The Life and Death of a Green City
If you could breath life into a new city, what kind of place would you build? Let’s say you were loaded. You’ve got all the money…
Read articleAcademic eco-footprints are too large (and even folks who study biodiversity are guilty of this)
Just noticed an article in our local newspaper today that highlighted the irony of sustainability researchers inadvertently having a larger than average eco-footprint. This makes logical…
Read articleAlternative Alternative Transportation
16 year old Marco Facciola built a bicycle made entirely out of wood: His inspiration: This project came to mind as I was reflecting on the…
Read articleAnd The Bake For A Change Winners Are… (Hurrah!)
After 5 grueling weeks, our esteemed panel of judges has finally decided upon the winners of our inaugural Bake For A Change sustainable gingerbread house contest.…
Read articleI Have Some Terrible News To Announce…
[such…mindless devastation] January is over, new year’s resolutions have long since faded into slabs of greasy pizza, pitchers of cheap gut(among other organs)-busting beer, and thick…
Read articleSheila Watt-Cloutier to be our next speaker.
Here’s a heads up (Life Science Institute, West Atrium, Friday Feb 29th, 12noon). Who is Ms. Watt-Cloutier? Well, she’s essentially one of the more well known…
Read articleSustainable U
I had my fingers crossed for a snow day today. The weather cooperated and greeted us with a beautiful blanket of white this morning. But alas,…
Read articleCULTURES ON THE EDGE (VIDEO)
Quicktime 7 Required (High Speed Connection) PART I (107Mb) | PART 2 (106Mb) | PART 3 (140Mb) – – – (From the Chan Shun Concert Hall,…
Read articleServer Farms vs Your Desktop PC – The Internet’s Carbon Footprint
[a server farm…please refrain from server tipping – source] “The internet is the fastest growing source of CO2 to the atmosphere…it doubled from 2002 to 2006.”…
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Justifying Sustainable Living: Doing vs. Knowing
By Dave Semeniuk,
Mo D’s comment over at my “Paper, Plastic, or Neither” post brought up something I’ve been struggling with: [Photo by Roger Cullman] How does a student…
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