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Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race?

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race?The Berkeley-Stanford CleanTech Conference presents “Electric Car 2.0: Who Will Win The Race? (Innovation, Policy, and China)”, the fifth in a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions to address global energy challenges. Panels will discuss new innovations in electric vehicle technology, the opportunities and challenges from China, and the policies that are transforming the automobile industry. For participants, this is an excellent opportunity to network and explore opportunities in this rapidly emerging field.

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Mobil Green Power Launches First National Mobile Solar Power Network

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Mobil Green Power Launches First National Mobile Solar Power Network
Derek Clark and Lou Douros have a problem every business owner wants – demand for their product that has them running. Clark and Douros are founders of Mobile Green Power, which has launched the first nationwide network of mobile solar generators and their clients can’t get enough of their quiet, environmentally friendly power.

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10 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Pet’s Carbon Pawprint

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | 10 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint
From the 8 billion pounds of kitty litter heading to landfills each year to the effects of a pet’s carnivorous diet, pet parents should be aware of the substantial carbon footprint left by pets. To address this important matter, PETCO has developed an exclusive partnership with Greenwala.com, the leading online resource empowering people to go “green”. With the help of both Greenwala.com and Tracie Hotchner, author and host of NPR’s Gracie-Award winning show, “Cat Chat” on Sirius Radio, PETCO has compiled a list of simple ways to reduce the environmental impact of pets.

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Climate change: What would Brian Boitano do?

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Climate change: What would Brian Boitano do?Climate change: What would Brian Boitano do? He make a plan and follow through! In South Park the olympic Ice Skater Brian Boitano could do anything, but can he save the planet?Well maybe not Brian Boitano, but four U.S. olympians have called on the U.S. Senate to pass comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation this year.

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Extechs Earth Day Tools to Help You Go Green

April 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Extechs Earth Day Tools to Help You Go GreenExtech Instruments announces its annual Earth Day list of ingenious test tools to help individuals go green. In recognition of efforts around the world to celebrate Earth Day, Extech is spotlighting Extech meters and monitors that are specifically designed to help reduce energy consumption in a variety of ways. To learn more about any of the tools below, visit http://www.extech.com/instruments and enter the listed product name or model number below.

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Earth Day Founder Speaks Out: All Certified Wood is Not Equal

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Earth Day Founder Speaks Out: All Certified Wood is Not Equal On the eve of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Denis Hayes – the coordinator of the original Earth Day in 1970 and International Chairman of Earth Day 2010 – has issued a pointed reminder that we must be vigilant in scrutinizing what passes as “green” in our expanding marketplace for eco-friendly products. In a Seattle Times op-ed last week, Hayes, a nationally recognized leader on conservation policy, cautions the U.S. Green Building Council not to let its prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program be “diluted” by allowing timber industry-set standards for forest management to pass as equal to those of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), “the gold standard for good forestry.”

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Earth Day Founder Speaks Out: All Certified Wood is Not Equal

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Earth Day Founder Speaks Out: All Certified Wood is Not Equal On the eve of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Denis Hayes – the coordinator of the original Earth Day in 1970 and International Chairman of Earth Day 2010 – has issued a pointed reminder that we must be vigilant in scrutinizing what passes as “green” in our expanding marketplace for eco-friendly products. In a Seattle Times op-ed last week, Hayes, a nationally recognized leader on conservation policy, cautions the U.S. Green Building Council not to let its prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program be “diluted” by allowing timber industry-set standards for forest management to pass as equal to those of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), “the gold standard for good forestry.”

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$6 Billion plan to save the rainforests

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | $6 Billion plan to save the rainforests$6 BILLION PLAN TO SAVE WORLD’S RAINFORESTS RISKS DERAILMENT BEFORE IT BEGINS, WARN LEADING ENVIRONMENTALISTSIndigenous peoples and other NGOs are being excluded from key international climate meetings taking place this week that could determine the future of the world’s rainforests, say a network of forty environmental and human rights organisations denouncing the lack of transparency and participation in the discussions.

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Biodiversity, Climate Change and You

April 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Biodiversity, Climate Change and YouEEA Signals 2010 tells six stories about people and the environmental issues they live with today. These ‘eyewitnesses’ invite you on a journey to both familiar and distant places looking again at the foundations of life on earth — water, soil and air. Although their observations are personal and local, their plight is common and global.

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Going green to be seen

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Climate Crunch | Going green to be seenNew research shows a new trend that people will forgo luxury for green products when status is at stake.Why do people purchase pro-environmental “green” products? Do we buy them because we care about the planet, or because they enhance our image? A new study, co-authored by Bram Van den Bergh from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, has found that for many people, environmentally-friendly products, like fair trade coffee and hybrid cars, are merely status symbols.

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