From del.icio.us
()
The Big Green Footprint
Join “The Big Green Footprint” campaign to combat global warming. Being eco-friendly doesn’t mean you have to spend money, be an eco-warrior or a hippy. There are hundreds of simple, practical steps that we can all take to reduce our... [more]
Join “The Big Green Footprint” campaign to combat global warming. Being eco-friendly doesn’t mean you have to spend money, be an eco-warrior or a hippy. There are hundreds of simple, practical steps that we can all take to reduce our carbon-footprint by living a more sustainable lifestyle, producing less waste and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. If we all take one small step each day, together we can take a giant leap for mankind and create 'the big green footprint'.
Carbon Neutral Bulbs combines energy saving compact fluorescent (CFL) Light Bulb with free carbon offsets to produce the world’s first carbon neutral bulb. This reduces pollution, global warming and carbon footprint while saving money. Sanitizing
More perspectives...
When the Met Office's latest £30m supercomputer was switched on in May it drew a fair amount of criticism, and a cloud of suspicion has hung over the organisation's Exeter-based headquarters ever since. Isn't it odd, critics asked, that an instrument for combating climate change has such a huge carbon footprint?
More perspectives...
From computerweekly.com
()
© L.Brumm Photography via Flickr
Big news for Grand Canyon National Park. Officials are proposing to make the park one of at least 50 in the country that attempts to counter and respond to global climate change.
The park is examining how to recycle more, use less energy and water, and cut its greenhouse gas emissions. Kathryn Parker, the climate change coordinator at the park, also said Grand Canyon hopes to become a hub for teaching the...
More perspectives...
From z.about.com
()
As a business owner, I have watched with great interest major companies defect from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the chamber's position on climate change. California's chamber has chosen a similar, disheartening path by resisting our state's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32. Both chambers underestimate the important benefits and overstate the costs of taking a leadership role in the world's climate future. They might be...
More perspectives...
From sacbee.com
()
The American health-care sector accounts for 8 percent of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint. Researchers used expenditures from different parts of the health care sector to measure the industry's potential effect upon global warming through the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
More perspectives...
From sciencedaily.com
()
Tiger Woods needs to use some of his billions offsetting his carbon emissions. Trained for a little while at Stanford, he must have enjoyed playing on this miniature golf course. I know that Stanford has invested a fair bit of money to be a green campus but suppose all of the golf course were transformed into faculty housing? The carbon footprint from driving to Stanford would vanish and the water now being thrown away on all of that green...
More perspectives...
From blogger.com
()
The plan relies on residents, businesses and governments to reach aggressive energy efficiency, waste- and consumption-reduction targets. Officials also hope to capitalize on the world’s needs to address global warming by making Portland a hub for new businesses that will tackle the problem.
More perspectives...
From blog.oregonlive.com
()
