A major housing development outside Sacramento, CA has two sets of pipes, one for potable water and one for recycled water. (HappyNews 2/28/06) Looking past this development’s obvious sustainability issues of golf courses, and pristine surroundings being turned into luxury developments, the good news here is that greywater useage is entering the mainstream. Greywater separation is clearly […]
A Rhode Island jury verdict says that 3 manufacturers of lead paint will be held responsible for cleanup to 300,000 homes. (Boston Globe 2/24/06) This case sets legal precedent, and is a major victory toward companies being responsible for the cost to natural capital and human capital.
To raise my kids’ consciousness of environmentally friendly versus
environmentally un-friendly vehicles, we watch the cars passing us. We make pig noises when gas hogs like a Hummer pass us, and we make a delicate little sigh when the neighboring car is an environmentally friendly one like a Prius. Another family we know has been keeping […]
Plastic bags - collected from street litter, dumps, and drains - become a raw material for crafting handbags, in a unique business in a Delhi, India slum. (BBC 2/23/06)
A post on another blog had me pondering the difference between self-sufficiency with a survivalist outlook, versus the independence and self-realization of sustainability. The first is of the “save our own” mindset, presuming that society is going to completely crash and we want our own family to survive.
But Sustainability implies that we can guide all (or […]
A farmer’s market in Brooklyn, New York’s impoverished Red Hook area features produce grown right there in the urban neighborhood, offering productive employment and nutrient-rich food for local residents. (Grist 2/22/06)
The Statue of Liberty will soon be run on renewable energy from windmills. (GreenBiz.com 2/21/06)
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa envisions a Los Angeles with mass-transit, swaths of green space and urban villages. (LAT 2/19/06)
Israeli professor envisions a solar powered future (BBC 2/19/06)
The U.S. Postal Service, at two San Francisco processing plants, recently completed new power plants which “combine two solar technologies and hydrogen fuel cell generation, and energy efficiency retrofits.” (HappyNews 2/17/06)