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ESRI has just released a new e-Book in their GIS Best Practices series titled, GIS is a Green Technology. The 50-page publication contains a number of previously published case studies that illustrate how GIS is being applied to environmental and sustainability issues. The stories included in this e-book detail GIS-based applications for innovative, sustainable solutions [...]
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Obama’s energy secretary nominee Steven Chu called a nationwide grid to bring renewable energy online as a project of “national interest.” Today’s multiple grids make it impossible to transmit power from west to east, limiting the national benefits of large wind and solar facilities planned for the western half of the country. The need for [...]
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People like to be rewarded, and the element of competition goes a long way toward motivation. Ecology and Environment (E & E) is a company that has done a very good job of combining geospatial and social networking tools into a system that motivates people to make a green choice by opting for ride sharing [...]
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There’s a growing movement of young farmers returning to the land to grow food in a natural way. The website Serve Your Country Food aims to map and create a community for these farmers for advocacy, education and infrastructure. The above map is a creative Google Maps mashup, and there’s a whole page devoted to [...]
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As the G20 countries gather this weekend in Washington to address the global financial crisis, there’s growing movement to pull together a Global Green New Deal. The impetus for the global economic shift comes from many corners of the world, with many strategic underpinnings in common. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and leading economists [...]
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Denver is piloting a curbside composting program that’s being tested near me. The bins are rather large (65 gallons), and will be picked up with one of those mechanized trucks with the side arms. I love our huge recycling bin that gets picked up bi-weekly, and usually fill it. It’s going to be great to [...]
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The American Farmland Trust undertook a detailed study of San Francisco area farm production to determine if the farms and ranches within 100 miles of the city can produce enough food to satisfy the needs of the area. The study documents the rapid rise in the local food movement, with 150% growth in farmers markets [...]
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The good people at Green Map are working in concert with Google to launch Open Green Maps, a social networking site that’s aimed at mapping green initiaves, in September. I met the Green Map System’s founder and director, Wendy E. Brawmer, at the Ecocity World Summit, and was impressed by her enthusiasm and commitment. She [...]
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Legendary Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens is fully embracing renewable energy, and investing a great deal of money in what will be the world’s largest wind farm. The wind farm outside Pampa, Texas will place 2,000 turbines on more than 200,000 acres to generate 4,000 megawatts at a cost of $6 billion. Pickens is [...]
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Toyota plans to upgrade the Prius for the 2009 model year with solar panels that will power the air conditioning system. Details on the technology and a picture can be found on this CNET post.
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