http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201309/coolschools/complete-rankings.aspx 7 of the 162 Sierra Club "Green Schools" were in MA, in order of standing: Harvard 16 UMass Amherst 27 BU 88 Hampshire 89 Mount Holyoke 124 Worcester … [Read more...]
Canal Restorer to River Restorer?
This greenhouse at the former historic Fisherville Mill in South Grafton, Massachusetts, sits on the banks of a canal by the Blackstone River. It is cleaning stormwater runoff and water contaminated by #6 fuel oil, also known as Bunker C … [Read more...]
World Meteorological Organization: Heatwave Decade
The World Meteorological Organization recently released their Global Climate Report: Decade of Extremes (pdf alert: http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_1119_en.pdf and video at http://youtu.be/qSz7U0C0bsY) looking at general weather … [Read more...]
Swiss Solar Boat (and French Polar Pod)
On June 25, the world's largest solar ship, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar (http://www.planetsolar.org), was docked in Boston and hosted a symposium on water and climate change, "From the Alps to the Atlantic." This 35 meter by 23 meter … [Read more...]
Retiring NE’s Coal and Oil Electric Plants
The Restructuring Roundtable is a mostly monthly (it takes the summer months off) meeting of the energy sector in Boston that takes a morning to discuss energy issues in depth with the major players from all around NE. There is also much … [Read more...]
Free Energy: Solar and Dynamo LED Keychain Lights
Last year, one of the vendors at NESEA's Building Energy conference (http://www.nesea.org/buildingenergy/) gave away a keychain fob, a little two LED hand crank light. This year, another vendor gave away three LED solar keychain lights. A … [Read more...]
The Failures of the Environmental Community
The failures of the environmental community have been (a) giving up on a "no regrets" strategy that concentrates on all the things the majority can agree on whether or not they believe in "global warming" (b) concentrating on legislative … [Read more...]
Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs
Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs: An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option Friday, January 25, 2013 2:00 - 4:00 PM, ASEAN Auditorium The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA Reception to follow RSVP at … [Read more...]
The Next Industrial Revolution Is Ecological
John Todd could be considered one of the founders of ecological design. For the past forty years or so, he has been building enclosed ecologies, first, for growing fish, John was one of the original growers of tilapia in the USA, and later … [Read more...]
Occupy Sandy
http://techpresident.com/news/23062/hurricane-sandy-moves-occupy-wall-street-protest-people-powered-recovery A group of people from the Occupy Wall Street movement is collaborating with the climate change advocacy group 350.org and a new … [Read more...]
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