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Last Monday I had the privilege to hear environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, give a talk here in Santa Fe, NM. Tim’s activism took a more committed turn when he attended a BLM auction in December 2008 that was selling pristine wilderness for oil and gas development. Tim had thought that he might interrupt the auction to
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Over the last year I have read a few times about the Navy and Marines going “green” and it has me wondering if it is good enough, and efficient enough, for them what about the rest of us? The idea that solar and bio-fuels are somehow inferior to coal and oil will have to be put
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Today was the official beginning of the 21st Bioneers conference. We were welcomed by Joanne Campbell a Coast Miwok Elder, one of the indigenous people from this area for thousands of years. Sometimes I think that we forget what a young nation we are and that there are many who may be far wiser than
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Bill McKibben, writer, activist and founder of 350.org is on his way to the White House with students from Unity College in Maine to symbolically return one of the solar panels that President Jimmy Carter had installed back in 1979. Unfortunately Ronald Reagan had them removed when the roof was repaired in 1986 and never
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Climate Change, Sustainable Energy
I have been seeing so many people on bikes in Los Angeles, ok, mainly down by the beach in Venice, Santa Monica and Marina del Rey but in other parts of town too. I am thrilled whenever I can take a bike to shop or go wherever I am headed, and here in LA I
michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Sustainable Energy, Transportation
This is amazing…. The maiden voyage of a solar-powered airplane took place today in Switzerland without any problems. The plane is designed to fly day and night, without any fuel, so there are absolutely no emissions. The plane is called the Solar Impulse and it has 12,000 solar cells built into its wings. It is a
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There is considerable conversation these days about clean coal…much of it is an excuse to delay the immediate funding and implementation of more clean and renewable energy sources in America. But I don’t hear many asking…Is it possible to have clean coal? and what does this really mean? Some people within the coal industry and
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It seems as if we are finally witnessing the rebirth of the electric car. For those of you who remember the EV1, made and leased by GM in the late 90’s, will recall that electric cars once before had seemed like a possibility, but they were literally buried before they had a real life. If
michelle victoria No Comment San Francisco-Bay Area, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
Who says that green-lodging needs to be a compromise? Certainly not Phil Sherburne, a Harvard graduate who found it more exciting and rewarding to create eco-conscious projects, from the Decatur island community in the Pacific Northwest to the just one year old Bardessono Hotel, Restaurant and Spa in Yountville, CA. The Bardessono was just awarded