This guest post offers a refreshing, tech-savvy counterbalance to my usual low-tech approach to sustainability. I agree with author Hunter Richards that we need a system for measurably holding businesses accountable when they claim to be green, eco-friendly, or to be reducing carbon emissions. Hunter blogs at Software Advice. ____________________________________________________________________________ Greenwash (verb, \ˈgrēn-wȯsh\) – to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'carbon footprint'
How To Hold Greenwashers Accountable?
October 29th, 2010 · No Comments · global warming and climate change, sustainability
Tags: carbon footprint·Enterprise Carbon Accounting·greenwashing·Hunter Richards
High Happiness, Low Carbon Footprint
October 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · energy, entertainment, global warming and climate change, nature
I am flawed in oh so many ways. I am impatient, intense, I don’t write to my invalid mother as frequently as I should, and while I no longer binge on Haagen Dazs ice cream, my sweet tooth is such that my husband terms my coffee a vehicle for sugar. In my favor, though, I [...]
Chicago’s Vulnerability
July 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · community, energy, entertainment, food & drink, home & garden, lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation
I’m writing from Chicago, where the BlogHer conference I’m attending will start tomorrow. My run on the lakeshore last night took me to Millenium Park, where I had another of my little ecstatic, falling-in-love experiences, between the gardens, the symphony orchestra playing in the outdoor pavilion, and most of all, the unique fountain and wading [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·BlogHer conference·carbon footprint·Chicago·chickens·climate change·culture·Deep Economy·Detroit·fun·global warming·happiness·Millenium Park·papalars·urban farming
Carbon Emissions: Focus On Individuals Rather Than Businesses?
July 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability
I hope the G-8 related climate talks in Italy today seriously consider Princeton researchers’ outside-the-box proposal to reduce carbon emissions (CO2). Carbon is the main driver of global warming; this new approach is part of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative that’s based at Princeton . The Princeton group is suggesting we measure and reduce the collective [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·family
Self-Reliance Versus Government Control
July 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · sustainability
One of my readers, Bryce Beattie of Real Self-Reliance, has written a thoughtful response to my criticism of legislators opposing the Waxman-Markey bill. This bill is known as the carbon cap and trade bill; it narrowly passed the House last week by getting some bipartisan support, and will be facing much opposition in the Senate. [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·Bryce Beattie·carbon footprint·climate change·global warming·government control·Jared Diamond·self-reliance·Waxman-Markey bill
