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The next time you change a burnt out light bulb consider this….. In less than 4 days over 10,000 youth leaders will converge on Washington D.C. for the Power Shift 09 conference. This will mark the largest climate change lobbyist group to ever assemble in US history. These highly organized youth will network, educate, share strategies and lobby congress to take aggressive steps to address climate change…fostering [...] Samsung continues to up the ante of their sustainability plan with their latest release of the Blue Earth cellphone. The cell phone is made from recycled water bottles and all materials are free from harmful substances found in typical electronics like brominated flame retardants, beryllium and phthalate. The touch screen design incorporates solar panels on [...] If anybody has ever walked into a new building and suddenly become lightheaded, nauseous or all around ill, then you likely know what “second hand VOC’s” are. Volatile Organic Compounds are found in a variety of building materials including carpets, adhesives, paints, varnishes, flooring and composite wood products. Many of these VOC’s carry a toxic [...] The Global Wind Energy Council has announced that the US has the most installed wind power in the world. The US increased their capacity by 50% overtaking Germany as the leader of total wind energy production. Possibly the most notable is China’s fourth year of doubling their wind power output to rank 4th in the [...] How would you like to cut your hot water bill by 70% using the sun to heat your water. As an impressive array of thermal solar power plants have been scheduled to be built by BrightSource Energy in the Mohave desert of Southern California….the question looms…. WASHINGTON — Carol Browner, the White House energy and climate director, says prompt approval of the economic recovery package is needed to stem a rising tide of job losses in the fledgling wind and solar energy industries. The current trends show that as much as 80% of the worlds population will live in urban centers by the year 2050. With an estimated 3 billion additional people to feed and over 80% of the land suitable for farming already in use…the question looms…how will we feed the world? When one considers the myriad of things becoming hybrid, tugboats are not one of those which immediately come to mind. But in southern California (where else?) the world’s first true hybrid tug was recently unveiled. |
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