Sustainable Prosperity

Barack Obama’s Energy Plan · Provide short-term relief to American families facing pain at the pump · Swap Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Cut Prices · Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families · Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future · Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined · Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars — cars that can get up to 150 miles ... Read Full Story

Michael Grosvenor is a leading urban and transport planning professional and freelance writer on sustainable living. His books include Sustainable Living For Dummies ( Green Living For Dummies in the UK and US); Energy Saving Tips For Dummies ; and Water Saving Tips For Dummies . Through his work and writing, Michael promotes the benefits of making sustainable lifestyle choices. Michael has a particular expertise in advising the private sector and government on policies that promote increased public transport, walking and cycling. Michael is a strong advocate for the important role that public transport plays in our cities and towns. Michael is the Director ... Read Full Story

April 22 is Earth Day. Changing the earth starts with simple actions. When you replace light bulbs or entire light fixtures in your home with ones that have earned the government’s ENERGY STAR, you help preserve energy resources while saving money and time buying and changing lighting fixtures in your home. ENERGY STAR qualified lighting provides bright, warm light but uses at least 2/3 less energy than standard lighting, generates 70 percent less heat, and lasts up to 10 times longer. To save the most energy and money, replace your highest used fixtures with energy-efficient models. The five highest use fixtures in a home ... Read Full Story

April 22 is Earth Day. Changing the earth starts with simple actions. When you replace light bulbs or entire light fixtures in your home with ones that have earned the government’s ENERGY STAR, you help preserve energy resources and reduce the risks of global warming while saving money and time buying and changing lights in your home. ENERGY STAR qualified lighting provides bright, warm light but uses at least 2/3 less energy than standard lighting, generates 70 percent less heat, and lasts up to 10 times longer. To save the most energy and money, replace your highest used fixtures or the light bulbs in ... Read Full Story

India news IndiaDude 3 hours ago ( http://us.rd.yahoo.com ) View profile Category : Business/Stocks The EU is pressing emerging economies such as China and India to agree to cut their greenhouse gas emissions under the proposed new post-Kyoto agreement on climate change. European environment ministers this week urged developing countries to cut their emissions by 15-30% below "business as usual" under any new global deal to take effect from 2013. Emerging economies are not bound by the ... Tell a friend   Bury Read Full Story

5 ways to Save water and save the world April 15th, 2009 Cityhop , NZ’s first car share company came into being because we want to see less cars on the road. We recognise sometimes you need a car so car sharing for those trips is not only economical but sustainable transport. Fewer cars on the road means few contaminates and nasties in our waterways. So cityhop is a great fan of another new initiative, WORLD WATER DAY tht was on March 22 2009. We are very lucky in New Zealand, we have a lot of good, clean drinking water. In fact, we have so much water ... Read Full Story

i was watching the news this past afternoon and I saw this interesting clip on ctv. David Suzuki confronted current environment minister John Baird on his recent climate change plan announcement. Mr Baird was not expecting to see Suzuki hiding a throng of reporters. Mr. Suzuki went on to express his disappointment to the governments announcements. He did not budge but kept on talking. You could tell Mr. Baird was visibly shaken and in order to compensate said some strong party rederect about the environment. Suzuki confronts Baird at an environmental consumer show in Toronto, Friday. Suzuki confronts Baird at an environmental consumer show ... Read Full Story