The list of universities and colleges putting up green buildings, buying alternative energy and otherwise shelling out money to green their campuses gets longer every day. And yesterday many of them put their mouths where their money is. NYT | Presidents Climate Commitment View full entry
On this day June 12, 1979, a human-powered aircraft named Gossamer Albatross flew across the English Channel to win the second Kremer prize. How is that for green? wikipedia View full entry
Next week, London will follow Sydney, Paris and Hong Kong as homes and businesses turn off their lights for an hour to raise awareness of global warming. The Observer View full entry
He gave up a rock'n'roll lifestyle to become an eco-friendly farmer - so just how green is Alex James' home? To find out, he uses a scheme that's open to everyone. Guardian View full entry
“Green buildings are in harmony with nature, are eco-friendly and are built with natural materials. It implies minimal consumption of power, water and emissions/pollutants. It aims at minimal demand for resources like power and water. When the whole world is turning towards green... View full entry
fed up with obstinate building officials, there is a (not so secret) plumbing underground installing 'illegal' greywater recycling systems around the country on the cheap. they have shown that water recycling is simple and affordable, and is rapidly becoming essential with growing populations in... View full entry
“Market leaders are already moving beyond LEED Platinum. Where LEED offers "credits" to architects, the Living Building Challenge offers none, just prerequisites. A core concept is that although achieving true sustainability is difficult, understanding and documenting compliance with the... View full entry
Everyone's favorite carpet CEO Ray Anderson pops up again, this time in the NY Times, which profiles his "environmental evangelism". Ray can also be seen in the movie "The Corporation", and the Sundance Channel's "big ideas for a small planet", when he's not running Interface Carpet. View full entry
We used to stub a cigarette out in an ashtray and never think of it again. Now we think, where will the stub end up, the ash and the foam and the paper? We grew up imagining that rubbish was taken away, only to find there is no such place as ‘away’. The by-products of our desires are... View full entry
“Perhaps one of the most prominent features of the emirate's drive towards creating a sustainable brand was the announcement of its plans to build the world's ‘greenest city'. But national parks around the world need not worry - although the plan may entail the banning of cars, the... View full entry
Roughly half of the carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere is absorbed by the world's oceans, so as greenhouse emissions increase, the amount taken up by the oceans should increase in proportion. But the new research suggests that the Southern Ocean is not keeping pace with rising emissions... View full entry
MarketWatch covers the technology race to improve hardware power use and the cost of keeping it cool: With energy prices continuing to rise, energy-hungry data centers and 100,000-server firms like Google are all ears to new technology, but are simultaneously moving large data centers to rural... View full entry
The UN’s latest report, Sustainable Bioenergy: A Framework for Decision Makers, is likely to force some stakeholders back to the drawing board. BBC: “The European Union and the US have recently set major targets for the expansion of biofuels in road vehicles, for which ethanol and... View full entry
Twenty years ago, Charles Lee issued the landmark report, “Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States.” In it, he made the audacious claim that noxious facilities were deliberately and disproportionately sited in communities of color. Though the movement has gained a great deal of... View full entry
dateline: Mpls, April 23rd If you like Al Gore, you'll love Ed Mazria! Ed picks up where Al left off on how to stop global climate change. The guru behind architecture 2030 gave his brand new presentation on the influence of architecture to stop global warming at the University of Minnesota to a... View full entry
