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The plan would transform the Portland Memorial Coliseum and adjacent areas into a Sustainable Action Sports Complex and Resort. From the sounds of it they actually are America’s greenest cell phone company. Since 1985 Credo has donated over $60 million to nonprofits, including groups working to fight global warming and safegaurd the planet, like Greenpeace and Rainforest Action Network. Seattle claims to be and frankly has been one of the greenest cities in the nation in recent years. But recently the green vote in Seattle has been disturbingly absent. This Saturday Oct 3rd 10am - 4pm is the Washington State Solar Tour in association with the National Solar Tour and local sponsor Seattle City Light. This tour is designed to give an opportunity to see solar hot water and solar electricity systems installed and producing energy in your neighborhood. The Seattle Solar Tour allows [...] Today I walked past a newspaper stand and on the front page of the Seattle Times is a an article touting a plan to build the world’s largest solar power plant in the Eastern Washington town of Cle Elum. 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 [...] 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…. 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? |
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