The perennial grass Miscanthus X Giganteus could be more than two and a half times more productive than corn or switchgrass in producing ethanol, according to researchers. In addition to being more productive, it does not need to be planted every year like corn, thriving also in poor soil conditions and leaf out earlier than corn. The US is looking to replace 20% of gasoline with ethanol, and planting Miscanthus would only take up 9.3% of food production cropland to grow, compared to 25... Read Full Story
Manhattan Beach City Council proved they were up for the eco-challenge when on July 15th they unanimously adopted an ordinance banning plastic bags! Manhattan Beach is the second city in the Nation to adopt the plastic bag which begins in February 2009. Plastic bags are often carried by the wind into storm drains and into the ocean where fish and birds mistakenly eat the bags thinking it is food and end up dying. Also, plastic bags end up in the trash where they take a very long time to... Read Full Story
Researchers at a giant panda reserve in southern China are looking for paper mills to process their surplus of fiber-rich panda excrement into high quality paper. Liao Jun, a researcher at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base in Sichuan province, said the idea came to them after a visit to Thailand. They thought panda poop would produce a fine quality paper, he said. The center's 40 bamboo-fed pandas produce about 2 tons of droppings a day. Thailand came up with the seemingly unlikely... Read Full Story
You have got to love the sheer devotion of environmentalists to their cause no matter what the cost in human suffering. We used to call them "tree huggers" in an endearing way. When they used to just hug trees they were harmless. However, since then 1960s they have become dangerous. Their record is one of good intentions but deadly results. In his Sarasota Herald-Tribune guest column "Florida needs more energy efficiency, not another nuclear plant", Glenn Compton, Chairman of Manasota-88... Read Full Story
The advertising industry has been a source of entertainment for me for a large part of my life, I consider myself an armchair advertising fan. Those of you who discovered this green advertising site from one of my more general advertising sites will learn that the environment has become a major issue for me personally. This site applauds environmentally friendly, green advertising and the businesses that have chosen to care enough for the environment, and express it through their advertising... Read Full Story
