Biofuels To Help Power The U.S. Military
By Dean Praetorius It might surprise you to hear that the U.S. military may be advancing the field of alternative fuels. But rising petroleum costs and a desire to cut dependence on oil have pushed the m...
How Patagonia and Opower Point the Way to Sustainable Consumption
By Ted Howes Sustainable consumption remains the next big challenge in sustainability. Without recounting impending resource scarcity and the population boom, the macro trends show that we''re he...
Alaska Voters Say No To Gold, Copper Mine
By BECKY BOHRER JUNEAU, Alaska — The group promoting a massive gold-and-copper prospect near Alaska''s Bristol Bay said Tuesday they plan to press on with their work, despite passage of a b...
Tips for Water Conservation
By TreeLiving.com If nothing else, the recent droughts throughout the south and southwestern United States serve as a reminder of how precious commodity water is. Though we usually don’t give it a second ...
Mick Jagger Named Amazon Ambassador
By China DeSpain Freeman Here’s a bit of weird news: The Peruvian government has made Mick Jagger an honorary tourism ambassador for the Amazon rainforest. Specifically, he is now the ambassador for the M...
Using Facebook to Plug in the Power of Energy Efficiency
By Brandi Colander Today, NRDC joined forces with Facebook and Opower to launch a landmark initiative designed to kick energy efficiency up a notch. Seizing upon the potential for social networking ...
‘Civil Disobedience is the Most Powerful Maker of Change’
Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo has scaled an oil rig, protested apartheid, performed hunger strikes, been expelled, exiled, and arrested. As he tells The Huffington Post, "Civil disobed...
West Village, Nation’s Largest Zero Net Energy Community, Unveiled At UC Davis
By Robin Wilkey On Saturday, UC Davis held a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of West Village -- the University''s new student, faculty and staff housing facility that is now the n...
EMA Awards Recap: Honorees, Winners, and Video
By lindastcyr Every year the Environmental Media Association seeks out the greenest celebrities, movie sets, television episodes, and entertainment programming that brings environmental awareness to mill...
The Power of Leading from the Middle
By Mark Lee Welcome to the first post from SustainAbility''s Changing Tack blog on GreenBiz.com. While a number of SustainAbility team members have written for this site before, we are newly...