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Brad Pitt continues to lend his talent on this 3rd season e2 for their latest installment titled "Transport." Episodes begin streaming on the web November 24 and then will air on PBS later this winter. Episodes span cities across the globe and look at not just commuting but also new, sustainable ways to transport goods and services....
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Consumer electronics present big problems, from producing them with unsustaibable materials, to emissions for manufacturing and using them, to the e-waste and toxic problems they present at the end of their lives.
The Consumer Electronics Association, however, recognizes these issues and is actively working on greening up the industry. They have released the first sustainability report in the industry, and are improving the impact of the Consumer Electronics Show with eco-friendly options.
OpenEco.org is adding tools to its website in an effort to be a resource that can help businesses and organizations get a move on with tracking and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
The website, run by Sun Microsystems, is a place for organizations to calculate their emissions and access resources for how to reduce them. But the bigger purpose of the site goes far beyond these simple tasks.
John-Paul Flintoff of the Times drove to Oxford and back, a total of a hundred miles, and noticed that he had a bottle of water on the seat. He wondered how much energy it took to move it.
I converted the weight of the bottle (1 kilo) into pounds, and divided the distance (100 miles) into feet, using one of many online conversion sites. Then I converted the total number of foot-pounds into kilowatt hours. The result: 0.437 477 242 4.
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BBC News reports that the Publicly Available Specification 2050 - PAS 2050 - a newly created audit scheme to help companies measure the carbon footprint of their goods, was launched in the UK by BSI British Standards. The effort aims to provide consistency and transparency for British companies to communicate their products’ carbon footprints to consumers.
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In the midst of all that glitz, glamor, blinking, flashing lights, flushed wattage, excessive air-conditioning, and greenhouse gases galore, can we really make a gambling town an environmentally friendly town? The popular Rocky Mountain tourist attraction, Central City, in Colorado thinks that it can.
You know how tobacco companies have fashioned their advertising pitches over the years to make smoking look cool and fun and like the popular thing to do -- even though it's a smelly, nasty habit that's likely to kill you? Who wouldn't like Joe Camel? Maybe smoking isn't so bad!
We got thinking about this and decided to launch a website called "Coal Is Not the Answer," where we've posted a video that counters the coal industry's happy claims. There are also foot-noted facts that shine a light on the industry's bogus information...
It has been a long election season with countless twists and turns and changing poll numbers, but we’re almost to the finish line. As Americans prepare to cast their votes, it’s time to sharpen our focus and take a closer look at where the major party candidates stand on some of the most pressing issues facing our country: promoting sustainable growth and improving our energy infrastructure.
Photographs by Agaton Strom
The American Museum of Natural History is unveiling its much anticipated Climate Change exhibit today, giving the public an opportunity to take an in-depth, engaging look at the most notorious and ill-understood environmental issue of our time. It’s something of a landmark event—the AMNH is one of the first major museums to feature a comprehensive exhibit on global warming.
Redemtech has released a case study that shows businesses can gain serious savings by reusing the IT equipment they already have laying around. This may be a big “duh” statement to greenies, but finally bigger businesses are taking note that with the dreary economy, reusing what you have is green and cheap.
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