Student Group Takes Action on Idling
because of this light. SA: How did your group investigate and document the problem? JC: My group set up, activists is one of the most satisfying things about our work. A recent example is Jack Carnahan, a, protected left turn signal. He said congestion at the intersection results in a tremendous amount of vehicle,? Jack Carnahan: As part of a class I was taking — Money, Energy, Power — our final assignment was to, create an activist group around an energy problem. I was inspired to make our activist group deal with
Behind the Scenes at a Zero-Waste Event
Administration chapter of Net Impact. Twenty-one students and faculty signed up to volunteer, and several more, showed up throughout the week as word traveled through the group. They had a lot of ground to cover, event. Well, the numbers are in, and the conference was successful in diverting almost all of its, waste—an impressive 97%!—to recycling and composting facilities instead of landfills. Here’s a look at, what goes into corralling a bunch of sandwich crusts and compostable forks into the proper places
Our Top Stories of 2016
, restaurants, you name it!) to find a nearby group they can donate to. If you’d like to support food rescue, need to get started is a computer or smartphone and a 1-quart container. Here are some of the most, popular blog posts of the year. Mini Doc: Jack Johnson’s Sustainable America Food Rescue: Now There’s a,. We have a lot of work to do in 2017 to continue working toward a more sustainable America,. Consider making a tax deductible donation to Sustainable America as part of your year-end giving. Your
The Future of Biofuel
viable outside of the laboratory. Jim Lucier of Capital Alpha Group in Washington DC, a policy, The future of biofuels remains uncertain. While many hail the advent of advanced biofuels or, second-generation biofuels, the reality is that many of the newer forms of biofuel have yet to be proven, the point of being marketable. The corn ethanol lobby believes that in the absence of technology, capable of utilizing more advanced biofuels now or in the foreseeable future, corn ethanol will remain in
4 Surprising Findings About Food Waste
survey, environmental concerns ranked last in a list of motivators to reduce food waste. Twenty-two, A trio of new surveys on U.S. consumer food waste has been released in the last month, which is, encouraging news for those of us who are looking for ways to help Americans waste less food. Much of, the current body of food waste research, while helpful, has been conducted in other counties, so it’s, rundown of interesting findings from the reports: 1. We waste more than we think. If we take only one
Top 5 Food Waste Trends of 2015
spurred by a group of celebrity chefs who have adopted the issue. Leading the charge was Dan Barber, Americans finally looked eye-to-eye with the 70-billion-pound mountain of food waste and decided to, government, and the confluence of those will change behavior for the better,” says Sustainable America, years, the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents declined by 25% and stayed low thereafter,” he, says. To wrap up this year of food-waste-fighting successes, we asked leading experts and activists
Range Anxiety? Today's electric cars can cover majority of driving needs
By Jessika E. Trancik, Associate Professor in Energy Studies, Massachusetts Institute of, Technology. This article originally appeared in The Conversation. Electrifying transportation is one of the, question my research group and I addressed in a paper published in Nature Energy, by taking a close, area of the U.S. from a bird’s-eye view, how many personal vehicles on the road daily could be, analysis is, to our knowledge, the most expansive yet detailed study to date of how current and future
5 Ways to Get Involved With Food Rescue
food rescue in your area. As a reminder, food rescue is the act of saving wholesome food that would, same time. 1. Volunteer. The best way to get involved in food rescue is to find an established group in, farm field or sorting donations. If you have a truck or other vehicle with lots of room for crates, of food, that’s a plus. Or, if you have special skills, like photography, accounting, fundraising or,. Start your own food rescue group. If you don’t have a food rescue group in your area, you can start
The Drought of 2012
affects of the historic 2012 drought on vegetation month by month. It’s eerie to watch the dying, vegetation spread across the country. You can also see how the first half of July has seen an acceleration of, burned-out vegetation brought on by high temperatures and by the length of the drought. <iframe," allowfullscreen></iframe> From NOAA: >The United States is experiencing one of the worst droughts, nation: stressed and dying vegetation. NOAA’s satellites are used to measure the impact of drought on
Invasion of the Superweeds
, growing wild and rank, and regarded as cumbering the ground or hindering the growth of superior,. Hailed as a seminal breakthrough in the world of monocrop agriculture, Roundup and “Roundup-Ready, die. Until now it has been an affordable and easy method of weed and pest control for many farmers,. But with the recent and swift rise of the new Roundup resistant superweeds, farmers across America, are scrambling for a new solution. It’s currently estimated that some 12 million acres of farmland
Fear of Peak Oil
Daniel Yergin, author of “The Prize” and “The Quest,” discusses the fear of “peak oil” in this, article in the Wall Street Journal. ============================ Since the beginning of the 21st, century, a fear has come to pervade the prospects for oil, fueling anxieties about the stability of global, of China and other emerging economies have taken to the road. This specter goes by the name of “peak oil.” Continue reading at the Wall Street Journal »
The Future of Burgers
emissions, yet the desire for meat is projected to rise around the world in coming years. In light of this, end (Momofuku Nishi) to low (White Castle), is made mainly of wheat and potato protein and coconut, an essential building block of all plants and animals; in this case, it’s been derived from soy,. Another company, Beyond Meat, is selling plant-based “meat” in meat sections of grocery stores. Its, Blended Burger, and the idea is to replace some of the ground beef with mushrooms, which are a
Review of "The Quest"
details and amusing anecdotes. Who knew that among the big early adopters of solar photovoltaics were, muddle because no one, including the members of Congress, ever settles on what problem we’re trying to, » Interested in buying the book? Get it here: The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
What is the Anthropocene?
them. In 2009, Crutzen along with a group of academics, published a paper titled The Anthropocene, biological and chemical processes all the way down to the cellular level. In 2009 a group of, period has been defined by the worldwide spread of the human race and a relatively stable climate. In,/39048998 The Anthropocene, as Crutzen and others now see it, is “the recent age of man.” A time in which, all manner of ecological processes from the macro to the micro are being changed and affected in
The Future Looks Bright for Compost Pioneers
capitalizing on the potential of composting. In 2009, The Peninsula Compost Group opened the, 75,000 tons of compost a year, and the Peninsula Group is hoping to expand into other nearby cities, We recently profiled some of the enterprising entrepreneurs who are building incredible businesses, Wilmington Organic Recycling Center. Situated on 27 acres of a former brownfield site in Wilmington, in and composts about 400 tons of food waste a day from restaurants, schools, and other sources
Sustainable America Receives Grant to Expand Food Waste Education
to participate, please contact us. We are honored to be part of a larger group of 2015 Healthy, Good to Waste program with members of faith-based congregations in the Greater Bridgeport and, 25% reduction in household wasted food among pilot participants. Over the course of six weeks,, participants keep track of the amount of food they waste as they learn about and implement these, strategies, like storing produce properly and planning meals. The best results come when a group or
The Drought of 2012 Continues
While the big weather news this fall focused on Hurricane Sandy, the drought of 2012 continues to, affect more than 60 percent of the United States and is forecast to continue through at least March, 2013 in most of the affected areas. While consumers have yet to see a significant impact on food, prices, a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service predicts food, dairy (especially fluid milk),” the E.R.S. said. “The full effects of the increase in corn prices for
The Bike Superhighways of Denmark
Today, cycling is part of Copenhagen’s culture. Bikes are everywhere! But there was a time when, City Hall Square calling for better mobility. Since then, Copenhagen has done such a great job of, over the world look to Copenhagen as a model when they try to increase usage of this cheap, CO2,-friendly means of transportation. Copenhagen’s public cycling strategies have been so successful that the, first of a network of 26 routes planned to connect commuting suburbanites to the city. Also known as
The Hidden Costs of Drought
Recent winter storms have brought a whiff of relief to some areas of the United States that are,. For months, the mighty river, which ships 60% of all grain exported from the U.S., has been, shallow waters, and the shipping industry was bracing for the possibility of a complete shutdown if, conditions didn’t improve. Thankfully, that didn’t happen, but the looming crisis highlighted one of the, barge shipping, it turns out, is a pretty efficient means of transport, and slowdowns can drive
Smart Highways of the Future
Infrastructure are already working on designs for these ‘smart highways of the future’ with prototypes, will light up with an icon of a snowflake alerting drivers to the dangerous conditions. Other icons, innovative and exciting of the design concepts is one that we covered back in May. This is the idea that, to the bottom of an electric vehicle and enable this sort of wireless in motion charging. The Dutch, Roosegaarde’s Emina Sendijarevic told Popsci, “By focusing on highways instead of cars, we’re
3 Golden Rules of Recycling
many of us still hesitate at the recycling bin as we try to figure out what can and cannot be recycled, programs to their recycling services, there’s bound to be an extra layer of confusion around the, together in one bin by the depositor — instead of being sorted into separate bins — and are then, to be discarded. (This short video by Connecticut’s All American Waste provides a quick breakdown of, composition of the end product, reducing its value for resale. Some composters do accept compostable
Renewable Energy Around The World
changed since 2002, when this group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major, In light of the G20 Summit in Mexico this summer, Sustainable America took a look at what has, economies pledged to “substantially increase” the use of renewable energy.[^1] Our graphic below uses, multiple sources to examine the progress (and in some cases the lack of progress) made worldwide in the
Students Seeking Fuel Cell
and a group of 15 Connecticut students, “it’s the future of auto, really,” says Attisani. Dana Cahoon, firsthand — and balancing the costs of innovation — these tenth- through twelfth-graders at Darien High, mentoring younger classmates. “We run a lot of trial and error — it’s mostly trial and error,” says, Austin Appleby, junior and head engineer. Appleby adds, “Each year kind of teaches the upcoming, from fabrication to design, mixed in with business—and the challenge of grassroots fundraising since
Five Amazing Things You Won't Believe Run on Biofuels
from this group is a nod to the performance potential of biofuel. Photo by flickr user sBerna, wherever he goes with the help of the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, a nonprofit group cofounded, some unexpected, exciting, and high-performance places. Here is our list of a few of the most, Train The train that Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Edinburgh, and the Prince of Wales use on long journeys, is capable of speeds up to 125mph, but restricted to 100mph when on royal duty. <div class
Keeping Up With the Joneses
, and a third group was told that it could help prevent blackouts. None of these messages were very, effective. What was effective was telling a fourth group that a majority of their neighbors were more, group bullying or encourage youth to take unnecessary risks. But when it comes to making small behavior, support—or a little friendly competition. Proven Results In a series of experiments by the Sacramento, Municipal Utility District with tens of thousands of their customers, they asked some people to be more
8 States to Push Zero-Emission Cars
consumers. Two of the eight states in this group, California and Oregon, are among the top ten, the U.S. auto market, this group of governors has the power to greatly influence the national, vehicles on the roads of their states by 2025. The states pledged to undertake actions “to help build, than 23 percent of the U.S. car market. Some of the actions promised in the agreement include, efforts to speed the construction of charging stations and other infrastructure, leading by example by
