I thought readers might appreciate these 10 “mind-blowing facts about the solar system.” If nothing else, they form a reminder of how precisely balanced everything is (or at least was) here on Earth, and how vital it is that humankind …
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From Guest Blogger Jane: How to Prevent Home Food Waste
If you’re one of those people who want to go eco-friendly and you can’t stand the amount of food that is usually being thrown away every day, all the money and work can just go to waste if it goes …
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"Sustainable" and "Eco-friendly" Are Relative Terms
A reader asks: I just wanted to get your take on something I am writing for one of my college classes. I’m writing about sustainability in the areas of energy and construction. Regarding construction I had a thought about the …
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Free Webcast: GE Power and Water on "Big Data and Sustainability"
I promised the people of GE Power & Water that I’d let you know about a live webcast taking place tomorrow June 6th from 11-12:15 pm ET around big data as an opportunity and ensuring operations are running efficiently and …
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A Sustainable Society Means Making a Shift in What We Desire
The key legacy of French social philosopher Rene Girard is the concept of “mimetic desire,” i.e., that we borrow our desires from others. While we may think our aspirations are authentic and self-created, in truth, we generate our wants from …
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U.S. Government's Pursuit of Sustainability
As suggested here, I’ve been asked to do some work for a lobbying form in Washington DC, helping a few of their clients, where appropriate, apply for government grant money. The process has heightened my awareness of the workings of …
Bringing Electrification Based on Renewable Energy To the Developing World
Kenny Hearn from South Africa writes: Highly underdeveloped countries have all the making to move directly to renewables. Mozambique has a massive hydroelectric plant already, Namibia has massive potential for solar thermal to power surrounding countries and the list goes …
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Tagged with: battery technologies, bringing electrification to the developing world, Electric Vehicles, Future of Transportation, hydroelectric plants, Hydrogen, incursion on natural resources, Melinda Gates, Mozambique, Namibia potential for solar thermal, preference for electricity over hydrogen, renewable resources, renewables, South Africa, sustainability, sustainable future, ubiquity of electricity, Zambezi River
Corporate Sustainability Initiatives and Their Complex Motives
I just had a long and interesting conversation with a woman in Columbia who will be doing a bit of volunteer writing for us here; I’m certainly looking forward to reading her stuff. We talked about what it takes to …
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From Guest Blogger "Elite Fire Protection" — The Effects of Fire on the Environment
Fire is a regular, but often tragic, occurrence. Whether started in a family home, a commercial environment or outside, both accidental and deliberate fires can be potentially devastating. One of the most destructive types of fire, though, is forest fires …
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Sustainability Conferences at UCLA — Always Fascinating
There were some very thought-provoking presentations at the quarterly “Sustainability Partners Conference” at UCLA yesterday. At issue is a central question: does sustainability pay for itself? I.e., do companies that have vigorously and sincerely woven sustainability in their corporate DNA …
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