Behold, the Power of the Onion!
Onion processor, Steven Gill, of Oxnard, California, has been thinking about what to do with onion waste for the past ten years. His operation produces sliced, diced, slivered and pureed onions — and about 300,000 pounds of waste per day from the tops. tails and skins that aren’t used.
Enter Gill’s [...]
Between 1750 and 2000, the world’s human population increased more than sevenfold, from about 790 million to 6 billion. By 2040, that number is expected to reach 9 billion.
The impact of such growth on the face of the planet and the species with whom we share it has been profound. As we are now beginning [...]
The Political Reality of U.S. Carbon Geography
A map of per-capita carbon by state shows how emissions are more concentrated in poorer, more conservative regions, suggesting the political difficulties of limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Earth Policy Institute: Needed — A Copernican Shift
Just as Copernicus transformed our understanding by re-examining the relationship of Sun and Earth, Lester Brown [...]
The creation of millions of jobs are a likely result of the impact of the emerging global ”green economy” as the work force deals with the impacts of climate change says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In its recent report titled Green Jobs: Towards Decent work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, UNEP says changing patterns of employment and [...]
The European wind energy sector has created 33 new jobs every day for the past five years, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). According to the EWEA, jobs in wind energy will more than double from 154,000 to 325,000 by 2020.
In 2007, wind energy increased more than any other power generating technology in [...]
Active development and deployment of businesses and technologies geared towards sustainable development and climate change practices are becoming more vital to the global economy and individual state of living.Â
Mobilizing and re-focusing the global economy towards investments in clean technologies and ‘natural’ infrastructure such as forests and soils is the best bet for real growth, combating [...]
New technologies will permit rapid decarbonization of the world energy economy in the next two decades, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute. These new energy sources will make it possible to retire hundreds of coal-fired power plants that now provide 40 percent of the world’s power by 2030, eliminating up to one-third [...]
The creation of millions of jobs are a likely result of the impact of the emerging global ”green economy” as the work force deals with the impacts of climate change says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In its recent report titled Green Jobs: Towards Decent work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, UNEP says changing patterns of employment and [...]
