. The Million Trees L.A. (MTLA) Initiative will accomplish this through public-private partnerships that will plant one million trees throug...

Prison Turns Inmates Green

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 in Sustainable Development

Get ready for this one – the latest "green" training is happening in prison. Instead of simply containing inmates for their wrongdoings, the Stafford Creek facility in Aberdeen, Washington is teaching individuals how to become contributing members of society. The Sustainable Prisons Project – a col...