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Shades of Green: Greening your shopping, (Part 1)
Did you know that we consume over 380 billion plastic grocery bags per year? Worldwide, the rate of consumption is approximately 1 million per minute.
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Tips to make community sustainability work for you, #2
Tips for business to promote and advance community sustainability: environmental stewardship, social equity and economic prosperity.
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Greening the Generations: Adios minivan, hello … hybrid?
On this blog, two guys from different generations -- X and Y -- try to figure out how to get green. They need your help. So read on and chime in.
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Tips to make community sustainability work for you
Tips for business to promote and advance community sustainability: environmental stewardship, social equity and economic prosperity.
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Greening the Generations: What started this green stuff?
On this blog, two guys from different generations -- X and Y -- try to figure out how to get green. They need your help. So read on and chime in.
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Shades of Green: Exploring green stereotypes
Tara Stanford explores what being “green” really means? How can I become greener? Do I have to trade my car to be green? Can I wear make-up and still be green? Is it easy to incorporate “greenness” into my daily life? What are the benefits of being green; is it really going to make a difference? Can I green-up my lifestyle and still take advantage of my own luxuries?
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Internet ideas for Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! If you're at a bit of a loss on how to celebrate, WikiHow offers some Earth Day celebration ideas.
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Technology, man and Outer Banks - the jaded shade of 'green'
Innovation Exchange: Court fight to ban over beach access highlights man vs. nature debate. Organic crops require land, water and energy. Hybrid cars are built of metal, plastic and glass and use fuel. All human activity, on whatever scale, violates the environmentalist belief to ‘leave nature alone.’
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Earth Day 2008 weekend events
The Triangle has a packed schedule of events over the weekend to help celebrate Mother Nature and raise awareness on ecological responsibility.
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Waste not, want not?
If wasting resources is bad now, shouldn't it have been bad earlier? Shouldn't we always be on the lookout for wasteful spending? And shouldn't we always look for ways to cut back on energy and water usage? Well, let's see.
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You say you want a revolution? What about a ‘green’ one?
N.Y. Times columnist Tom Friedman tells Emerging Issues Forum that innovation is key to deal with growing energy, climate, economic issues. ‘I’m an innovation guy,’ he says.
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In these global tipping points, will you seize opportunity?
In every crisis the best and brightest seize upon the event, sea change or disaster as an opportunity. Will you make the right choices?
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Duke Energy is going big time with the wind
Utility firm is adding another 100 wind turbines to its alternative energy portfolio.
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What are you going to do with all these batteries?
Are you up to your armpits in old batteries? They do pile up, don't they -- from old cell phones, laptops, digital cameras -- the list goes on and on.
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Are you saving this week's rainwater?
The rain this week has been a welcome and blessed reprieve; but we're not totally out of the red. Have you thought about collecting rainwater?
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CNN’s ‘Planet in Peril’ effort capitalizes on ‘my’ media demand
Regardless of your opinion on global warming and environmental threats and CNN’s politics, the network’s promotion of the series is top drawer.
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In an ever-increasing 'e-world' business climate, is U.S. falling behind? Statistics sound a warning
New surveys show Americans don't rank in top 15 when it comes to hours spent online and global e-commerce divide is closing. Do these indicators mean "e-innovation" will shift more overseas? Food for thought.
| Normal: 59.27 inches | |
| Actual: 51.24 inches | |
| Deficit: | 8.03 inches |