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Blogs: Sustainability

Thu, Mar. 13, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger

High On Hydrogen, But How Do We Get Our Fix?

As far as fuels are concerned, hydrogen is just about perfect. When combined with oxygen in a fuel cell, just three things come out: electricity, water, and heat. That’s it. No carbon dioxide. No particulates. No worries about sinking public health or rising sea levels. It’s the fuel you can bring...
Sat, Mar. 08, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger
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Does "Daylight Savings" Really Mean "Energy Spending?"

In what will be a welcome shock to our winter-weary systems up here in Vermont, Sunday marks the shift to Daylight Savings Time (DST), the day our clocks "spring forward" to offer an extra hour of what in these parts is much-appreciated sunshine. The idea, of course, is that among other benefits,...
Wed, Mar. 05, 2008
Sustainability
Posted by the Inkslinger

Hey Kids! Show Whole Foods Your Inner Green

Seventh Generation is sponsoring some Whole Foods Earth Day fun: the Whole Earth Generation, in which we're inviting anyone and everyone between the ages of eight and 17 to create a short video that shows how they’re making a difference in the health of the world we all share. To learn how you or...
Fri, Feb. 15, 2008
Posted by the Inkslinger

Coal Gets Burned

In Tuesday’s post about Staples terminating a relationship with an environmentally suspect paper supplier, Jeffrey noted that “the potential cost (to business) of failing to be responsible or transparent… can be high indeed.” Apparently some of the biggest financial firms agree. A couple of days...
Fri, Feb. 08, 2008
Posted by the Inkslinger

Of Cabbages and Kings…

Continuing to wade through the accumulated digital clippings here at my perch in the Vermont clouds, where a foot and a half of snow over the last two days has made the task a bit easier by slowing life down considerably. So let’s continue with some more recent dispatches that have caught my eyes...