Quick reminder to Minneapolis residents: Switch your utility bill to e-bill. You’ll receive your monthly statement via email rather than paper mail. You can check a box on the back of your paper statement this month to do this, or go here right now to fill out the form now. E-delivery of statements is planned [...]
Guy Kawasaki toured a new building on the Stanford campus last week that was built with some Yahoo bucks from Yahoo co-founder (and current CEO) Jerry Yang. This shot jumped out at me: The shelf is the innovation. It serves dual purposes. First, it shades the inside of the building during high sun summer months [...]
Packer fans are still recovering from their playoff loss. But thanks to Wisconsin Environment, they now have a new justification for their less than stellar seasons in recent history: the environment. “As if we needed another reason to tackle global warming, now even the Green Bay Packers could be affected,†said LuCinda Hohmann, Field Organizer [...]
In America, we generally play a game of Majority Rules. But when America participates in games on the world stage, different rules apply. For example, check out this chart from Inhabitat showing a breakdown of which countries have signed on to the Kyoto protocol and which ONE hasn’t:
TerraPass is rolling out a series of posts on green gifts for the holidays. One that I’ve never seen before is a surge suppressor called the Smart Strip that lets you fully turn off power-sucking products that unnecessarily draw power 24-7. For example, if you’re computer’s turned off, it probably makes sense that your printer [...]
The Other Mike found a story on Biking Bis where they explained that 40% of commuting is done within 2 miles of home. With that in mind, why not try using something other than a car for such short trips? Before committing to it, I decided to figure out what 2-miles from my house looks [...]
Carly spotted an article on Yahoo by Move.com that ranked Minneapolis among the Top-10 Greenest Cities in America. The factors used to describe greenness sound pretty good to me: The Top 10 Greenest Cities – Yahoo! Real Estate Minneapolis, Minnesota Named one of the top business districts in the nation for by the Environmental Protection [...]
Katie Weddle Langer turned me on to this sustainability quiz at from America Public Media. It’s an eye opener. It walks you through major energy consumption behaviors together with how you deal with trash to figure out how many Earths it would take to support everyone on the world, assuming everyone lived like you. I [...]
Norway has banned the use of terms like “clean, green, and environmentally friendly” in car ads: Norway outlaws “green” cars The rationale for the ban is simple. All cars pollute, even fuel-efficient cars, so calling a car green is a bit of a stretch. It’s like referring to filtered cigarettes as healthy. Norwegian government-type person [...]
