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Sustainable Brands 2014 | Wash Less, Wear More

June 5, 201412 years susannaschick 0 Comments

While most of America experienced epic snowfall last winter, the West is experiencing an epic drought, complete with inadequate supply in the local water storage facilities also known as snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Water is the world’s most vital resource, and increasingly scarce as the planet’s water supply remains static while human population grows exponentially.

Levi’s Head of Global Product Innovation, Paul Dillinger, spoke at Sustainable Brands 2014 on what Levi Strauss is doing to design for sustainability.

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)(caffeinatedthoughts.com/)

Republican Senator Slams Fossil & Nuclear Energy Subsidies In Face Of Wind Energy Tax Credit…

May 5, 201412 years sandydec 47 Comments

Several weeks ago Peter Sinclair of Climate Denial Crock of the Week took up the latest news from the seesawing $14 billion wind industry in the US, which is the world’s second-largest buyer of turbines. Sinclair publicized a short video of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA, above) revealing an “intellectually dishonest” accusation … [continued]

Water used for four power sources (1BOG.org)

Solar Power Is A Huge Water Saver (World Water Day Infographic)

March 22, 201413 years sandydec 13 Comments

Every year on this day since 1993, the community of nations has focused on the importance of fresh water and advocated for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Severe droughts experienced recently in places like the American West, the Horn of Africa, Russia, China, and Australia have highlighted the fact … [continued]

Running It All On Clean Energy: “A Question Of Social And Political Will”

February 25, 201413 years sandydec 9 Comments

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Senior Fellow Mark Jacobson says the United States has the technology and logistical ability to convert to all-renewable energy sources by 2050—if we can manage to exercise the social and political will to do so. He’s the guy who told David Letterman we already have … [continued]

California Is Officially In A Drought: Is Desal An Answer?

January 20, 201413 years Amber Archangel 16 Comments

Originally published on 1Sun4All. California is officially in a drought state of emergency with the statement today from Governor Jerry Brown. For those people around the world and in this country who are experiencing this situation, I am sorry. This is personal for me because the area that I live in has been challenged … [continued]

Retiring Of The 150th Coal Plant, Thanks To Sierra Club, Celebrites, Community

October 15, 201313 years Cynthia Shahan 38 Comments

If you haven’t checked out the Full Cost of Accounting for the Life Cycle of for Coal, you should check it out. The very short take-home point is that coal costs the US approximately $500 billion a year. Coal is a drain on the pocketbooks of hundreds of millions of … [continued]

LED Shower Head Helps You Save Water, Power, Gas, & Money!

August 29, 201313 years Jo Borras 4 Comments

According to the Uji’s inventors, the system works well enough to cut shower times by 12%, significantly cutting back on water use and heating bills. Those savings add up to about $85/year in a typical American home, and much more in places like Hawaii or in a university/dorm setting.

Study Finds Methane-Contaminated Wells Near Fracking Sites

June 29, 201313 years Guest Contributor 22 Comments

This article first appeared on ClimateProgress by Matt Kasper and Patrick Maloney, Wells used for drinking water near the Marcellus Shale in northeast Pennsylvania have methane concentrations six times higher than wells farther away. That is the finding of a Duke University study published on June 24th in the Proceedings of the … [continued]

19-Year-Old Aerospace Student Boyan Slat Invents Cleanup System For Plastic Choking Our Oceans

April 2, 201313 years Cynthia Shahan 13 Comments

19-year-old Boyan Slat’s impassioned and educated opinion reminds us that youth, with its promising vital force, often taps into genius. If he is correct, Slat has designated some flair for environmental cleanup. He believes with his idea, developed for a student project in Aerospace Engineering, that it is possible the dreadful … [continued]

Solar-Powered Water Treatment Plant Developed

January 16, 201314 years Nicholas Brown 3 Comments

The same power plants that are powering the water treatment plants that provide us with drinkable and usable water are in most cases the same ones that help to pollute it by releasing smog, which causes acid rain of varying pollution levels. Powering these facilities with zero-emissions power plants is … [continued]