The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has released their 2012 Massachusetts Clean Industry Report (http://www.masscec.com/index.cfm/cdid/13913/pid/11150) There are 4,995 clean energy firms and 71,523 clean energy jobs in the … [Read more...]
Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal
The Fisherville Mill Canal on the Blackstone River in Grafton, MA has been contaminated for decades by #6 fuel oil in its waters. John Todd Ecological Design (http://toddecological.com/) with the participation of the town of Grafton, USEPA, … [Read more...]
Minimal Energy Independence: Solar IS Civil Defense
I've posted this before but it might have more relevance now that over a million people lost power around Washington DC and other emergencies and disasters have put many power lines in jeopardy. Besides, it's a practical exercise in … [Read more...]
Short Term Climate Forces: Black Carbon, Methane, and Tropospheric Ozone
Went to a talk on March 19, 2012 by Dr Joel Schwarz about a recent UNEP report on Short Lived Climate Forcers: Integrated Assessment of Black carbon and Tropospheric Ozone and Near Term Climate Protection and Clean Air … [Read more...]
Solar IS Civil Defense PSA
Solar IS Civil Defense - what we are all supposed to have on hand in case of emergency - flashlight, cell phone, radio, extra set of batteries - can be powered by a few square inches of solar electric panel. Add a hand crank or bicycle … [Read more...]
Tracking Radiation from Fukushima
Scientists Track Radioactive Iodine in New Hampshire from Japan Nuclear Reactor Meltdown http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402112932.htm Testing in New Hampshire's Mink Brook watershed during March through May 2011 … [Read more...]
Integrated Urban Agricultural Systems
On Monday January 30th, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) held a public meeting at Suffolk University, halfway between the State House and City Hall, to change the Boston zoning laws to allow for agriculture throughout the city, … [Read more...]
Democracy Technology
A Facebook group called Upgrade Democracy is collecting a list of "teams/organizations working on technology-powered solutions to the systemic problems of governance/group decision-making." They want help in expanding the list … [Read more...]
Occupy Green
This idea may be moot after all the forced evictions of the Occupations from public spaces but I thought I'd share it anyway. I've visited the Occupations in Wall Street, Boston, and Providence, RI. Every time I go to one of them, I try … [Read more...]
Why Occupy Boston Might Have National Significance
This weekend, the Right to the City (http://www.righttothecity.org/) is having their annual conference in Boston, being hosted by MassUniting (http://massuniting.org/) and City Life/Vida Urbana (http://clvu.org/). You can read about it at … [Read more...]
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