They planted a tree for me!

As a traveling road warrior and a green consultant, the two worlds are often difficult to reconcile. As much as I love teach others how to be “green”, my carbon foot-print continues to grow.
This week, I flew to Phoenix to speak at the National Apartment Association at their Green Communities Conference. They were a great [...]

Trading two for one, and maybe one more

Samantha tells us a story:
I am very conscience of how my actions effect the Earth. For the last year I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of stuff I own and I’m learning to stop buying things I don’t need. Since I work in the green industry I talk the talk, so this is one [...]

Not in my backyard

I came across a story over the weekend in Arrive – the official magazine of Amtrak. They were talking about the power of wind in the Northeast, and the vocal opposition it has been getting from some unlikely sources. For example, Martha’s Vineyard, normally seen in support of green initiatives, has been blocking a wind turbine [...]

Trendy Online Shopping

Today’s shoppers are relying more and more on the internet. Either to compare deals between stores, to research items they are looking for or to find a person looking to get rid of something. Sites like Craigslist.org, and HandMeDowns.com are great places to look for used items. These sites also have sections where people are [...]

Cap and Trade

The Union of Concerned Scientists, a national science-based nonprofit organization, has completed a major study on the energy and economic implications of a comprehensive suite of energy, transportation and climate policies that they call the Climate 2030 Blueprint. Using a modified version of the National Energy Modeling System (a system created by the U.S. Department [...]

You want me to compost what?

Though the subject of this technology advance may be grin inducing, the potential is pretty impressive in crowded, developing countries where sanitation is a major environmental hazard. The Gardiner CH4 is a plumbing-free toilet sculpted out of horse dung. The toilet essentially works like this: human waste is collected in a sealed container; the human [...]

Make a mini greenhouse!

If you are eager to start planting your veggies but still a little concerned about cold nights, you can easily create a miniature greenhouse (also known as a coldframe). With a few key supplies – including an old window, sheets of scrap glass or acrylic, and some wood siding – protect seedlings and give them [...]

Super Cool Hybrid

Half the cars sold by Lamborghini in 2010 could be hybrids!!!

The company who a year ago claimed they could never reach the efficiency standards of the European Union has turned a new leaf. Lamborghini has realized that the world is changing and is looking into the possibility of releasing a hybrid. At the Paris Motor [...]

Smithsonian Green Initiatives

I was very impressed by some of the initiatives being implemented by both the Smithsonian Museums and the National Park Service (NPS) in DC. Not only were they thinking about ways to improved their practices, they also communicated the what and why they were doing to the visitors in a straight forward manner.
At the Lincoln Memorial, a large portion of [...]

Boy am I thirsty

Sometimes, we make sacrifices for green that in hindsight seem very silly. Take last week, we were walking the Tidal Basin in DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival and had been carrying around a container of apple juice from breakfast. It was warm, and that quickly got drank by our group and of course we [...]